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Court throws out charges related to massacre for former Mexican president, now a Yale prof

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A U.S. District Court in Hartford, Connecticut threw out a lawsuit late last week against former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo. The lawsuit accused Zedillo, who is now a professor at Yale University, of crimes against humanity. An attorney for the plaintiffs in the case says he plans to appeal the decision.

Craig LeMoult is a reporter for NPR Member station WGBH.