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The most terrifying night of my life
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In October 1968, British journalist Robert Trevor was in Mexico City getting ready to cover the Olympic Games which were about to start.
But he ended up reporting on one of the bloodiest episodes in Mexican history, what he calls "the most terrifying night of my life".
Mr Trevor, then aged 34, was the sports editor of the London Evening News and was in the Mexican capital to report on his third Olympics.
In the run-up to the Games, Mexico had been caught up in the wave of social and political unrest that had erupted in other parts of the world throughout 1968. But Mr Trevor says the people he first met were just excited about the sports events.
"The atmosphere was one of pleasure at having the Olympic Games. The Mexicans were proud of their Olympics. They wanted them to go off as well as possible," Mr Trevor told BBC Mundo.
He heard that a political demonstration was planned for the evening of 2 October in Tlatelolco Square, or Plaza de las Tres Culturas. He went along to see if there would be a story in it.
"There was a big crowd there, about 3,000," he says, most of them young students and union activists.
"To begin with it was very peaceful and quiet. Everyone was listening to the speeches calling for the resignation of President Diaz Ordaz and for the government to rule according to the Mexican constitution."
"There were calls for better housing, better education, better food."
But then shots were fired from nearby rooftops.
"Before people could grasp what was happening, helicopters arrived, helicopter gunships that started firing down on the crowd," he says.
An American journalist from the UPI news agency standing next to Mr Trevor suddenly found himself covered in other people's blood.
"When the helicopters opened fire and flares were dropped to light up the square, people were absolutely terrified," Mr Trevor recalls.
The crowd began darting down side-streets to try to escape.
"As we ran down the streets we were met by Mexican soldiers in full battle order - steel helmets, rifles - and backed by armoured cars.
"People were being shot at from the front, by the foot soldiers, and from behind by the helicopter gunships, so they were trapped. It was terrible, there was no escape."
Mr Trevor managed to run down a street that eventually took him back to Mexico City's main thoroughfare, Paseo de la Reforma.
"There it was unbelievable because the restaurants were full, people were coming out of cinemas, people were walking up and down the boulevard. Nobody knew what was happening 800m (2,600ft) away. It was unreal."
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