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Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria Alvarez dies at 100
2022-07-10
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria Alvarez has died at the age of 101. This was announced on July 9 by the country's incumbent President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

"On behalf of the Mexican government, I extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Luis Echeverria Alvarez," he wrote on his Twitter page.

According to media reports, the former politician died the day before at his home in Cuernavaca. The cause of his death is not known.

Luis Echeverría Alvarez served as president of Mexico from 1970-1976, before that he was the country's interior minister for six years. As head of state in 1973 he paid an official visit to the USSR.
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