political high confidence

Díaz Ordaz Issues Veiled Warning in State Address

| Tlatelolco 1968

President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz delivers his annual Informe de Gobierno (State of the Nation address) and issues a thinly veiled warning to the student movement, threatening to use 'all means at the State's disposal' to restore order. Interior Secretary Luis Echeverría later coordinates the government's intelligence and repressive response.

  • T1 Informe de Gobierno, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, September 1, 1968 Official
  • T2 Proceso, historical retrospective 2018 Major