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Hurry up.

Give me that.

I'm not done yet.

Come on! Let's put the heavy one down!

Let's go.

Let's go. Pick up the rest of the trash, OK?

Come on.

-Put this one down. -Be careful.

-Careful. -Yes.

Watch your feet. It's very heavy.

Be careful. It's heavy.

We can see now...

We can even feel this large crowd

that's joyfully celebrating the anniversary,

the awakening of the Cuban Revolution.

What was the point of voting

if they were going to the other march anyway...

The guys from Poli

would naturally want to protest the arrests.

Besides, Lalo wanted to go to that protest from the start.

They all probably followed him there.

Yes, but the vote was unanimous.

They voted to come here so you'd stop lecturing them.

The police is waiting

for the gangs of the university to come over,

to start making a scene,

and then they'll come over to beat us.

Remember that we're here supporting

the Cuban Revolution because of you.

Because these gentlemen used their ideas and their guns

in order to change things.

We should learn from them, right?

Let's go to the main square! Let's go, all of us!

-Let's go, everyone's there. -No, stay here.

No, let's go.

No, why don't you listen, just stay.

To the main square! The fucking government will hear us then.

-Hey! Alicia! -Come on!

Alicia, wait!

Cheers for the Cuban Revolution.

-Alicia! -Cheers for Fidel!

WITH YOU, FIDEL

We continue with news

A crowd of young people celebrating the anniversary

of the Cuban Revolution

have joined the protests of students

of the National Polytechnic School

against the violent arrests recorded last Tuesday

in the secondary school Isaac Ochoterena.

Sound like a big crowd, right?

Be careful.

A lot of rebels.

Because vehicular traffic

is diverted to the adjoining streets.

Proceed with caution, dear listener.

MEXICO THE BLOOD OF OUR BROTHERS

THE POLICE AND THE MILITARY KILL THEIR BEST CHILDREN

CHEERS FOR MEXICO

MEXICO 68' A YEAR OF REPRESSION

DON'T DISCUSS MEXICO WITH A RIOT!

A STRANGE ENEMY

Attention!

Watch out for people throwing rocks.

I don't want any of you to end up injured.

Captain! Is it only students?

The order was to arrest anyone rioting.

Whether they are students or gang members.

-Understood? -Yes, captain!

Good.

Let's get going! Come on, move, move!

Move faster!

Go, go!

You motherfuckers!

Alici... Alicia!

Alicia!

-Beto! -Alicia!

Beto!

Beto!

Beto!

Motherfuckers!

Fuck!

-Alicia! -Toño!

-Toño! -Wait!

He left! He left, let's go, now!

Let's go! Let's go!

On the ground!

On the ground!

The grenadiers try to contain the violence

generated by the protestants attacking trades

and stoning citizens and civil protection forces.

In the center of the city is recorded chaos

at the hands of these provocateurs and criminals.

Hello?

Yes?

Yes, Sir, one moment, please.

Is Echeverría!

You were right.

He dialed himself, it wasn't even his secretary.

Good evening, Mr. Secretary.

Yes. In 15 minutes?

How many times did I say that authorizing two protests

at the same time was a huge risk? How many?

I made a mistake.

But your mistake has consequences,

and I will have to assume them.

-Major. Thank you for coming. -Sir.

Gentlemen.

Is there a problem, Sir?

We need the help of all of our security agencies.

Especially given the situation.

While the National Security Directorate

continues operating...

-you'll have my full support. -Thank you.

-Let's go in? -He's waiting for you.

Thank you.

Why have we deployed the riot police again?

Can someone tell me?

Is deploying them every two days our habit now?

Mr. President, we are fixing the issue.

That's fine. Good night.

Apparently, Javier and Óscar have been arrested.

Give it to me, I'll continue.

Javier's dad went with his friends to the station,

but they weren't there.

And Lalo?

I don't know. I left him a message already.

We have to think about what we should do.

Damn, Lalo, where were you?

All of this was a damn mess.

-It was a damn mess. -Did you see Javier or Óscar?

No! I don't even know how I escaped,

but they arrested a lot of people.

-Let me see. -I'm fine. Look at you.

-They really beat you up. -It wasn't that bad.

And you? Are you OK?

And what about you? They didn't even touch you.

Did you sit down to talk to them, or what?

Stop fucking with me, OK?

They knew that one protest would worsen the other one,

and they'd get their news.

"Students inciting." We're a bunch of idiots.

We should've all protested together with Poli.

You're absolutely right.

The larger our group,

and the better organized we become,

the stronger we'll be to fuck with them...

Wait. We were supposed to meet to talk.

To have a stronger, united voice.

Not so they could beat us up.

Beto, what you don't get is that the Chango can't talk.

The Chango will hit and arrest you, you can't reason with it.

Do you really think you can sit down

with "daddy government" and he'll listen?

You haven't taken into consideration

that the Olympics will begin in a few months.

So what?

That's when the foreign press will be here.

And they... can't be silenced by the Chango.

-No, the foreign press... -Wait, Lalo.

-Then what? -We'll take advantage

of the Olympics to make our voices heard.

And if they don't listen to us, then what?

If they don't listen to us, we'll use Molotov cocktails.

Corona del Rosal will back out soon.

He's saying now that he wants peace,

and to de-escalate things,

but I'm sure he's going to deal with it

with a heavy hand any time now.

It could be.

But if he does it, it won't be in the open.

Do you really believe he'll dare

to tarnish the President's Olympic city

two months before the games begin?

I don't like this at all.

All of those people on the streets.

Those gangbangers and criminals,

we won't be able to control them.

On the contrary, Mr. Secretary.

That's the plan.

The anger of these young people can be channeled.

Right now they're disorganized,

but once they have something that unites them,

these protesters will feel invincible,

and that's when they'll be useful to us.

And who's going to unite them?

Barros Sierra, the Dean.

We... must be flexible, Mr. Secretary.

If Corona del Rosal decides to become tough,

you'll ask for peace and order.

I'll take care of inciting chaos.

How long will we have to do that for?

The closer we get to the Olympics,

the more alert the President will be,

and that's going to help us.

Trust me.

Ask Domingo to come to my office, please.

Yes.

Is the Dean's note ready?

Didn't we agree it would be for Sunday's magazine?

No. It's for tomorrow.

Here, on the whole front page.

And leave me some space here for the beatings.

But the big news will be the altercation

between the students. Right?

Exactly. And Dean Barros Sierra is the authority.

Let me make sure I understand.

On the front page, the note about the situation,

and on the central page, more space for the Dean?

Exactly.

I'm sorry, but...

Do you really think we should write more about the Dean

than the students?

The Dean is the main voice of the students.

He's a well-respected, cherished man.

And he knows about politics.

Don't forget that he almost won the presidency

from Mr. Díaz Ordaz.

The readers should remember that.

Understood, Sir.

Domingo, what is a journalist's main job?

-Well... -To create public opinion.

Right?

-Of course. -Great.

Go on then. Go ahead and create public opinion.

Of course, Sir.

FIERCE COMBAT BETWEEN

THE RIOT POLICE AND TROUBLE-MAKERS

BARROS SIERRA: UNAM'S DEAN

We have three bombs placed in your embassy,

you fucking capitalists.

Long live Stalin, fuckers!

Good. Now it's time to scare that school for rich kids.

-Call them. -Yes, Sir.

American school?

We've placed three bombs in your school.

Go fuck yourselves, rich assholes.

The embassy, the American school,

and my house!

Three bomb threats in one day!

All of them false alarms, ambassador.

Look, Mr. President.

Everyone is talking about change nowadays.

Minorities... and young people.

Look at what's happening in France.

With De Gaulle.

Of course, we support liberty and democracy.

We believe that young people

have a right to express themselves.

If they do it in an orderly fashion,

and without violence.

But you have 100,000 students at UNAM.

How many of them are communists?

Will they be peaceful?

How many of the Olympic events will be held at the university?

All we want is to make sure that the games

will go on with no problems.

And President Johnson is offering you his help.

Our troops are ready to help you.

Whenever you give us the order.

-Excuse me, Mr. President. -Yes, General.

Mexico has all the tools necessary...

to maintain our national sovereignty.

We do not need external help.

Mr. Ambassador, I want to understand.

Are the students causing you anxiety?

Because we've managed them before with no problem at all.

You shouldn't worry about it.

OK, Mr. President.

-Thank you. -Sir.

Call us if you need our help.

Their attitude was unbearable.

Hold on, Luis. Why are they talking to me about UNAM?

Many of the faculties went on strike this morning, Sir.

Excuse me, but there's no official report

about any strikes, Sir.

Not officially, but,

they will make a statement sometime today.

Sir, I'm surprised that you don't know about it.

He's the ambassador of the United States,

he's not in our government!

Why is he giving us those news?

Please, gentlemen.

We all know how the CIA operates.

It's in their benefit to keep us tense.

Which is why I'm asking you to be cautious

about any information you get from them.

Do we really have 100,000 students at UNAM?

That's correct. At least 100,000.

We will unite schools,

faculties, vocational schools and high schools.

We will join with teachers and the Dean's office.

This is the time to be united, to be a single voice, friends.

We must show that we are not tolerating more abuses

and arrests by the government.

-We all need to strike together! -Yes! To strike!

To strike!

We will not tolerate this oppressive,

authoritarian system.

The students, and the youth of this country

want to be free to think,

to say, and especially, to demand

not just from our government,

but to all of society, no more paternalism.

-No more paternalism, gentlemen! -No more, comrades!

What?

We need to be together.

Nothing, I just want him to stick to our plan.

Are you talking about Toño?

I'm talking about him and the rest.

Beto. Look.

We all want the same thing.

And everything will be all right.

They are going to hear us.

Beto.

...if we stay united. Everyone, to strike!

Yes!

To strike, comrades!

It's been 50 minutes, Mr. President.

-Let him in. -Yes, Sir.

Thank you, Rosita.

-Mr. President. -Thank you for coming.

Of course. I was just thinking about the best way to reach you.

This situation between the students

and the government is worrisome.

It's unfavorable for all of us.

There is no situation, Javier.

There's a group of agitators

that are only looking to damage our country.

I came because I believe we need dialogue

to prevent things from escalating...

If things escalate, it's because of them.

Haven't you read the newspaper?

Clearly, they are very interested in your stance.

They even dedicated a page and a half just for you.

Mr. President,

I'd like for us to leave our differences aside

and to find a solution.

So you agree that you need to control your students.

They aren't mine.

They're people that go to the university that I manage...

Those people have ties to communist organizations.

And we've tolerated them for far too long.

Excuse me, but the issue isn't tolerating them.

It's understanding them.

They are looking for a dialogue, face-to-face.

Dialogue? About what?

About the country, about their freedom.

About anything, Mr. President.

They want a government that listens

and cares about their issues.

The government has always listened to its citizens.

These people shouldn't think

that we'll listen because of their demands.

Whether we celebrate at the Olympics or not...

is in your hands.

Without any incidents.

Talk to them. Make them stop.

I do not want another single burnt truck.

I do not want another business broken into in this city

or we will enforce the law, just like we've done before.

But...

If they come in peace,

I promise I will also look for a solution...

that's also peaceful

from our government's side.

Agreed, Mr. President.

Good day.

What?

Just like that? We stop the strike?

We need dialogue before we stop all activities.

It sounds like you agree with the government's methods, Sir.

There are still students beaten and in jail.

Yes, and that's why I want a dialogue.

The government will listen to you.

When the fuck has it heard us?

This is exactly why we went on strike.

Sir, if we back down now,

we'll only be making ourselves weaker.

I agree, but we should exhaust

all possibilities before we go on strike.

-Which other ways? -Which?

Which other ways?

-Wait. -They won't listen.

Where are you trying to go with this?

We want the students to be freed, Sir.

We want them to be held accountable.

Yes, I agree. This is why I called you in.

Like a politician...

So we can decide together, calmly.

And so that no more students are beaten or arrested.

And who else was there?

And they all agreed?

Nobody questioned the Dean?

Did they end the strike?

In all the faculties?

Nothing. No, nothing. Do nothing until I call you.

Is the strike over?

The Dean is too sure of himself.

We're going to have to scare him.

He needs to know his students are in danger.

I just... I just don't get it.

So much effort, and for what?

I mean, we haven't gotten anything,

and we're already quitting?

Give me a cigarette.

-Give it to me. -Fucking Dean, he's a sellout.

But you know what's going to be great?

The Olympic village, dude.

A bunch of foreign broads.

I didn't know you were into Swedish babes.

You haven't seen anything yet.

Yes, I'm going to give them all their own gold medals...

-What the hell? What's going on? -This is the police!

-Hold on! Hold on! -Don't move, asshole!

That's it. That's it!

We're taking you to the station!

-Why? -Fucking inciter!

-Let him go! -Go fuck yourself!

And you, stay quiet, you fucker!

-Shut up! -Wait! Wait!

Where are you taking me, assholes?

Major.

Antonio.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for bringing you like this,

but we don't want to raise suspicion.

Would you like some water, or something?

I wanted to... ask you a couple of questions.

In person.

Yes, Major.

You...

Are you fully infiltrated now?

Nobody has any suspicions about you?

No.

Teachers, or students?

Nobody.

Have you seen any other agents working?

Another infiltrator? No.

And...

During the meeting with the Dean...

Did he speak about the President?

Did he mention anything?

No. He said that he had a deal with the government

to continue negotiating and end the arrests.

That was it.

Very good. Antonio, very good.

This country owes you a lot.

They are very agitated, Major.

But I can still make them more agitated.

I know.

I know, but I just want to...

I just want to thank you.

You are one of my guys.

And I know how hard it is to be out there.

One feels like...

nobody appreciates you.

Right?

Everything will be all right.

Don't worry about it.

Your family will be fine.

What happened, Dad?

Hi, son.

I think Rosalía misplaced my racket some place here.

Haven't you seen it?

Maybe it's downstairs.

Would you like to go play?

I really need to sweat.

I can't, Dad. I have to check some contracts.

Did you have dinner yet?

Yes, I already did.

I'm going to start doing this, I have to submit it early.

You don't want anything to happen to him.

You want him to never be in pain.

That's why we do what we do.

To protect him.

To make sure he's never in need of anything.

To make sure he's better than us.

He's an agent of the prosecution office.

Why are we going to the police?

How are we going to find him if not?

-I don't know. -See, Beto?

Did you forget to lock your car?

No.

-No! Please, no! -Let's go!

-Please, not him, Beto, please! -Let's go!

-Come this way! -No!

-Come this way, now! -No, please! No!

Come over this way. Follow me, now!

When I got close to the window, I saw it was open.

So... I thought that was strange.

And I... I got closer.

That's when I saw the...

The body. Antonio's body.

I didn't touch anything.

I opened the door slightly to...

to make sure that it was...

That it was really him. And...

No!

I know, honey.

I know.

No!

Bring me the report as soon as you get it.

That's right.

We'll have a clearer picture

once we have the forensic report.

Sir, I'm asking you to remain calm for now.

How could you ask me to remain calm

after one of our leaders was murdered

just a few hours after the President promised a dialogue?

The boy had a criminal record.

We still don't know what he was up to.

We need...

Is that how you plan to convince

the students that the government wants to have a dialogue?

The murder of a student

leader is the best excuse to worsen the situation.

Dean Barros Sierra,

I assure you, we'll get to the bottom of it.

Excuse me, Mr. Secretary,

but the "bottom of it" is sitting in front of you.

Let me know as soon as you have some reliable information.

What are you suggesting, General?

The victim was tortured. And shot execution style.

It had to be the DNS.

Excuse me, Mr. Secretary,

the forensic report is right here.

The boy had no signs of being tortured. His nails were intact.

No bruises, no bone fractures.

Even the witness at the scene

stated it was the local police forces.

This death is in your hands.

Excuse me, but the information you have...

Major, please.

It won't be long before the students respond,

and we must be aligned together.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Well...

Now we'll see if the Dean

was right and the situation explodes, right?

Unfortunately, because

of the nature of your son's job with us...

We cannot offer him the funeral that he deserves.

A 20-year-old boy shouldn't...

be having any kind of funeral.

Don't you think?

Mr. Ramírez?

You are absolutely right.

But I wanted to come here, in person...

to offer you my most sincere condolences.

And also to express to you the respect

that you deserve, from our institution.

We were told that it was police officers.

That he was killed by some police officers.

And you are a police officer.

Ma'am.

We will get to the bottom of this, I assure you.

And we also would like to help...

with the funeral expenses.

Please.

Get out of my house, you son of a bitch!

Fuck you! Murderer!

-Child killer! -I'm sorry.

I'm very sorry.

Turns out that being a student

is now a crime.

How many more students will the repressive police assault?

Managed by that corrupt government?

How many more are they going to murder

like our friend Antonio?

FREEDOM TO POLITICAL PRISONERS AND AUTONOMY TO UNIVERSITIES

We have to fight for our rights as students and as citizens.

Because we are all born free and with the same rights!

We need to come together

with our classmates, and our teachers.

Friend. Join our movement.

-Friend. Here. -No, thank you.

Friend.

Join us. This is your people too.

High School number three, Justo Sierra, will join our movement.

We will continue fighting for our friends

in prison, and those murdered.

Friends. We won't do anything with violence.

-No violence! -No violence!

We won't use violence, friends!

-We will use reason! -Yes!

High school five, High school three, San Ildefonso.

University City,

Faculty of Economics, Political Science,

Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.

National Polytechnic. The Vocational's.

How many are on strike?

250,000 students approximately, more those who arrive.

They want to leave me without options, Emilio.

There are always options.

We cant risk things getting violent

with athletes and reporters from 100 countries.

I never asked for the Olympics to come here, Emilio.

I inherited it from the President, López Mateos.

I accepted the responsibility

because I know what this event really means.

The Olympics represents the triumph

of our project, and our party.

It represents 40 years of work to build a solid country.

A country that can be a host to the whole world for an event,

like never before.

These Olympics

are a result of everything we've achieved as a nation.

We should be preparing for our celebrations, in peace.

Not worried about thousands of people taking over our streets.

I am aware of that,

and that's why I want to help you find a solution.

I could be the one that talks to the students,

without making it seem like

it was done because of their demands.

It would look like a gesture of goodwill from their President.

We are asking you to leave the grounds peacefully!

Go fuck yourselves, you stupid cops!

We are asking you to peacefully...

-to leave the grounds! -Shut the fuck up!

Books yes, Grenadiers no!

-Get away from our school! -We do not want violence.

Leave the grounds immediately!

Get away from our school!

We do not want violence.

I think we should exhaust all other options

before we occupy San Ildefonso by military force.

Mr. President, if we open some of the streets we closed

and we let people pass,

perhaps they'll leave on their own in a few hours.

These students took over

two hundred buses and set them on fire.

They've taken over several of the streets

from our nation's capital.

I'm sorry, but...

Do you really think they will calm down on their own?

Sending the army to San Ildefonso

would be a violation to UNAM's autonomy

If we give them the chance, Sir...

General.

How long would it take for the army to clear the area?

In about eight hours, Mr. President.

General, go ahead then.

Dismiss the riot police, and let the army go in.

-Excuse me, Sir. -Go ahead.

-Excuse me, Sir. -Yes.

-Go ahead, please. -After you.

We need heavier things!

-Move it! -Lalo!

-From the science department! -Quickly!

-The desks! -The other door, Lalo!

Put them over there, now! Quickly!

Plug in well!

Let this there.

The things from the lab, over there!

-Up stairs. -Let's go over there!

-Don't stop! -What's that noise?

-Sounds like a bazooka. -Alicia!

Alicia!

The windows upstairs!

Let's go, let's go!

On the ground! On the ground!

Alicia!

Where are you going?

THE ARMY TAKES THE DOWNTOWN

ATTACK AGAINST THE OLYMPICS

Mr. President

It seems that all they want is war.

It's time to go, Mr. President.

I think, general...

Have we already restricted all access to that area?

Take this immediately please.

Fernando. Fernando.

-Fernando, I'll come with you. -General.

Fernando. This situation has gotten out of hand.

I spoke with the President.

I stopped everyone at the chamber.

The DNS will stay in place.

Neither you nor your directorate are at risk.

I appreciate it.

But you didn't stop anything.

You didn't say a word when the Secretary Echeverría

defended the DNS to the President.

What I'm telling you, Fernando,

is that I want us to work together,

to fix this situation, for the good of the country.

I haven't stopped working for our country,

not even for a day.

Even under my work conditions.

I would like to thank

all of you.

And to all of the people from Jalisco,

for doing me the honor of receiving me

in this beautiful land.

Friends.

Today is a day of mourning for our university.

Our autonomy is dangerously threatened.

Thanks to the blood of our heroes,

we have been able to build our nation.

It has many problems, some run deep.

But it is ours.

We need to show the Mexican people...

that we are a respectable community.

That we deserve, and we'll defend our autonomy.

That we will demand the freedom of our imprisoned partners.

And for them to stop repressing us.

I urge all Mexicans

to forget about what separates us and our differences,

to come close to each other

for all the things that unite us,

and to return to much needed peaceful times.

We shouldn't give in to provocations,

whether they come from inside or outside of our university.

One of our hands is reaching.

It's the hand of a man that has proved his loyalty.

We must remain united

to defend our freedom of thought,

and our freedom to assemble,

our freedom of speech,

and the most expensive one of all:

our autonomy.

-Long live UNAM! -Long live UNAM!

It will be up to Mexico to decide

if this hand will remain extended,

or if this hand will be joined by millions of other hands

that want to re-establish peace.

Major.

Beto.

It's going well.

Yes, Major.

Antonio's thing was necessary. Understood?

I know.

We will continue.