Mario Aburto Martínez
Mario Aburto Martínez | |
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Born | |
Status | Incarcerated |
Nationality | Mexican |
Criminal charge(s) | Murder of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio |
Criminal penalty | 42 years in prison |
Mario Aburto Martínez (born 8 October 1971) is a Mexican man who was convicted for assassinating presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio in 1994.[1] He confessed to the murder and was sentenced to 42 years in prison.[1] Despite the confession and conviction, the New York Times reported that there was widespread belief within Mexico that the conviction involved a conspiracy and coverup mainly by Carlos Salinas de Gortari (the president at that time) and Manuel Camacho Solís (a member of Salinas' cabinet).[1][2] A later Mexican film called Colosio, el asesinato alleged that the Salinas government was behind the crime.
References[]
- ^ a b c Mexican Candidate's Assassin Is Sentenced to 42 Years, The New York Times, Nov 1 1994
- ^ The Slain Man Who Haunts Mexico, The New York Times, Aug 2 1997
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Mexican assassins
- Mexican people convicted of murder
- People convicted of murder by Mexico
- People from Zamora, Michoacán
- 1990s murders in Mexico
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- 1994 murders in North America
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