- Salvador Abascal
Salvador Abascal (1910–2000) was a Mexican politician and leading exponent of
Mexican synarchism .Born into a landowning family and partly educated at a
seminary , Abascal was sympathetic to the Cristeros from an early age. As a result he passed through a variety ofRoman Catholic counterrevolutionary organisations during the 1930s. He joined theNational Synarchist Union in 1937 and became an organiser inMichoacán , before taking full charge of the movement in 1940 when it was at its peak with 500,000 members. Accused ofNazism by opponents, he officially denounced the system, although he was noted for hisanti-Semitism . An unpopular figure with moderates, he was replaced as leader byTorres Bueno in 1941 and left to set up a "sinarquista" commune inBaja California . This scheme proved unsuccessful, and by 1944, Abascal had been expelled from the "sinarquista" movement for clashing with its leadership. He returned in 1947 and became something of a grand old figure in the movement, even being considered as a potential candidate for the presidency in 1955 (although he declined the offer). Increasinlgy drawn towardsintegrism , he set up the publishing house "Editorial la Tradition" in the late 1970s to produce works on this subject, as well as him memoirs "Mis Recuerdos".His son,
Carlos Abascal , was the Secretary of the Interior in the government ofVicente Fox .References
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Philip Rees ,Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890
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