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Mexico's new president offers apology for 1968 student massacre

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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum waves during her first morning conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on October 2, 2024. [AFP]

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum offered an official apology Wednesday for the massacre of students by the army in 1968, in one of her first acts after taking office.

"October 2nd will not be forgotten!" Sheinbaum, a former student activist who calls herself the "daughter of '68," declared on the anniversary of the massacre.

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