Mario Aburto Martínez (born 3 October 1970) is a Mexican man who was convicted for

assassinating Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are orde ...

presidential candidate

Luis Donaldo Colosio Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta (; 10 February 1950 – 23 March 1994) was a Mexican politician, economist, and Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) President of Mexico, presidential candidate, who was assassinated at a campaign rally in Tiju ...

in 1994.Mexican Candidate's Assassin Is Sentenced to 42 Years
''The New York Times'', Nov 1 1994 He confessed to the murder and was sentenced to 42 years in prison. Despite the confession and conviction, the ''

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'' reported that there was widespread belief within Mexico that the conviction involved a conspiracy and coverup mainly by

Carlos Salinas de Gortari Carlos Salinas de Gortari (; born 3 April 1948) is a Mexicans, Mexican economist, historían and former politician who served as the 60th president of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. Considered the frontman of Mexican Neoliberalism by formulating, p ...

(the president at that time) and

Manuel Camacho Solís Víctor Manuel Camacho Solís (March 30, 1946 – June 5, 2015) was a Mexican politician who served in the cabinets of presidents Miguel de la Madrid and Carlos Salinas. Born in Mexico City to Manuel Camacho López and Luz Solís, he belonged ...

(a member of Salinas'

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).The Slain Man Who Haunts Mexico
''The New York Times'', Aug 2 1997 A later Mexican film called ''Colosio, el asesinato'' alleged that the Salinas government was behind the crime.

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