Murder of presidential candidate in Tijuana 30 years ago still obsesses Mexico
LA TimesLike the assassination of President Kennedy in the United States, the 1994 slaying of Luis Donaldo Colosio — a charismatic presidential candidate who vowed to reform Mexico’s historically autocratic political culture — has long generated doubts and conspiracy theories. López Obrador, a leftist, routinely denounces conservative political opponents who previously ruled Mexico as members of the “mafia of power.” Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has refused to pardon the convicted killer of slain presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio. Mexico’s attorney general has publicly charged that a “second gunman” — a former Mexican government intelligence operative — was involved in the slaying. A billboard in Mexico City on the 20th anniversary of the 1994 assassination of politician Luis Donaldo Colosio says: “Colosio lives in Mexico’s transformation.” For Kennedy assassination followers, the allegation inevitably brings to mind the purported second shooter on the “grassy knoll” in Dallas’ Dealey Plaza on Nov. 22, 1963.
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