Students at UNAM , along with other Mexico City universities , mobilized in what has come to be called Mexico 68 , protests against the 1968 Mexico City Olympics , but also a whole array of political and social tensions . During August 1968 , protests formed on the main campus against the police actions on the main campus and in the center of the city . The protests grew into a student movement that demanded the resignation of the police chief , among other things . More protests followed in September , gaining frequency and numbers . During a meeting of the student leaders , the army fired on the Chihuahua building in Tlatelolco , where the student organization supposedly was . In the Tlatelolco massacre , the police action produced with many dead , wounded and detained . Protests continued after that . Only ten days later , the 1968 Olympic Games opened at the University Stadium . The university was shut down for the duration
Tlatelolco massacre
Tlatelolco massacre
National Autonomous University of Mexico