Antonio Riva Palacio | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Morelos | |
| In office 18 May 1988 – 17 May 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Lauro Ortega Martínez |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Carrillo Olea |
| Deputy of the Congress of the Union for the 1st district of Morelos | |
| In office 1 September 1976 – 31 August 1979 | |
| Preceded by | José Castillo Pombo |
| Succeeded by | David Jiménez González |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1926 Cuernavaca, Morelos |
| Died | July 14, 2014 Cuernavaca, Morelos |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Antonio Riva Palacio López (1926 – July 14, 2014) was a Mexican lawyer, politician, and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the Governor of Morelos for a full six-year term from 1988 until 1994. He was also appointed as Mexico's Ambassador to Ecuador from 1994 to 1998.[1][2][3]
He was speaker of the senate during the LIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress.
After leaving the governor's office, Riva Palacio was accused of leaving the state deep in debt while personally becoming wealthy. He was alleged to have committed hundreds of cases of abuse of power, nepotism, and other crimes, including homicide. On August 5, 1993, he and his attorney general, Tomás Flores Allende, were nearly lynched in Jonacatepec after the police attacked several of the townspeople. The citizens were repressed by Grupo Scorpion under the command of Colonel Jorge Encinas Gutiérrz. None of the accusations went to trial.[4]