August 6, 2004

Genocide Charges Dismissed in Mexico

By MARION LLOYD

A Mexican judge last month threw out charges of genocide that had been filed against former President Luis Echeverría and 10 other former officials for the government's 1971 crackdown on student protesters in which at least a dozen students were killed.

Ignacio Carrillo, special prosecutor for past political crimes, filed the charges after months of heated speculation. It was the first time in Mexico that a former president had faced criminal charges. The case is seen as a

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