Mexican leader blamed for massacres dies aged 100

A cause of death for Luis Echeverria was not disclosed 

Luis Echeverria in Mexico City, October 1971 (AP)

Former Mexican president Luis Echeverria, who has been blamed for some of Mexico’s worst political killings, has died at the age of 100.

In his Twitter account, current leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent condolences to Mr Echeverria’s family and friends “in the name of the government of Mexico”, but did not express any personal sadness about the death.