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The Family of Lucio Cabañas, 50 Years after the Assassination of the Guerrilla Leader: “There Was a Clear Order to Exterminate Us”

In June of this year, an independent commission that had been charged by AMLO to investigate the so-called ‘’Dirty War’’ between 1965 and 1990 released a report that documented the atrocities committed by the Mexican government and armed forces. The same commission accused the military and other government bodies of obstructing their investigations.
The ‘’Dirty War’’ was the response of the PRI single-party government of the time to brutally repress all challenges by students, campesinos and indigenous peoples to the regime. One of the many emblematic cases was that of Lucio Cabañas. Less known is the persecution of his entire family, simply for having a surname in common with the legendary guerrilla leader.

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Human Rights and Militarization

This social peril has worsened in Mexico during the last six presidential terms, with failed security policies and policies to combat organized crime, which have failed to guarantee the rights to life and social peace. On the contrary, they have exacerbated violence in the country. This has been the result of militaristic logic implemented by the government through the increased use of the armed forces, which puts human rights at risk.

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Onwards and Upwards

Which of all the Echeverría’s should we remember? The answer can only be one: he must be remembered for the women raped by public forces, the murdered, tortured, imprisoned, persecuted and fired from their jobs, which were perpetrated by his government. Luis Echeverría will go down in history, not for what he appeared to be, but for what he really was: a politician with blood on his hands.

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