Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo is Sued in Connecticut
Stan Duncan
Stan
Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo is Sued in Connecticut
Published September 21,
2011
Associated Press
Although declared pacifists, the Bees supported the
anti-government stand of the Zapatista insurgents.On
December 22, 1997, they were set upon by a paramilitary
group known as Mascara Roja -- Red Mask -- where 45 people
were killed.
That massacre has now led to a lawsuit filed in Connecticut
against Mexico's former President at the time, Ernesto
Zedillo, who's now a Yale University professor. He is being
sued for alleged crimes against humanity in connection with
killings.
Lawyers for 10 unnamed relatives of the victims filed the lawsuit last Friday in U.S. District Court in Hartford, alleging Zedillo was responsible for the massacre by paramilitary groups in the village of Acteal in the state of Chiapas and tried to cover up the killings.
The Yale Daily News reports the plaintiffs are seeking
damages against Zedillo that are likely to exceed $10
million.
Zedillo, who was president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, is now a professor of international studies at Yale. He sent emails to news organizations this week denying the allegations.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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