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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 12:01 PM
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1968 student massacre in Mexico initiated by Government snipers.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031002/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_massacre_8

"Carrillo, the special prosecutor appointed by Fox to investigate crimes by past governments, said there is evidence 38 people were killed at Tlatelolco Plaza. Human rights groups have contended several hundred died, but government officials hid the bodies so an exact count was impossible. Government officials also seized photos of the carnage and ordered newspapers not to print photos of corpses."

Amazing brutality.

"International observers worry the investigation will stall, especially as government officials remain silent."

Just like most investigations of Human Rights abuses.

Wow. For years the story was that the students shot at the police who fired back with greater firepower. Now we know differently.

I know it's pure hyperbole but I wonder how Bush was involved?
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