Former head of the Mexican nation-state, Luis Echeverría (1922-2022), who ruled from 1970 to 1976 and orchestrated the student massacres of Tlatelolco (October 2, 1968) and the CIA-trained paramilitary bloodbath known as The Corpus Christi Massacre (1971) has passed away.

#LuisEcheverría was instrumental in the orchestration of the counterinsurgent massacre of Tlatelolco, as well as the international operation known as the Halconazo. Impunity protected him in the safety of his home until past his 100th birthday: