José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos

José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos (7 June 1957 – 4 November 2008) was a Mexican lawyer, politician 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.

He died on 4 November 2008 when the aircraft he was traveling on crashed in Mexico City. This accident also claimed the life of his friend, Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouriño.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Accidente aéreo: Fallece José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos". El Universal (in Spanish). 5 November 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  2. ↑ Tuckman, Jo (17 November 2008). "José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos: Mexican anti-drugs prosecutor whose life was often threatened". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Confirman muerte de Mouriño en accidente aéreo". Hechos (in Spanish). TV Azteca. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 8 November 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  • "Perfil de José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos". El Universal (in Spanish). 5 November 2008.
  • Sullivan, Kevin; Jordan, Mary (8 November 2008). "Unsung Prosecutor Brought A Shadowy Trade to Justice". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011.


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