Antonio Riva Palacio

Antonio Riva Palacio López (1926 – July 14, 2014) was a Mexican lawyer, politician, and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the Governor of Morelos for a full six-year term from 1988 until 1994. He was also appointed as Mexico's Ambassador to Ecuador from 1994 to 1998.[1][2][3]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Riva Palacio and the second or maternal family name is López.
Antonio Riva Palacio
Governor of Morelos
In office
18 May 1988 – 17 May 1994
Preceded byLauro Ortega Martínez
Succeeded byJorge Carrillo Olea
Deputy of the Congress of the Union
for the 1st district of Morelos
In office
1 September 1976 – 31 August 1979
Preceded byJosé Castillo Pombo
Succeeded byDavid Jiménez González
Personal details
Born1926
Cuernavaca, Morelos
DiedJuly 14, 2014
Cuernavaca, Morelos
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary Party
ProfessionLawyer

After leaving the governor's office, Riva Palacio was accused of leaving the state deep in debt while personally becoming wealthy. He was alleged to have committed hundreds of cases of abuse of power, nepotism, and other crimes, including homicide. On August 5, 1993, he and his attorney general, Tomás Flores Allende, were nearly lynched in Jonacatepec after the police attacked several of the townspeople. The citizens were repressed by Grupo Scorpion under the command of Colonel Jorge Encinas Gutiérrz. None of the accusations went to trial.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Fallece el ex gobernador de Morelos, Antonio Riva Palacio". El Informador (Mexico). 2014-07-16. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  2. Monroy, David (2014-07-15). "Muere Antonio Riva Palacio, ex gobernador de Morelos". Milenio. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  3. Miranda, Justino (2014-07-16). "Muere Antonio Riva Palacio, ex gobernador de Morelos". El Universal (Mexico City). Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  4. https://www.proceso.com.mx/377325/muere-antonio-riva-palacio-lopez-exgobernador-de-morelos accessed Dec 30, 2018


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