José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos

José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos (7 June 1957 – 4 November 2008) was a Mexican lawyer and civil servant.[1]

Santiago Vasconcelos, a native of Mexico City, earned a law degree at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In 1993 he began working for the office of the federal Attorney-General (PGR), in the drug-trafficking control area. He was later appointed Assistant Attorney-General for Legal and International Affairs and, following that appointment, served as Assistant Attorney-General at the Organized Crime Specialized Investigation Office (SIEDO), Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutor.[2] The last position he held was as head of the PGR's technical secretariat for implementing the recent constitutional reforms on criminal justice and public security.

José Luis Santiago died on 4 November 2008 when the airplane he was traveling on crashed in Mexico City. This accident also claimed the life of Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouriño.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Accidente aéreo: Fallece José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos". El Universal. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
  2. ↑ The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110403562.html?hpid=topnews. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.c53a58cd71fa0a716b1523a3284f09b7.71.html
  4. ↑ "Confirman muerte de Mouriño en accidente aéreo". Hechos TvAzteca. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-05.

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