A socially and politically conscious writer , PIT 's writings respond to and speak of the social pressures he experienced as a young man and allow him to tell what 's behind every criminal story : corruption and repression of the political system in Mexico . A militant and veteran of the 1968 student movement in Mexico , his book ' '' 68 '' ( published by Seven Stories Press in 2004 ) was inspired by the events of that year and direct personal experience , it tells the story of the movement including the Tlatelolco massacre of student protesters in Mexico City by government troops : at the La Plaza de las Tres Culturas , thousands of people were arrested , hundreds killed , and hundreds are still missing . To date nobody has been held accountable for these crimes
Tlatelolco massacre
Tlatelolco massacre
Paco Ignacio Taibo II