The annual march to commemorate the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre of protesting students in Mexico’s capital has been eclipsed by demands to bring an end to Israel’s nearly two-year-long genocidal war in Gaza.

Protesters marched on Thursday from the Tlatelolco plaza – where 57 years ago, Mexican troops attacked students demanding an end to Mexico’s militarisation and greater freedoms, leaving a death toll believed to be in the hundreds – to the capital’s central plaza.

But this year, the October 2 March was packed with Palestinian flags and signs demanding an end to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Israel has killed more than 66,000 Palestinians and injured at least 168,000 others since October 7, 2023.

The march comes after Israel threatened Gaza City’s remaining residents to leave or

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