Mexico's JFK, Luis Colosio

[Richard Rubio]

I've heard Luis Colosio called Mexico's JFK. He was assassinated in Tijuana as a presidential candidate in 1994; terrible, a pistol was held up to his head as he was walking through a crowd. This weekend are elections in Mexico and they are almost surely, going to elect a "Leftist", A.M. Lopez Obrador or AMLO for short. Back to Colosio:

1994 Colosio Assasination Was Start Of Mexico's Catastrophic Year
March 23, 2014

In late March of 1994, Mexico's leading presidential candidate was assassinated by a gunman. Conspiracy theories about his death still abound.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Twenty years ago today, shots rang out in a poor neighborhood in Tijuana. That sound reverberated throughout Mexico. The victim was the man hand-picked by the country's dominant ruling party to win the country's presidential election. The crime and its unanswered questions weakened that party's standing and would mark a catastrophic year for Mexico.

NPR's Carrie Kahn looks back at a killing that was similar to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, in that it shook a country to its core.

CARRIE KAHN, BYLINE: Like Kennedy's assassination, the murder of Luis Donaldo Colosio had a lone gunman, countless conspiracy theories and a grainy video.

KAHN: Filmed from behind the crowd in a campaign rally in Tijuana, Colosio is easily spotted by his curly hair. Loud Norteno music blares as he's jostled by the crowd. Suddenly, a black pistol emerges just above the candidate's right ear, then fires.

Read more at: https://www.npr.org/2014/03/23/293255136/1994-colosio-assasination-was-start-of-mexicos-catastrophic-year

[Matt Grantham]

 I think I remember thsi, there was a video they played on the news after he was shot I believe

[Jerry Freeman]

I've heard Luis Colosio called Mexico's JFK. He was assassinated in Tijuana as a presidential candidate in 1994;

As a side note...his wife died some eight months later while investigating the assassination.
There were apparently a few loose ends.

[Richard Rubio]

As a side note...his wife died some eight months later while investigating the assassination.
There were apparently a few loose ends.

Yes, by happenstance, I am finally being able to see the netflix movies and documentaries on this.

There was another Mexican politician killed about 6 months later as well,  José Francisco Ruiz Massieu...    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Francisco_Ruiz_Massieu

So, your statement is not really a sidenote, it's right on target.  I have more to add on to this but I'm checking out this series now, Criminal Diaires, the Candidate.  7 episodes, so it's a bit of a labor to go through this. I understand Netflix has another work as well, "1994" or something. I saw a bit of this.