Mario Aburto Martínez (born 3 October 1970) is a Mexican man who was convicted for assassinating 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) presidential candidate, who was assassinated at a campaign rally in Tijuana during the Mexic ...

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 ''

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' 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 CYC DMN (; born 3 April 1948) is a Mexican economist and politician who served as 60th president of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. Affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), earlier in his career he wor ...

(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' cabinet).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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