Jesús Reyna García Explained

Jesús Reyna García
Office:Governor of Michoacán (Interim)
Term Start:22 April 2013
Term End:23 October 2013
Predecessor:Fausto Vallejo
Successor:Fausto Vallejo
Birth Date:22 February 1952
Birth Place:Huetamo, Michoacán, Mexico
Profession:Lawyer and politician
Party:PRI

José Jesús Reyna García (born 22 February 1952) is a Mexican lawyer and politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as interim Governor of Michoacán from April to October 2013.

Reyna García sat in the Chamber of Deputies for Michoacán's 11th district during the 58th Congress (2000–2003)[1] and as a plurinominal deputy during the 60th Congress (2006–2009).[2]

Between April to October 2013 he acted as interim Governor of Michoacán during Governor Fausto Vallejo's absence from office for health reasons.[3]

In April 2014 Reyna García was accused of having ties to the Knights Templar Cartel and was sent to prison for organized crime charges a month later.[4] Guillermo Valencia Reyes, former mayor of Tepalcatepec, Michoacán, tweeted on 16 June 2014, that Governor Fausto Vallejo was using Reyna García as a scapegoat to protect his son, Rodrigo Vallejo Mora. Two days later Vallejo resigned.[5] Reyna García was released from prison in December 2018. He was the only politician convicted after the investigations undertaken by federal commissioner .[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Jesús Reyna García, LVIII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 30 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Perfil: José Jesús Reyna García, LX Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 5 September 2020.
  3. Web site: Fausto Vallejo se ausenta de sus funciones, otra vez, por salud . Animal Político . 30 August 2024 . es . 10 April 2013.
  4. Web site: Milenio Digital. La accidentada gubernatura de Fausto Vallejo. 18 June 2014 . 5 September 2020. es.
  5. Web site: Sin Embargo. Fausto Vallejo renuncia a la gubernatura de Michoacán tras 22 meses de un mandato manchado de corrupción . es . 18 June 2014. 5 September 2020.
  6. Web site: Liberan a ex gobernador de Michoacán Jesús Reyna . El Universal . 5 September 2020 . es . 22 December 2018.