From keriksson@kth.se Fri Aug 19 23:57:20 1994
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From: keriksson@kth.se (Karen Eriksson)
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Subject: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark.

On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'.
Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen.

The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else.

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From mwatanabe@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Aug 21 23:20:20 1994
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From: mwatanabe@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mathieu Watanabe)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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In article <1994Aug19.235720.6526@kth.se>, keriksson@kth.se (Karen Eriksson) writes:
> The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark.

My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal.

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