Rogelio Flores Curiel (1924-2008) was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as governor of the state of Nayarit, Mexico between 1976 and 1981.[1]

Rogelio Flores Curiel
Governor of Nayarit
Personal details
Born1924
Tepic, Nayarit
Died20 October 2008
Mexico City, Mexico
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary Party
Military service
Allegiance Mexico
Branch/service Mexican Army
RankMajor general

Curiel attended Yale University and the Heroic Military Academy.

He was commander of the 13th Military Zone in Tepic and later the commander of the 15th Military Zone based in Guadalajara, Jalisco.[2]

He was the chief of police in Mexico City when the Corpus-Christi Massacre (El Halconazo) took place. After this, he resigned and returned to his seat in the Senate of the Republic.[3] Between 1976 and 1981, Curiel served Governor of Nayarit and was accused of electoral fraud.[1][4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Rogelio Flores Curiel". mexicana.cultura.gob.mx. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  2. ^ "[Inicio de labores del gobernador del estado de Nayarit, Rogelio Flores Curiel] · Biblioteca Digital de los archivos de la represión". biblioteca.archivosdelarepresion.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  3. ^ Schmidt, Samuel (1991). The Deterioration of the Mexican Presidency: The Years of Luis Echeverría. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1235-5.
  4. ^ Camp, Roderic Ai (2011-10-01). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009: Fourth Edition. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-72634-5.