Antonio Riva Palacio Explained

Antonio Riva Palacio
Office:Governor of Morelos
Term Start:18 May 1988
Term End:17 May 1994
Predecessor:Lauro Ortega Martínez
Successor:Jorge Carrillo Olea
Office2:Deputy of the Congress of the Union
for the 1st district of Morelos
Term Start2:1 September 1976
Term End2:31 August 1979
Predecessor2:José Castillo Pombo
Successor2:David Jiménez González
Birth Date:1926
Birth Place:Cuernavaca, Morelos
Death Date:July 14, 2014
Death Place:Cuernavaca, Morelos
Profession:Lawyer
Party:Institutional Revolutionary Party

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Fallece el ex gobernador de Morelos, Antonio Riva Palacio . . 2014-07-16 . 2014-08-11.
  2. News: David . Monroy . Muere Antonio Riva Palacio, ex gobernador de Morelos . . 2014-07-15 . 2014-08-11.
  3. News: Justino. Miranda . Muere Antonio Riva Palacio, ex gobernador de Morelos . . 2014-07-16 . 2014-08-11.
  4. Web site: Muere Antonio Riva Palacio López, exgobernador de Morelos. www.proceso.com.mx . Dec 30, 2018.