El Halconazo (Spanish: The Falcon Strike), also known as the Corpus Christi Massacre (in Spanish: la matanza del Jueves de Corpus), was a massacre of student demonstrators by members of the Halcones, a state-sponsored paramilitary group, on 10 June 1971 in Mexico City. Occurring during the Mexican Dirty War, the massacre resulted in nearly 120 demonstrators being killed, among them a 14-year-old boy.
El Halconazo (Spanish: The Falcon Strike), also known as the Corpus Christi Massacre (in Spanish: la matanza del Jueves de Corpus), was a massacre of student demonstrators by members of the Halcones, a state-sponsored paramilitary group, on 10 June 1971 in Mexico City. Occurring during the Mexican Dirty War, the massacre resulted in nearly 120 demonstrators being killed, among them a 14-year-old boy.
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