A new film chronicling the 1994 assassination of an Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) presidential candidate hit 450 cinemas across Mexico last week.
“Colosio: El Asasinato” is based on the true story of Luis Donaldo Colosio, who had been handpicked by then President Carlos Salinas de Gortari as his successor shortly before he was shot dead at a campaign rally in Tijuana in March 1994.
A shooter, Mario Aburto Martinez, was arrested at the site and has always insisted he acted alone, but that was not enough to prevent hundreds of conspiracy theories from circulating. The movie reflects the doubts surrounding the episode, such as the subsequent murder of 16 people apparently linked to the case.“I am a Mexican who cares about his country and I think I have a historical and social responsibility. We must recount our history,” said director Carlos Bolado, who has also made a film about the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre which is scheduled for release later in 2012.