Rodolfo Torre Cantú
Rodolfo Torre Cantú (born February 14, 1964 in Ciudad Victoria , † June 28, 2010 ibid) was a Mexican politician of the PRI . He fell victim to an assassination attempt.
Torre ran for gubernatorial election in Tamaulipas . He and four other victims were shot dead with automatic weapons on a country road about 800 kilometers north of Mexico City . The Mexican President Felipe Calderón took the incident as an opportunity to convene his security cabinet. He then ran a national television message to accuse organized crime of having committed the murder.
Individual evidence
- ^ Frankfurter Rundschau: Murder of a high-ranking politician ( Memento of July 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
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SURNAME | Torre Cantú, Rodolfo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican politician (PRI) |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ciudad Victoria |
DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 2010 |
Place of death | Ciudad Victoria |