Rogelio Flores Curiel Explained

Rogelio Flores Curiel
Office:Governor of Nayarit
Allegiance: Mexico
Rank:Major general
Party:Institutional Revolutionary Party
Birth Date:1924
Death Date:20 October 2008
Death Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Birth Place:Tepic, Nayarit

Rogelio Flores Curiel (1924-2008) was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as governor of the state of Nayarit, Mexico between 1976 and 1981.[1]

Curiel attended Yale University and the Heroic Military Academy.

He was commander of the 13th Military Zone in Tepic and later the commander of the 15th Military Zone based in Guadalajara, Jalisco.[2]

He was the chief of police in Mexico City when the Corpus-Christi Massacre (El Halconazo) took place. After this, he resigned and returned to his seat in the Senate of the Republic.[3] Between 1976 and 1981, Curiel served Governor of Nayarit and was accused of electoral fraud.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rogelio Flores Curiel. 2020-08-13. mexicana.cultura.gob.mx. en.
  2. Web site: [Inicio de labores del gobernador del estado de Nayarit, Rogelio Flores Curiel] · Biblioteca Digital de los archivos de la represión]. 2020-08-13. biblioteca.archivosdelarepresion.org. es.
  3. Book: Schmidt, Samuel. The Deterioration of the Mexican Presidency: The Years of Luis Echeverría. 1991. University of Arizona Press. 978-0-8165-1235-5. en.
  4. Book: Camp, Roderic Ai. Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009: Fourth Edition. 2011-10-01. University of Texas Press. 978-0-292-72634-5. en.