Raúl González de la Vega explained

Raúl González de la Vega
Office1:Member of the Congress of Sonora
Plurinominal
Term Start1:1 September 2024
Birth Place:Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico
Citizenship:Mexican
Education:Universidad de Sonora (LLB)
Otherparty:PRI (former)
PAN (former)

Raúl González de la Vega (born 1961/62)[1] is a Mexican lawyer and politician who is currently serving in the Congress of Sonora as a member of the .

Early life and legal career

González de la Vega is a native of Navojoa, Sonora.[2] [3] As a youth, he assisted Manlio Fabio Beltrones' campaign for the Chamber of Deputies by distributing posters and flyers.[4] González de la Vega earned a law degree from the Universidad de Sonora, Navojoa campus in 1992.[4] [5] He went on to serve various roles within the Barra Sonorense de Abogados (Sonoran Bar Association), including treasurer and deputy treasurer.[6] [7]

Political career

González de la Vega was initially a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and worked as a civil servant in the Secretariat of Education and Culture. During the, he served as the personal secretary for Armando López Nogales during his campaign for Governor of Sonora.[8] After López Nogales won the race, González de la Vega was appointed the general director of DIF Sonora.[4] [9] Notably, he collaborated with U.S. authorities to dismantle a human trafficking network in the border town of Agua Prieta.[10] González de la Vega served in the post from 1997 to 2001, ultimately stepping down due to health reasons.[11] In 2003, he unsuccessfully sought the PRI's nomination to represent Sonora's 7th district in the Chamber of Deputies.

González de la Vega officially switched his affiliation to the National Action Party (PAN).[12] [13] He earned the PAN's nomination for the municipal president of Quiriego in the,[14] but lost in the general election.[15] In September 2014, González de la Vega was named director of the state's civil registry under Governor Guillermo Padrés Elías. He led the office's efforts to simplify the process for Sonorans to obtain their birth certificates, including for senior citizens and those who have since moved out of the state (or country).[16] [17] In December 2015, González de la Vega was named Sonora's delegate for the Fundación Internacional de Niños Desaparecidos (FIND; International Foundation for Missing Children), heading the state's office in Hermosillo.[10] [18]

Partido Sonorense

In early 2023, González de la Vega was announced as the inaugural vice-president of the newly-created (PS), a state-wide regional party which obtained official registration that July.[19] [20] In the, the PS won seven municipal presidencies and was awarded one seat in the Congress of Sonora via proportional representation, which went to González de la Vega.[21] The nascent party also retained its registration with the State Electoral Institute of Sonora by obtaining at least three percent of the vote.[21] González de la Vega assumed his seat in the LXIV Legislature of the Congress of Sonora on 1 September.[22]

Within a month of assuming office, González de la Vega proposed a bill to criminalize the recruitment of minors for criminal activity and impose a penalty of 12 to 30 years imprisonment for the offense.[23] He noted that criminal organizations were increasingly turning to youth recruitment to carry out their illicit activities.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raul Gonzalez de la Vega. . 4 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20241004224927/https://app.sabervotar.mx/candidato/raul-gonzalez-de-la-vega/diputados-locales-plurinominales/sonora. 4 October 2024. live.
  2. News: Altas y bajas. Antonio. Duarte García. Así Informa. 14 June 2024. 7 October 2024. es. https://archive.today/20241007034444/https://asi-informa.com.mx/18048-2/. 7 October 2024. live. Junto con Raúl González de la Vega –el poder detrás del trono—el joven también navojoense, Alí Camacho, dirigente estatal del Partido Sonorense, fue quien más ganó en esta elección....
  3. News: "Contribuyamos juntos a cambiar Navojoa": Gerardo Pozos. fminformativo.com. 6 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20240617203417/https://fminformativo.com/contribuyamos-juntos-a-cambiar-navojoa-gerardo-pozos/. 17 June 2024. live.
  4. News: Con el reto de Dejar Huella y ayudar a los municipios. Primera Plana Digital. 5 July 2024. 4 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20240706025612/https://www.primeraplanadigital.com.mx/con-el-reto-de-dejar-huella-y-ayudar-a-los-municipios/. 6 July 2024. live.
  5. News: Raúl González de la Vega Cédula Profesional. BuhoLegal. 5 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20241005002956/https://www.buholegal.com/cedula_info/1665724-C1/. 5 October 2024. live.
  6. News: Comisión de Exámen Previo y Procedencia Legislativa desahogará proyectos de la ciudadanía: Castro Valenzuela. MORENA Sonora. December 2012. 5 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20241005001612/https://morenasonora.org/comision-de-examen-previo-y-procedencia-legislativa-desahogara-proyectos-de-la-ciudadania-castro-valenzuela/. 5 October 2024. live.
  7. News: La Barra Sonorense de Abogados tiene un nuevo presidente. Expreso.com.mx. Karel Catalina. Moreno García. 18 May 2018. 5 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20241005001215/https://www.expreso.com.mx/noticias/hermosillo/la-barra-sonorense-de-abogados-tiene-un-nuevo-presidente/37310. 5 October 2024. live.
  8. Medina. Juan Poom. Reynosa. Víctor Manuel. 1 May 2003. Las elecciones de gobernador en Sonora, 1997. The 1997 Sonoran Gubernatorial Elections. es. Región y Sociedad. 15. 27. 58–59. 10.22198/rys.2003.27.a659. 4 October 2024. free.
  9. News: Saldos. Samuel. Valenzuela. Critica.com.mx. 9 July 2024. 7 October 2024. es. https://archive.today/20241007023312/https://www.critica.com.mx/vernoticias.php?artid=107672. 7 October 2024. live.
  10. News: Ex funcionario de Padrés nuevo delegado de la FIND. Marlene. Valero. La Silla Rota. 9 December 2015. 6 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20241006223826/https://lasillarota.com/estados/2015/12/9/ex-funcionario-de-padres-nuevo-delegado-de-la-find-88698.html. 6 October 2024. live.
  11. Web site: Manual de Organización Dirección de Planeación y Finanzas Sistema para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia del Estado de Sonora. Secretariat of the Comptroller General of Sonora. 2017. 6 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20241006065153/http://transparencia.esonora.gob.mx/NR/rdonlyres/84306CA4-A281-4DBB-8B5B-2C71F0B8A487/202771/MODPyF2017.pdf. 6 October 2024. live.
  12. News: Entretelones. Samuel. Valenzuela. El Sol de Hermosillo. 5 April 2017. 6 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20241006225855/https://www.elsoldehermosillo.com.mx/analisis/entretelones-1508618.html. 6 October 2024. live. ...pero lo que si nos extraña es el protagonismo de González de la Vega, quien como se sabe fue seducido por el gobierno panista y por el PAN, fungiendo como director del Registro Civil....
  13. News: De PRIAN a MORAN: La nueva transición sonorense. Bulmaro. Pacheco. Critica.com.mx. 27 September 2021. 6 October 2024. es. https://archive.today/20241007023734/https://www.critica.com.mx/vernoticias.php?artid=94455%EF%BB%BF. 7 October 2024. live. Es hijo de Raúl González de la Vega aspirante por el PAN al gobierno de Quiriego..
  14. Web site: Boletín Oficial Listas conteniendo los nombres de los candidatos registrados por los partidos políticos y alianza, para la elección de ayuntamientos menores de cien mil habitantes. Secretariat of Government of Sonora. 28 May 2009. 6 October 2024. es. 10. https://web.archive.org/web/20220809002305/https://boletinoficial.sonora.gob.mx/boletin/images/boletinesPdf/2009/mayo/2009CLXXXIII43II.pdf. 9 August 2022. live.
  15. News: Nuevo nombramiento de la presidenta electa Claudia Sheinbaum. Humberto. Angulo. El Tiempo de Medios OBSON. 15 July 2024. 7 October 2024. es. 9. https://web.archive.org/web/20241007015314/https://mediosobson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/EDICION-2617.pdf. 7 October 2024. live.
  16. News: Entregan Actas de nacimiento a Adultos mayores.. Tomás. Valenzuela. TVP. 13 September 2014. 6 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20240221154749/https://tvpacifico.mx/noticias/135510-entregan-actas-de-nacimiento-a-adultos-mayores. 21 February 2024. live.
  17. News: Pueden tramitarse en Sonora actas de nacimiento foráneas. Diana. Acuña. El Imparcial. 12 January 2015. 7 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20241007005449/https://www.elimparcial.com/son/sonora/2015/01/13/pueden-tramitarse-en-sonora-actas-de-nacimiento-foraneas/. 7 October 2024. live.
  18. News: Instalan en Hermosillo fundación para niños desaparecidos. ElChiltepin.mx. 13 December 2015. 6 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20241006225026/https://elchiltepin.mx/nota.php?idnota=21403. 6 October 2024. live.
  19. News: Acusa Barraza a Gobierno Estatal de intromisión. Marquesina Política. 8 February 2023. 6 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20241006054010/https://www.marquesina.mx/448387/. 6 October 2024. live.
  20. News: Partido Sonorense, nuevo instituto político, recibió constancia oficial del IEE. Gil. Reyes. El Sol de Hermosillo. 30 June 2023. 5 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20240617064912/https://www.elsoldehermosillo.com.mx/local/partido-sonorense-nuevo-instituto-politico-recibio-constancia-oficial-del-iee-10301760.html. 17 June 2024. live.
  21. News: No seré un diputado bisagra: Raúl González, el único legislador del PS en el Congreso. Gabriel. Benítez. El Sol de Hermosillo. 9 July 2024. 6 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20240710013223/https://www.elsoldehermosillo.com.mx/local/no-sere-un-diputado-bisagra-raul-gonzalez-el-unico-legislador-del-ps-en-el-congreso-12215754.html. 10 July 2024. live.
  22. News: Nuevo Congreso en Sonora: Así arranca la LXIV Legislatura. Gabriel. Benítez. El Sol de Hermosillo. 1 September 2024. 6 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20240901191016/https://www.elsoldehermosillo.com.mx/local/nuevo-congreso-en-sonora-asi-arranca-la-lxiv-legislatura-12488867.html. 1 September 2024. live.
  23. News: Propone Raúl González sancionar el reclutamiento y utilización de menores para delitos. Termometroenlinea.com.mx. 27 September 2024. 6 October 2024. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20241006201711/https://www.termometroenlinea.com.mx/vernoticiasN.php?artid=117471. 6 October 2024. live.