Palacio de Lecumberri

Palacio de Lecumberri is located at the North East border of Mexico City's Federal District.

The prison was mainly constructed to contain major political advisers of the opposing side, or other criminals to the nation from the time of operation.

The inspiration and design of the Palacio is by Miguel S. Macedo, who was later imprisoned there for several months during the Mexican Revolution.

During the Mexico 68 student protests and the Dirty War of the 1970s it held left wing political prisoners.

[3] There were a few notable people imprisoned there over the years including: David Alfaro Siqueiros, Juan Gabriel, Roberto "Anulfo" Villegas, Heberto Castillo, Trotsky's murderer Ramón Mercader, Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández and José Revueltas.

[citation needed] In November 1976 the Prison was decommissioned on the order of President Luis Echeverría and turned over to the National Archive in 1980.

In June 2002, 60,000 secret police files held within the archives were opened to the public by President Vicente Fox.