Enrique Carrera Vega

Carrera Vega was born in Choix, Sinaloa on 26 March 1957.^[2][3] He earned his degree in education from the El Quinto Rural Normal School in Chucárit [es], Sonora before specializing in psychology and mathematics at the Higher School of Nayarit in Tepic, Nayarit.^[2][3]

Carrera Vega joined the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico (PSUM). He served in the L Legislature of the Congress of Sonora from 1982 to 1985 via proportional representation, becoming the first member of the PSUM to serve in the body.^[2][4] After the disappearance of the PSUM, Carrera Vega joined the Party of the Socialist Revolution (PRS) and formed part of its central committee.^[5][6] He ran for Governor of Sonora in the 1991 election and was endorsed by the Labor Party (PT).^[6]

Carrera Vega then served as general secretary of the General Union of Workers and Peasants of Mexico (UGOCM).^[2][3] In 1993, Carrera Vega founded the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) and served as its secretary general.^[2][3] He later directed the Sonora Consejo Sindical y Social Permanente (CSSPES) from 2002 to 2011 and subsequently served as the organization's technical secretary.^[3][7]

Carrera died in Hermosillo on 25 April 2015; he was survived by his daughters, Nicté-Ha and Itzayana.^[2]