1999 UNAM strike the closure. On February 1, 2000, students and workers opposed to the strike clashed with CGH and their supporters. This incident occurred when 200 students attempted to enter an UNAM-owned and run high-school, not on the main campus, to try to restart classes. 400 federal police officers were sent to open a way through the barricades, which they accomplished with many injuries, and even some fatal ones. On February 7, 2000, federal police stormed the university's main campus, ending the takeover. A total of 632 people were arrested during that ultimate day of violent clashes. 1999 UNAM strike The 1999-2000
Mexican art be expressed in a mural in support of student movement's protests; the work became known as the "Mural Efímero" (or "Ephemeral Mural")" at UNAM". The third Independent Salon was staged in 1970. In 1976 "Fernando Gambao spearheads the organization of an exposition of abstract art entitled "El Geometrismo Mexicano Una Tendencia Actual"". "In an attempt to reassess ... post-1968 Mexican art, the Museum of Science and Art at UNAM" organized in 2007, the exhibition "La Era de la Discrepancia. Arte y cultura visual en México 1968-1997" In 1990 the exhibition "Mexico: Esplendor de Treinta Siglos", started its world tour at