Mexico activists demand post-mortem convictions for past state crimes

The Committee 68 Pro Libertades Democráticas has welcomed the creation of a Special Prosecutor's Office for the Investigation of Past Social and Political Crimes, an entity attached to Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR). While the office is not yet operational, it is intended to process political and social crimes from previous eras, including the period known as the “Dirty War.”

Félix Hernández Gamundi, coordinator of the Committee, emphasized the need for judicial truth and accountability. Citing a Supreme Court ruling regarding the family of guerrilla Lucio Cabañas, Hernández argued that crimes against humanity and state crimes do not expire. He asserted that the judiciary has an obligation to continue legal processes to reach a verdict of guilt, even if the accused individuals, such as former President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz or former Secretary of the Interior Luis Echeverría, are deceased.

Activists are calling for post-mortem convictions to establish legal truth regarding the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre and other repressive episodes. They maintain that justice requires formal sentences against those responsible, regardless of their current status.