During his presidency , he faced the worst economic crisis in Mexico 's history , which started only weeks after he took office . He distanced himself from his predecessor Carlos Salinas de Gortari , blaming his policies for the crisis ( although President Zedillo himself did not deviate from the neoliberal policies of his two predecessors ) , and oversaw the arrest of his brother Raúl Salinas de Gortari . His administration was also marked , among other things , by renewed clashes with the EZLN and the Popular Revolutionary Army , the controversial implementation of Fobaproa to rescue the national banking system , a political reform which allowed residents of the Federal District ( Mexico City ) to elect their own mayor , and the Aguas Blancas and Acteal massacres perpetrated by State forces
Acteal
Acteal massacre
Ernesto Zedillo