More than 4,000 officers will watch over march for October 2 anniversary

The Department of Public Security of Mexico City (SSPDF) has placed over 4,500 police officers in charge of the security of the participants in the march in memory of the students killed in Tlatelolco on October 2, 1968.

Yesterday, the authorities had reported that 800 officers of the transit authority would be in charge of security, while the head of the Department of Public Security, Hiram de Almeida, said to EL UNIVERSAL that 2,600 police officers, most of them from the transit area, would be in charge of the operation.

Today, the number was increased by the authorities, adding that the force will include officers from the Proximity, Metropolitan, Transit, Auxiliary, Banking and Industrial police, as well as the Rescues and Medical Emergencies Squad, all of them with support of 302 patrols, motorcycles, vans, and two helicopters.

Also, the police will safeguard the buildings of the Local and Federal Government, as well as the premises of the Mexican Stock Exchange, the U.S. Embassy, hotels, shopping areas, and others.

According to the SSPDF, the "March for the XLVII Anniversary of October 02, 1968" will be attended by approximately 20 different organizations, which will depart at 4:00 p.m. from the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, in the area of Tlatelolco, towards the Zócalo, the main quarter.

Different groups will take different routes to the Zócalo.

The parents of the missing 43 students from Ayotzinapa, as well as students from different institutions and members of unions.