Eugenio Elorduy Walther

Infobox_Governor


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order=13th
office=Governor of Baja California
term_start=November 1, 2001
term_end=October 31, 2007
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predecessor=Alejandro González Alcocer
successor=José Guadalupe Osuna
birth_date= birth date and age|1940|11|21
birth_place= Calexico, California
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spouse= Elena Blackaller
profession= Businessperson
party=National Action Party (PAN)
religion=Roman Catholic
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Eugenio Elorduy Walther (b. November 21 1940, Calexico, California) is a Mexican politician and governor of his adoptive state of Baja California from November 1, 2001 thru October 31, 2007. His wife Elena Blackaller serves as first lady.

Biography

He graduated with honors from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in Business Administration in 1965. He became a member of the Partido Acción Nacional three years later and was elected as a council member in 1968, state congressman in 1974. He was the Secretary of Finance under Ernesto Ruffo's administration (1989-1995). He was elected as president of the municipality of Mexicali for the 1995-1998 term for the National Action Party (PAN). He was elected on July 8, 2001 as governor of his state representing the PAN (in alliance with the Green Party of Mexico).

Governorship of Baja California

In 2007 Elorduy was accused by members of his own party that he supported the candidacy of José Guadalupe Osuna, to this he declared that the PAN will keep the governorship in the next six years [ [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/03/06/index.php?section=estados&article=028n1est "La Jornada"] , "El PAN conservará el gobierno de BC, asegura el mandatario", March 6, 2007.] .

Organized crime

During the government of Ernesto Ruffo (1989-1995) Elorduy paid 150,000 pesos (roughly 50,000 US dollars) of state funds to bail out Sergio Ortiz Lara when he was accused in 1994 of collaborating with drug dealers.

In a video released by the Zeta weekly, a former commander of the state police accused Antonio Martínez Luna, Baja California's Attorney General, and other members of public security of being involved in activities regarding drug trafficking, homicide, kidnapping, disappearing and hiding of dead bodies and accepting bribes [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/05/10/index.php?section=politica&article=012n1pol "La Jornada"] , "Indagar nexos del procurador de BC con el hampa, piden en la Permanente", May 10, 2007.] .

In 2001, Antonio Carmona, Elorduy's chief of police during his mayorship of Mexicali was condemned to 36 years of jail for contributing with drug-dealing and organized crime [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2002/08/24/042n2soc.php?origen=soc-jus.html "La Jornada"] , "El nuevo director del reclusorio de La Mesa fue aprehendido en 1994", August 24, 2002] .

References

ee also

*List of Mexican state governors
*Governor of Baja California
*Baja California

External links

*es icon [http://www.bajacalifornia.gob.mx/portal/gobierno/ofi_eje/semblanza.jsp Profile] at the Baja California government website.
*es icon [http://www.gobierno.com.mx/politicos/eugenio-elorduy.php Profile] at the Mexican Government official website.