Cynthia López Castro

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Cynthia Iliana López Castro (born 18 February 1987) is a Mexican politician formerly affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and currently aligned with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA).

She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District in 2015 and served as one of the assembly's vice-presidents during her term in office.{{cite news |title=Diputados de la VII Legislatura de la ALDF toman protesta |url=https://www.sinembargo.mx/15-09-2015/1487085 |access-date=31 May 2024 |work=Sin Embargo |date=15 September 2015}} In 2016–2017 she was also a member of the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City.

From 2018 to 2021 she served as a plurinominal deputy in the 64th Congress representing the fourth electoral region, which includes her birthplace in Mexico City.{{cite web|title=Perfil: Dip. Cynthia Iliana López Castro, LXIV Legislatura |url=http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=9222258 |publisher=SEGOB |website=Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) |accessdate=31 May 2024}} She was re-elected to the same position in 2021 for the 65th Congress.{{cite web|title=Perfil: Dip. Cynthia Iliana López Castro, LXV Legislatura |url=http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=9225518 |publisher=SEGOB |website=Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) |accessdate=31 May 2024}}

López Castro won election as one of Mexico City's senators in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the first place on the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition's two-name formula.{{cite web |title=Elecciones 2024: Candidatas y candidatos |url=https://candidaturas.ine.mx/ |publisher=Instituto Nacional Electoral |access-date=28 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=Senadurías: Ciudad de México |url=https://computos2024.ine.mx/senadurias/nacional/entidad/9/candidatura |website=Cómputos Distritales 2024 |publisher=INE |access-date=11 September 2024}}

On 29 October she resigned her membership in the PRI because of "differences with the party's current leadership", stating that she would remain in the Senate as an independent.{{cite news |last1=Martinez |first1=Rubi |title=Senadora Cynthia López Castro renuncia al PRI: "Ya no es el mismo partido" |url=https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2024/10/29/cynthia-lopez-castro-renuncia-al-pri-senadora-argumenta-diferencias-con-alito-moreno-llegan-momentos-donde-cerramos-ciclos/ |access-date=29 October 2024 |agency=Infobae |date=29 October 2024}} Two weeks later, she joined MORENA,{{cite news |title=Cynthia López Castro: 'estoy lista para trabajar en México'|url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/cynthia-lopez-castro-estoy-lista-para-trabajar-en-mexico |work=Milenio |date=13 November 2024 |access-date=13 November 2024}} securing the ruling party's coalition a supermajority in the Senate.{{cite news |title=Morena logra "supermayoría" en el Senado con la adhesión de Cynthia López Castro |url=https://brujulapolitica.com/contenido/4668/morena-logra-supermayoria-en-el-senado-con-la-adhesion-de-cynthia-lopez-castro |access-date=5 January 2025 |work=Brújula Política |date=12 November 2024}}