Reply #7: Update on your story:

[Judi Lynn]

Jul 24, 4:54 AM EDT

Mexican Ex-Leader Faces Genocide Charges

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO
Associated Press Writer





MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Prosecutors sought charges against a former Mexican president in the deaths of student demonstrators more than 20 years ago, a first for a country whose leaders have long enjoyed impunity.

The case against Luis Echeverria threatens to create a crisis in President Vicente Fox's already troubled relationship with Congress. Echeverria's Institutional Revolutionary Party holds the largest bloc of seats and could stop cooperating with Fox if the charges go through.

Special Prosecutor Ignacio Carrillo said he presented findings in a two-year investigation to a federal judge, asking the court to confirm charges of genocide, but he did not say against whom. He said the law prohibited him from saying more.

Echeverria's attorney, Juan Velazquez, confirmed the genocide charges had been sought against the former president, and two of his other clients, former Interior Secretary Mario Moya and former Attorney General Julio Sanchez Vargas. Local media reported at least seven other officials could also be charged.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MEXICO_PAST_CRIMES?SITE=FLDAY&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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How is it our country could have not been aware that Echevarría had massacred "his own people?" As far as I've ever known, Mexico was just fine with our gummint.