Jessica Xantomila and Nestor Jimenez
Newspaper La Jornada
Sunday, October 2, 2022, p. 6
54 years after the massacre of October 2 in Tlatelolco, the demand for justice and an end to impunity in this state crime
not only is it maintained, but it is gaining strength, said Félix Hernández Gamundi, of the Committee 68 for Democratic Freedoms.
Calling to participate in the march that will take place today from the Plaza de las Tres Culturas to the Zócalo, he stressed that although most of those directly accused of the massacre against the student movement have already died, such as former president Luis Echeverría, it it does not cancel the trial, the process or the validity of the claim; there are all the legal, political and moral elements to continue
.
In this sense, he highlighted that the official documents disclosed by the National Security Archive of the United States, on Echeverría, strengthen the truth process and greatly support the momentum that is required to achieve full justice in this case
.
Yesterday the day announced that in a report from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of January 1971, it was concluded that the former president shared Much of the blame for the violence in Tlatelolco on October 2, 1968
and other secret US official documents reveal Washington’s monitoring of his efforts to co-opt and control the student movement, and how Echeverría expressed to Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger his concern about communism in the Americas.
This information, said Hernández Gamundi, is very revealing and, despite the fact that Echeverría is no longer here, they are useful because it will help many people to understand how things have happened over many decades in Mexico
.
it was the army
The truth about Tlatelolco It is known, it is very clearly known that the one who acted (against the students) was the Army: with uniformed troops and with the Olimpia Battalion disguised as civilians. The only thing that has not been clarified is the number of deaths that there were, because that was picked up by the Army
. This has to be taken to the last consequences
.
He also stressed the importance of repairing the damage to the victims. There are comrades who live practically like victims of war, without living conditions, in general it is almost a generation in which many doors were closed to activists and leaders
.
In an interview, Hernández Gamundi explained that today’s march, which will start at 12 noon and is attended by survivors and student, union and popular organizations, has three demands: Justice, an end to impunity and not to militarization
.
the 54th anniversary It arrives with the force that gives the prestige of the movement and the social struggles, and truly very focused on combating this process of militarization.
, said. The PRI initiative to extend until 2028 the participation of the Army in public security tasks has a very large risk to the general population
he added.
