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Olympia Battalion Agents Infiltrate Crowd with White Gloves
Members of the Batallón Olimpia (Olympia Battalion), a secret paramilitary-military unit under direct presidential command, infiltrate the crowd dressed as civilians. They are identified to each other and to snipers by wearing white gloves on their left hands. Their mission is to surround the student leadership and create the pretext for military action.
Sources
- T1 FEMOSPP Special Prosecutor report (2006) Official
- T3 Sergio Aguayo, 1968: Los archivos de la violencia (1998) Institutional