Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda (October 25, 1955 – July 25, 2024) was a Mexican chemist, pharmacist, biologist and politician. He was a rector of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa from 2005 to 2009 and municipal president of Culiacán, Sinaloa, between January 2011 and February 2012. In 2024 he was shot dead in his vehicle in Culiacán.
Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda | |
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| Rector of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa | |
| In office June 8, 2005 – June 8, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Gómer Monárrez González |
| Succeeded by | Víctor Antonio Corrales Burgueño |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 25, 1955 Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Died | July 25, 2024 (aged 68) Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Alma mater | Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa |
Life and career
editCuén Ojeda was born on October 25, 1955, in Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico.[1] He studied at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, where he earned a PhD. After graduating from the university, he returned and was its rector from 2005 to 2009.
He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies from the Institutional Revolutionary Party's proportional representation list for the first electoral region in the June 2024 general election.[2][3]
Assassination
editCuén Ojeda died on July 25, 2024, after being shot in his vehicle near Culiacán. He was 68.[2]
Aftermath
editOn 11 August 2024 the federal attorney-general's office announced it was investigating a possible connection between Cuén Ojeda's murder and the Sinaloa drug-traffickers Ismael Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López, who were taken into custody in the United States later that day in circumstances that remain unclear.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Dr. Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda". Esmas. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ a b "Muere Héctor Melesio Cuén, diputado federal electo de Fuerza y Corazón por México, tras herida de bala". El Universal (in Spanish). 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda". Candidatas y candidatos, conóceles. Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ Evair Saldaña, Iván (11 August 2024). "Investiga FGR relación de asesinato del ex rector con 'El Mayo' y Joaquín Guzmán". La Jornada. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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