CIA Conspired with the Right on the Eve of Mexico's '68 Massacre

The CIA funded right-wing student groups in Mexico for over two decades, including in the days before the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, according to declassified documents analyzed by the National Security Archive. The agency supported organizations like MURO and used front groups to influence student politics and the ruling PRI party, while maintaining close ties to Mexican security officials; researchers suggest the CIA may have played a direct role in orchestrating the violence. Despite releasing some documents 58 years later, the CIA continues to withhold key details about its activities during this period.