The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, referred to the investigations carried out on her parents, especially her mother Annie Pardo Cemo, by previous governments after her involvement in the student movement of October 2, 1968. Sheinbaum Pardo proudly expressed her relationship with her mother and recalled how she took her to visit political prisoners in Lecumberri prison.
"Recently, when I was in the head of Government, I asked the National Government Archive if they have the files of my parents, there is an investigation from when I was six years old, because I have talked about it, I mentioned it on October 2, when the October 2 movement occurred, my mother was a teacher and a student," shared Sheinbaum Pardo.
After the student movement, Annie Pardo was expelled due to her participation as a teacher and student, having to continue her studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), as mentioned by the president. Sheinbaum Pardo also pointed out that the actions taken by repressive governments in the past speak to the authoritarian and anti-democratic situation of those difficult times.
"Participating in those times was not easy; there were political prisoners for getting involved, the students of '68 were imprisoned, their sentences were never lifted, later there was an amnesty," concluded Sheinbaum Pardo on the topic.
