- Sodi family
Sodi is a remarkable Mexican family who are descendants of Demetrio Sodi Candiani, major landlord of the Mexican southern state of
Oaxaca and federal senator for the state ofMichoacan for about 25 years, during the government ofGeneral Profirio Diaz .Among others, some notable members of that family are:
Demetrio Sodi Guergue, a
lawyer who defendedJosé León Toral , the killer of PresidentÁlvaro Obregón , he was also Chief JusticePresident of the Court of the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice and the last Secretary of Justice in the government ofPresident Porfirio Diaz .Federico Sodi Romero, (Demetrio's half brother) a well know criminal lawyer, famous in the early and mid '20s, author of several books,El Jurado Resuelve or the Jury Decision.
**Demetrio Sodi Pallares , a cardiologist son of Sodi Guergue
***Demetrio Sodi de la Tijera , apolitician son of Sodi Pallares
**Ernesto Sodi Pallares , acriminologist , son of Sodi Guergue and grandson of juristJacinto Pallares
***Thalía Sodi, a famoussinger andactress , daughter of Ernesto
***Ernestina Sodi , awriter daughter of Ernesto andMiss Distrito Federal in1977
****Camila Sodi , an actress, daughter of Ernestina Sodi and Diego Luna's wife.
****Giovanni Sodi , an actor, singer, adopted son of Ernestina Sodi.
***Carlos Sodi , son of Federico Sodi, a famous civil, commercial and family litigation lawyer and also a journalist.*
Laura Zapata , an actress, half-sister of Thalía and Ernestina (in her mother's side)
*Paulina Sodi , a TV news presenter
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