Corpus Christi Massacre, Mexico City, Mexico, 1971
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found: Work cat: 2014379672: Libertad de manifestación : conquista del movimiento del 10 de junio de 1971, 2013.
found: Alisky, M. Historical dict. of Mexico, 2008(Corpus Christi Massacre: on June 10, 1971, at the height of the "dirty war," about 10,000 protesters or rioters (according to your political viewpoint) marched on the Instituto Político Nacional, demanding that the federal govt. spend more on education; there was a confrontation with "truckloads" of Halcones, involving truncheons and firearms and causing 80 admitted deaths)
found: Coerver, D.M. Mexico, c2004:p. 152 (on June 10, 1971--the feast of Corpus Christi, which would give the incident its name--student demonstrators in Mexico City clashed with the police and paramilitary forces financed by wealthy business interests; some 50 students were killed in this latest "massacre") p. 614 (index subentry, under Student movement: Feast of Corpus Christi massacre)
found: Encyc. of Mexico, 1997, via WWW, May 13, 2014:under Foreign policy: 1946-96 (Corpus Christi Massacre of June 1971)
found: Los Angeles times WWW site, May 13, 2014(in article dated July 27, 2004: 1971 Corpus Christi massacre; about 45 marchers, mostly students, were killed as they demonstrated for education reform in Mexico City)
found: National Security Archive, George Washington Univ. WWW site, May 13, 2014(Corpus Christi Massacre: Mexico's attack on its student movement, June 10, 1971)
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