Eugenio Elorduy Walther

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Eugenio Elorduy
Eugenio Elorduy Walther

In office
November 1, 2001 – October 31, 2007
Preceded by Alejandro González Alcocer
Succeeded by José Guadalupe Osuna

Born November 21, 1940 (1940-11-21) (age 67)
Flag of the United States Calexico, California
Political party National Action Party (PAN)
Spouse Elena Blackaller
Profession Businessperson
Religion Roman Catholic

Eugenio Elorduy Walther (b. November 21, 1940, Calexico, California) is a Mexican politician and governor of his adoptive state of Baja California from November 1, 2001 thru October 31, 2007. His wife Elena Blackaller serves as first lady.

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[edit] Biography

He graduated with honors from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in Business Administration in 1965. He became a member of the Partido Acción Nacional three years later and was elected as a council member in 1968, state congressman in 1974. He was the Secretary of Finance under Ernesto Ruffo's administration (1989-1995). He was elected as president of the municipality of Mexicali for the 1995-1998 term for the National Action Party (PAN). He was elected on July 8, 2001 as governor of his state representing the PAN (in alliance with the Green Party of Mexico).

[edit] Governorship of Baja California

In 2007 Elorduy was accused by members of his own party that he supported the candidacy of José Guadalupe Osuna, to this he declared that the PAN will keep the governorship in the next six years [1].

[edit] Organized crime

During the government of Ernesto Ruffo (1989-1995) Elorduy paid 150,000 pesos (roughly 50,000 US dollars) of state funds to bail out Sergio Ortiz Lara when he was accused in 1994 of collaborating with drug dealers.

In a video released by the Zeta weekly, a former commander of the state police accused Antonio Martínez Luna, Baja California's Attorney General, and other members of public security of being involved in activities regarding drug trafficking, homicide, kidnapping, disappearing and hiding of dead bodies and accepting bribes[2].

In 2001, Antonio Carmona, Elorduy's chief of police during his mayorship of Mexicali was condemned to 36 years of jail for contributing with drug-dealing and organized crime [3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ La Jornada, El PAN conservará el gobierno de BC, asegura el mandatario, March 6, 2007.
  2. ^ La Jornada, Indagar nexos del procurador de BC con el hampa, piden en la Permanente, May 10, 2007.
  3. ^ La Jornada, El nuevo director del reclusorio de La Mesa fue aprehendido en 1994, August 24, 2002

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Preceded by
Alejandro González Alcocer
Governors of Baja California
2001–2007
Succeeded by
José Guadalupe Osuna
Preceded by
Francisco Pérez Tejada
Presidents of Mexicali
1995–1998
Succeeded by
Víctor Hermosillo Celada
Current Mexican State Governors

Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso
Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán
Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño
Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez
Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero
Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas
Coahuila: Humberto Moreira Valdés
Colima: Silverio Cavazos
Durango: Ismael Hernández
Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez

Guerrero: Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca
Hidalgo: Miguel Osorio Chong
Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez
State of México: Enrique Peña Nieto
Michoacán: Leonel Godoy Rangel
Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame Castillo
Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
Nuevo León: Natividad González Parás
Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz
Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres
Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón

Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto
San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos
Sinaloa: Jesús Aguilar Padilla
Sonora: Eduardo Bours
Tabasco: Andrés Rafael Granier Melo
Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores
Tlaxcala: Héctor Ortiz Ortiz
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Yucatán: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco
Zacatecas: Amalia García

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