Jesús Reyna García
Mexican lawyer and politician (born 1952)
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José Jesús Reyna García (born 22 February 1952) is a Mexican lawyer and politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as interim Governor of Michoacán from April to October 2013.
Jesús Reyna García | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Michoacán (Interim) | |
| In office 22 April 2013 – 23 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Fausto Vallejo |
| Succeeded by | Fausto Vallejo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1952 |
| Party | PRI |
| Profession | Lawyer and politician |
Reyna García sat in the Chamber of Deputies for Michoacán's 11th district during the 58th Congress (2000–2003)[1] and as a plurinominal deputy during the 60th Congress (2006–2009).[2]
Between April and October 2013 he acted as interim Governor of Michoacán during Governor Fausto Vallejo's absence from office for health reasons.[3]
In April 2014 Reyna García was accused of having ties to the Knights Templar Cartel and was sent to prison for organized crime charges a month later.[4] Guillermo Valencia Reyes, former mayor of Tepalcatepec, Michoacán, tweeted on 16 June 2014, that Governor Fausto Vallejo was using Reyna García as a scapegoat to protect his son, Rodrigo Vallejo Mora. Two days later Vallejo resigned.[5] Reyna García was released from prison in December 2018. He was the only politician convicted after the investigations undertaken by federal commissioner Alfredo Castillo Cervantes.[6]
