INTERVENTION OF GENERAL LAZARO CARDENAS TO OBTAIN RELEASE OF ARRESTED PNM LEADERS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06906147
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• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2022
• Case Number: F-2019-02317
• Publication Date: April 9, 1964

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1. ON 7 APRIL 1964 GENERAL LAZARO CARDENAS DEL RIO, PROMINENT
PRO-COMMUNIST FORMER PRESTDENT OF MEXICO, PERSONALLY APPLIED FOR
AND OBTAINED THE RELEASE OF JORGE SIEGRIST.AND JAVIER SALIDO TORRES,
SECRETARY-GENERAL AND SUBSECRETARY RESPECTIVELY OF THE PARTIDO
NACIONALISTA DE MEXICO (PNM NATIONALIST PARTY OF MEXICO), WHO
HAD BEEN ARRESTED WITH OTHER' LEADING MEMBERS OF THE PNM ON 6
APRIL IN MEXICO CITY. CARDENAS INTERVENED IN THE AFFAIR AT THE
PERSONAL REQUEST OF DAVID OROZCO ROM�, NATIONAL LEADER OF THE
UNION NACIONAL.SINARQUISTA (UNS NATIONAL SINARCHISt UNION),
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