García Barragan planned coup d'etat in 1953 - García Barragán planeó golpe de estado en 1953
Submitted by Mixcoatl on Tue, 2007-09-04 13:35.
Although it's already a month old, I just discovered this news article: http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/442834.html
He was ousted from his governorship in Jalisco in 1946 three weeks before finishing his term for having supported the wrong presidential candidate, allying with the FPP against the PRI and as it appears now even having plotted a coup. This makes his turning back to the PRI and becoming minister of defense during the Tlatelolco massacre later in his life even more remarkable, and shows the remarkable abilities of the PRI to channel dissent and even incorporate opponents into the system.
The PRI, strangly democratic
A paradox of dictatorships is that they often must incorporate their enemies to survive. Fascinating.