President Sheinbaum Issues First State Apology for Tlatelolco Massacre

On the 56th anniversary of the massacre, newly inaugurated President Claudia Sheinbaum dedicates her first press conference to the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre and issues a formal public apology on behalf of the Mexican state, officially recognizing it as a crime against humanity perpetrated under orders from Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. She issues a presidential decree mandating recognition, memory, and non-repetition commitments. The UN Human Rights Office in Mexico (OACNUDH) celebrates the apology. The Comité del 68 — led by survivor Félix Hernández Gamundi — accepts the acknowledgment while continuing to demand full archive disclosure and symbolic reparations. This is the first formal state apology in the 56 years since the massacre.