Who is Luis Echeverría Álvarez, the former Mexican president who is 99 years old

This year, January 17, Luis Echeverría Álvarez, President of Mexico, 99 years old (Photo: INAH Archive)
This year, January 17, Luis Echeverría Álvarez, President of Mexico, 99 years old (Photo: INAH Archive)

This 17th year completes 99 years one of the most controversial presidents of Mexico. Treat yourself to Luis Echeverría Álvarez, who governed the country from 1970 to 1976.

This is a political actor is the most exhilarating story of history, then he performed at Porfirio Díaz, which failed in the 85 years (1830-1915) and José López Portillo (1920-2004), his successor and he died in the 84 years.

Born in the City of Mexico in 1922, Echeverría Álvarez obtained a license under the auspices of the National School of Law. In 1946 there was a joint filas of Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) para desempeñarse como secretario particularly de Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada, president of the political organization.

Before occupying the presidential chair, Echeverría Álvarez fue titular of the Secretariat of Government, since it was occupied by the mandate of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964-1970).

Seemed as Secretary of Government during the mandate of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964-1970) (Photo: INAH Archive)
Seemed as Secretary of Government during the mandate of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964-1970) (Photo: INAH Archive)

El October 2, 1968, with national security to its cargo, tuva lugar la masacre de los students concentrated in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas de la Ciudad de México

Oriana Fallacci, an Italian journalist who attended the events in Tlatelolco, announced the event in the magazine The look:

I would like the Italian delegation to withdraw from the Olympic Games; it’s me that you can do. As far as I am concerned in Parliament, the whole world is going to enter what happens in Mexico, from the democracy class that empires in this country, the world will enter. What a salvation! He has been to Vietnam and can make sure that in Vietnam during the tirotes and bombings (also in Vietnam signifies the sites that he bombed with Bengal hatches) a guarantee. Here is the most remote possibility of escape

One of the most controversial events, and by far the most delayed, the Alverz series of juvenile delinquency, is the student meeting on October 2, 1968 (Photo: Archive)
One of the most controversial events, and by far the most delayed, the Alverz series of juvenile delinquency, is the student meeting on October 2, 1968 (Photo: Archive)

In 1999, the historian Enrique Krauze had a conversation with Echeverría Álvarez, en la cual the former president on his actions in front of the Secretariat of the Government during the events of 68.

“There was a minimum of intervention, a paralysis of reflection and dialogue, and the verdict on the maneuver of the supreme commander of the Armed Forces, who is president”, signals a publication of the magazine Lyrics.

The Mexican politician also signed as the head of a second student representative on June 10, 1971, called “El Halconazo”. The result of this event is 17 deaths.

These hechos no quedaron en el olvido, pues luego de algunos años, Vicente Fox, expresidente por el Partido Acción Nacional (PAN), creó la Special Taxation for the Social and Political Movements of Pasado (FEMSPP).

Deputy Prime Minister Luis Echeverría Álvarez resigns in diplomatic missions (Photo: INAH Archive)
Deputy Prime Minister Luis Echeverría Álvarez resigns in diplomatic missions (Photo: INAH Archive)

In 2005, Luis Echeverría Álvarez was accused of humanitarian delights, details por genocide. These signs include the “War of the Sucia”, a campaign of low intensity led to suppress the surging opposition movements of the 1968 massacre.

The judicial process has resulted in a home arrest and two years later that will be exempt from the charges. It was considered that, if there were any elements to ensure that in Tlatelolco a genocide, there are no sufficient proofs that directly include Echeverría. The case was ratified by the Quinto Tribunal Colegiado en Materia Penal in 2009.

The occupation of the presidency of Mexico, the career of Luis Echeverría Alvarez in the culmination of his active involvement in the Public Administration occupying cargoes Ambassador prior to the Organization of the United Nations for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) in Paris hasta 1979. Así mismo, se desempeñó como Itinerant diplomatic representative in Australia and New Zealand.

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