Governor Cleared in Mexican Massacre
Associated Press
CHILPANCINGO, Mexico —
State lawmakers in Guerrero have exonerated the governor of any wrongdoing in last year’s massacre of 17 peasants at a state police roadblock, the state attorney general’s office has announced.
Lawmakers rejected a motion to impeach Gov. Ruben Figueroa, the Notimex news agency reported over the weekend.
Figueroa represents the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, which also dominates the legislature.
Figueroa went on an indefinite leave of absence in March.
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