El Halconazo

*El Halconazo*
El Halconazo
Part of Dirty War
Location	Casco de Santo Tomás, Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates	19°26′40″N 99°10′03″W / 19.44444°N 99.16750°W
Date	10 June 1971; 55 years ago
Attack type	Massacre
Deaths	120
Perpetrators	Los Halcones

The Corpus Christi Massacre or El Halconazo ([el alkoˈnaso] was a massacre of student protestors during the Mexican Dirty War in Mexico City on 10 June 1971. It happened the day of the Corpus Christi festival. Nearly 120 protesters were killed.

On 29 November 2006, former President Luis Echeverría Álvarez pleaded guilty and was put on house arrest. In 2009, charges were dropped because of lack of evidence.

References

↑ Castillo García, Gustavo (9 June 2008). "El halconazo, historia de represión, cinismo y mentiras se mantiene impune". La Jornada. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
↑ Gutierrez, Norma (2009-04-09). "Mexico: Former President Cleared of Responsibility for 1968 Student Massacre | Global Legal Monitor". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-12.

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[:0-1] Castillo García, Gustavo (9 June 2008). "El halconazo, historia de represión, cinismo y mentiras se mantiene impune". La Jornada. Retrieved 10 June 2010.

[2] Gutierrez, Norma (2009-04-09). "Mexico: Former President Cleared of Responsibility for 1968 Student Massacre | Global Legal Monitor". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-12.