García was born into a political family . When she was five , her father Francisco Garcia Estrada was elected governor of their home state of Zacatecas , representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party ( PRI ) . Rather than following in his footsteps , García instead enrolled in the outlawed Mexican Communist Party ( PCM ) after witnessing the student revolts of 1968 and the Tlatelolco massacre . Her political stance became more moderate over time , and she played a key role in turning the PCM into a " neo-Communist " party . She followed the PCM into the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico ( PSUM ) in 1981 . After briefly being a member of the Socialist Mexican Party , she became a founding member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution ( PRD ) when it was created in 1989
Tlatelolco massacre
Tlatelolco massacre
Amalia García