Echeverria took office promising democratic opening but reign undermined by accusations over role in 1968 student massacre
Former Mexican president Luis Echeverria, who took office in 1970 promising a democratic opening for the country but oversaw six of the harshest years of a so-called “dirty war” against dissidents, has died aged 100.
The Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Twitter confirmed the death Saturday, expressing his condolences to Echeverria’s family.
