[NYTr] Charges Dropped Against Ex-Mexican President in 1968 Massacre
 
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:04:31 -0400


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EuroNews - July 14, 2007
http://euronews.net/index.php?page=info&article=432673&lng=1

Mexico's ex-leader in the clear over massacre

Charges against Mexico's former president Luis Echeverria in connection
with a 1968 student massacre have been dismissed by a federal court. He
has long maintained his innocence in the affair. The court also ordered
authorities to lift the ex-leader's house arrest, in effect since
November. But, at the same time, it ruled the student massacre was
genocide.

"The crime exists," Chief Judge Jesus Guadalupe Luna told reporters.
"What we are saying is that until now there is no evidence to prove Luis
Echeverria's responsibility in the genocide."

At the time of the killings, Echeverria was Mexico's Interior Minister.
It was just days before the Olympic Games in Mexico City and the
government wanted to quell what it saw as embarrassing demonstrations
by students in the capital, demanding democratic reforms.

Security forces stormed a rally, killing 30-40 people according to
officials. Human rights groups say as many as 300 may have died.
       
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