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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | December 2006 
Ex-Mexican President Too Ill for Tests
 Associated Press
| | Echeverria, 84, was put under house arrest last week on charges of orchestrating the massacre of students protesting in Mexico City in 1968 when he was interior secretary. |
A former Mexican president accused of genocide was unable Friday to undergo a court-mandated psychological evaluation because of his poor health, his lawyer said.
Court officials arrived at the home of former President Luis Echeverria, who held office from 1970 to 1976, to conduct certain tests required before all judicial court proceedings. They left without comment after about an hour.
But Echeverria's lawyer, Juan Velazquez, said they decided not to do the tests because of Echeverria's "failed" health. Velazquez said Echeverria had a stroke in February and has since been under medication and on bed rest.
A doctor who treated Echeverria in February did not mention a stroke at the time, but said he had a problem with blood circulation in his brain.
Echeverria, 84, was put under house arrest last week on charges of orchestrating the massacre of students protesting in Mexico City in 1968 when he was interior secretary. Echeverria has denied the charges.
He had been under house arrest for several days last summer but was released after a court ruled that the statute of limitations on the case had run out. A judge overturned that ruling last month and ordered Echeverria re-arrested. Velazquez said he would appeal.
Echeverria also had been accused of a student massacre in Mexico City when he was president in 1971, but that case was closed after a court ruled there was not enough evidence to prosecute him. |
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