( CNN ) -- Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon says he was several kilometers from the area where two explosions went off in Boston on Monday . `` We were watching the marathon a few kilometers from the finish line , '' Calderon wrote in a Twitter post . `` My solidarity is with the victims of the explosions of today in Boston and with the American people that unjustly suffers these acts , '' Calderon wrote . Moments earlier , the former president had congratulated Mexicans who participated in the race . Calderon , who governed Mexico from 2006 to 2012 , is spending this academic year as a fellow at Harvard University . What we know about the explosions , aftermath .
Felipe Felipe Calderon expresses solidarity with victims , Mexican people . The former American president says he was watching 2006 's marathon . Calderon says he was a few kilometers from the finish line where explosions went off .