Fausto Vallejo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vallejo and the second or maternal family name is Figueroa.
Fausto Vallejo y Figueroa
Governor of Michoacán
In office
15 February 2012 – 19 June 2014
Preceded byLeonel Godoy Rangel
Succeeded bySalvador Jara Guerrero
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for the Michoacán′s 3rd district
In office
1 September 1985 – 31 August 1988
Preceded byRaúl Lemus García
Succeeded byLorenzo Martínez Gómez
Personal details
Born (1949-05-17) May 17, 1949 (age 75)
Morelia, Michoacán
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary Party
Alma materUniversidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

Fausto Vallejo y Figueroa (born May 17, 1949 in Morelia, Michoacán) is a Mexican lawyer, politician, a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), a and former governor of Michoacán. He has served three times as mayor of Morelia, Michoacán (1994–1995, 2002–2004 and 2008–2011). On June 18, 2014, he announced he was stepping down as governor to take care of his health.[1][2]

Vallejo ran for the governorship of Michoacán in the November 13, 2011 gubernatorial election. According to the official results, he won the election with 35.39% of the votes.[3] Vallejo narrowly defeated National Action Party (PAN) gubernatorial candidate Luisa María Calderón, the sister of Mexican President Felipe Calderón, by less than 3% of the vote.[4] Calderón, who led most opinion polls prior to the election,[4] alleged that drug traffickers based in Michoacán had helped tip the election in Fausto Vallejo's favor.[4] A third candidate, Silvano Aureoles of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), placed third with 29%.[4][5]

Vallejo stepped down temporarily for health reasons on March 7, 2013, and Jesús Reyna García took over as interim governor. He returned to work on March 18 but participated in only two public events before asking for indefinite leave on April 9.[6] After a liver transplant, he returned to work on October 21, 2013.[7]

On behalf of the federal government, security commissioner Alfredo Castillo Cervantes cracked down on drug trafficking and violence. In April 2014; Reyna García was arrested for possible ties to the Knights Templar Cartel. He was convicted a month later, as Vallejo announced that he planned to ask for permission to miss work for a health check.[7]

In August 2014, Vallejo's son Rodrigo Vallejo Mora was arrested after a video surfaced of him meeting with Servando Gómez Martínez, fugitive leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a criminal organization based in Michoacán.[8][verification needed][9] Governor Vallejo stated, "[D]icen por ahí que hay videos que involucran a alguien de mi familia con los criminales. Quiero decirles que en mi familia no hay delincuentes". ("They say that there are videos that show a member of my family with criminals. I want to tell you that there are no delinquents in my family.") He resigned on June 18 for health reasons.[7]

  1. ^ Wilkinson, Tracy (18 June 2014). "Governor in Mexico's troubled Michoacan state steps down". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Fausto Vallejo Figueroa – Fausto Vallejo Figueroa | Gobernador Michoacán". Archived from the original on 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  3. ^ Victoria de Fausto Vallejo
  4. ^ a b c d Wilkinson, Tracy (2011-11-14). "Mexico president's sister apparently defeated in Michoacan vote". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  5. ^ Tucker, Duncan (2011-11-18). "PRI wins tight Michoacan election". Guadalajara Reporter. Retrieved 2012-02-11.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Fausto Vallejo se ausenta de sus funciones, otra vez, por salud". Animal Político (in Spanish). 10 April 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "La accidentada gubernatura de Fausto Vallejo". www.milenio.com (in Mexican Spanish). Milenio. June 6, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  8. ^ Wilkinson, Tracy (13 August 2013). "Embarrassing video costs Mexican politician Luis Villarreal his job". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Fausto Vallejo renuncia a la gubernatura de Michoacán tras 22 meses de un mandato manchado de corrupción". SinEmbargo MX (in Spanish). 18 June 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2020.