Genocide Charges Allowed

Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled 3 to 2 that prosecutors can bring genocide charges against former President Luis Echeverria related to a 1971 massacre of student activists. The court said the statute of limitations on the alleged crime haven’t expired, overturning a federal judge’s ruling year that blocked prosecutors from charging Echeverria and his interior minister, Mario Moya. The court said the 30-year time limit on genocide charges began counting as of December 1, 1976 when Echeverria and Moya left office.