El Halconazo
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El Halconazo, also known as the Corpus Christi Massacre, was a massacre of student demonstrators by members of the Halcones, a state-sponsored paramilitary group, on 10 June 1971 in Mexico City. Occur
The Normal station of the Mexico City Metro was the scene of The Halconazo, the name given to the Corpus Thursday Massacre in 1971 in Mexico City.
Luis Echeverría
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Luis Echeverría Álvarez was a Mexican lawyer, academic, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as the 57th president of Mexico from 1970 to 1976. Previously, E
El Halconazo
…Occurring during the Mexican Dirty War, the massacre resulted in nearly 120 demonstrators being killed. From his earliest days in office, President Luis Echeverría Álvarez announced intentions to reform democracy in Mexico. He immediately allowed some leaders of the 1968 student movement to return from exile in Chile and…
Echeverría, c. 1970-1976
Echeverría (third row, fifth from left) with his 6th grade class, c.1933
Echeverría early in his political career, c.1940s-1950s
Echeverría as Secretary of the Interior in 1965