Abstract

TORRES VIVAR, Francisco Alejandro  and  VITE VARGAS, Marisol. Under the Magnifying Glass: The Mexe Student and Teacher Movement of 1981 in Hidalgo. Debates hist. [online]. 2023, vol.11, n.1, pp.139-163.  Epub Mar 27, 2023. ISSN 2594-2956.  https://doi.org/10.54167/debates-por-la-historia.v11i1.1032.

The reports of the Department of Federal Security prepared by its agents are a documentary source that allows analyzing social movements; With these sources we will expose the political and social activities of the students of the State of Hidalgo in the Movement of Students and Teachers of Mexe of 1981. It is a documentary investigation that verifies the monitoring of the government to the actions of students and teachers. These documents revealed that the State gave timely follow-up to the strikers' protests and requests. These findings were revealed in the writings, reports and notes of the infiltrated agents. Espionage was another way of wearing down the social protest, since the infiltrated agents knew first-hand the actions of the protesters and reported them to their immediate bosses, this gave the social movement a disadvantage, since the surprise factor was lost and the names of leaders, protesters, organizations, resources, and dates for marches and sit-ins were released.

Keywords : Normal school; student movements; teacher dissidence; espionage; intelligence services.

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