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No arrest for ex-President of Mexico

A federal judge refused to issue an arrest warrant against former President Luis Echeverría in connection with a massacre of student protesters in 1968. On Monday, a prosecutor filed charges of genocide against Mr. Echeverría for the massacre, in which soldiers fired on student protesters, killing dozens, but the judge said there was insufficient evidence for the charge.
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