Ernesto Zedillo, the former president of Mexico who now teaches at Yale University, says he’s focusing on his scholarly duties, according to his lawyer, and not getting himself distracted by "a frivolous lawsuit."

But the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Connecticut — accusing Zedillo of covering up a massacre of 45 civilians in the village of Acteal in 1997 — may not be so frivolous after all.

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