On September 1, 1969, in his fifth annual report, President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz spoke about the events of 1968, the year of the student movement and of the killings at Tlatelolco.
He said: “asumo íntegramente la responsabilidad: personal, ética, social, jurídica, política histórica, por las decisiones del Gobierno en relación con los sucesos del año pasado” (I fully assume the responsibility, personal, ethical, social, legal, political, historical, for the decisions of the government regarding the events of last year).
The passage follows his praise of the army for restoring order.