Fausto Vallejo

{{short description|Governor of Michoacán, Mexico}}

{{family name hatnote|Vallejo|Figueroa|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Faustovallejof.jpg

| name = Fausto Vallejo y Figueroa

| caption =

| order =

| office = Governor of Michoacán

| term_start = 15 February 2012

| term_end = 19 June 2014

| predecessor = Leonel Godoy Rangel

| successor = Salvador Jara Guerrero

| office2 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for the Michoacán′s 3rd district

| term_start2 = 1 September 1985

| term_end2 = 31 August 1988

| predecessor2 = Raúl Lemus García

| successor2 = Lorenzo Martínez Gómez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|05|17}}

| birth_place = Morelia, Michoacán

| profession =

| party = Institutional Revolutionary Party

| religion =

| alma_mater = Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

}}

Fausto Vallejo y Figueroa (born May 17, 1949 in Morelia, Michoacán) is a Mexican lawyer, politician, a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), a and former governor of Michoacán. He has served three times as mayor of Morelia, Michoacán (1994–1995, 2002–2004 and 2008–2011). On June 18, 2014, he announced he was stepping down as governor to take care of his health.{{cite news|last1=Wilkinson|first1=Tracy|title=Governor in Mexico's troubled Michoacan state steps down|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-michoacan-governor-resigns-20140618-story.html|access-date=24 September 2014|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=18 June 2014}}{{Cite web |url=http://fdefausto.com/f/?page_id=36 |title=Fausto Vallejo Figueroa – Fausto Vallejo Figueroa | Gobernador Michoacán |access-date=2011-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208101034/http://fdefausto.com/f/?page_id=36 |archive-date=2011-12-08 |url-status=dead }}

Vallejo ran for the governorship of Michoacán in the November 13, 2011 gubernatorial election. According to the official results, he won the election with 35.39% of the votes.[http://www.quadratin.com.mx/Maraton-2011/Notas-2011/Concluye-Maraton-2011-con-la-victoria-de-Fausto-Vallejo Victoria de Fausto Vallejo] Vallejo narrowly defeated National Action Party (PAN) gubernatorial candidate Luisa María Calderón, the sister of Mexican President Felipe Calderón, by less than 3% of the vote.{{cite news|first=Tracy|last=Wilkinson|title=Mexico president's sister apparently defeated in Michoacan vote |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-nov-14-la-fg-mexico-election-calderon-20111115-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times |date=2011-11-14 |access-date=2012-02-11}} Calderón, who led most opinion polls prior to the election, alleged that drug traffickers based in Michoacán had helped tip the election in Fausto Vallejo's favor. A third candidate, Silvano Aureoles of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), placed third with 29%.{{cite news|first=Duncan|last=Tucker|title=PRI wins tight Michoacan election|url=http://guadalajarareporter.com/news-mainmenu-82/national-mainmenu-86/30023-pri-wins-tight-michoacan-election.html|work=Guadalajara Reporter|date=2011-11-18|access-date=2012-02-11}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Vallejo stepped down temporarily for health reasons on March 7, 2013, and Jesús Reyna García took over as interim governor. He returned to work on March 18 but participated in only two public events before asking for indefinite leave on April 9.{{cite web |title=Fausto Vallejo se ausenta de sus funciones, otra vez, por salud |url=https://www.animalpolitico.com/2013/04/gobernador-de-michoacan-se-ausenta-de-sus-funciones-otra-vez-por-salud/ |website=Animal Político |access-date=September 5, 2020 |language=es |date=10 April 2013}} After a liver transplant, he returned to work on October 21, 2013.{{cite web |title=La accidentada gubernatura de Fausto Vallejo |url=https://www.milenio.com/estados/la-accidentada-gubernatura-de-fausto-vallejo |website=www.milenio.com |publisher=Milenio |access-date=September 4, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=June 6, 2014}}

On behalf of the federal government, security commissioner Alfredo Castillo Cervantes cracked down on drug trafficking and violence. In April 2014; Reyna García was arrested for possible ties to the Knights Templar Cartel. He was convicted a month later, as Vallejo announced that he planned to ask for permission to miss work for a health check.

In August 2014, Vallejo's son Rodrigo Vallejo Mora was arrested after a video surfaced of him meeting with Servando Gómez Martínez, fugitive leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a criminal organization based in Michoacán.{{cite news|last1=Wilkinson|first1=Tracy|title=Embarrassing video costs Mexican politician Luis Villarreal his job |url=http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-luis-villarreal-video-20140813-story.html|access-date=22 September 2014|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=13 August 2013}}{{Verify source|date=July 2018}}{{cite web |title=Fausto Vallejo renuncia a la gubernatura de Michoacán tras 22 meses de un mandato manchado de corrupción |url=https://www.sinembargo.mx/18-06-2014/1029792 |website=SinEmbargo MX |date=18 June 2014 |access-date=September 4, 2020 |language=es}} Governor Vallejo stated, "[D]icen por ahí que hay videos que involucran a alguien de mi familia con los criminales. Quiero decirles que en mi familia no hay delincuentes". ("They say that there are videos that show a member of my family with criminals. I want to tell you that there are no delinquents in my family.") He resigned on June 18 for health reasons.