Jaime Rodríguez Calderón
Jaime Rodríguez Calderón | |
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![]() Rodríguez Calderón in 2015 | |
Governor of Nuevo León | |
In office 2 July 2018 – 3 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Manuel Florentino González Flores (interim) |
Succeeded by | Samuel García Sepúlveda |
In office 4 October 2015 – 31 December 2017 | |
Preceded by | Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz |
Succeeded by | Manuel Florentino González Flores (interim) |
Mayor of García | |
In office 1 November 2009 – 31 October 2012 | |
Preceded by | Guadalupe Alejandra Valadez Arrambide |
Succeeded by | Jesus Hernández Martínez |
Member of the Congress of Nuevo León from the 10th district | |
In office 1 November 1997 – 31 October 2000 | |
Succeeded by | Armando Ramírez Anguiano |
Member of the Congress of the Union Plurinominal | |
In office 1 September 1991 – 31 August 1994 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez Calderón 28 December 1957 Ejido Pablillo, Nuevo León, Mexico |
Political party | Independent (2014–present) Institutional Revolutionary Party (1980–2014) |
Spouses |
Adalina Dávalos Martínez
(m. 2006) |
Children | 6 |
Education | Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (BS ) |
Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez Calderón (born 28 December 1957 in Ejido Pablillo,
Early life
Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez Calderón was born on 28 December 1957, in Ejido Pablillo, a municipality of Galeana, Nuevo León. He was the fourth of ten children born to Lichita Calderon and Rodolfo Rodríguez.
Rodríguez attended primary school at Escuadron 201 in Ejido Pablillo. He attended secondary school at Miguel Hidalgo in Galeana.
Rodríguez majored in Agricultural Engineering in the Autonomous University of Nuevo León and graduated in 1982. According to Jaime, this was made possible by Don Protacio Rodriguez, owner of Transportes Tamaulipas (now Grupo Senda). Don Protacio gave Rodríguez a card that allowed him to travel to Monterrey for his studies. Toward the end of his studies he performed a symbolic strike at the university, calling on governor Alfonso Martínez Domínguez to increase support for public transportation. After the strike, and with the support of the governor, he established a scholarship for poor students struggling to pay for their education.
Upon graduation, he joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party and worked for Governor Martinez Domínguez.
Career
Member of the PRI
As a member of the PRI, Rodríguez served as a federal deputy in 1992, a local MP in 1997, and Mayor of García. During his term as mayor of García, Rodríguez was the target of violent attacks by Los Zetas. As a mayor he fought to reduced crime in this municipality.[3] The 2013 documentary El Bronco sin Miedo ('The Bronco Without Fear') recounted the attacks.[4] He also invested in education and social development programs in Garcia.
Leaving the PRI and running as an independent
On 3 December 2014, citing disappointment with rising corruption within the PRI, Rodríguez expressed his intentions to renounce his political party to run as an independent candidate for Governor of the state of Nuevo León. Soon after, he left the PRI and ran as an independent candidate.
First independent Governor of Nuevo León
By the second week of January his supporters collected 150,000 signatures, exceeding the 103,000 required to meet the 3% of the population minimum for independent candidates to get on the ballot. By February he had more than 334,000 signatures. In the 2015 election, Rodríguez ran against the PRI's
Claims of lack of news media coverage
On 11 September 2016, during a Live-Television News broadcast from "Monterrey al Dia," Televisa news reporter, Karla Minaya said, "We have to ensure that the governor, for sure, is mentioned as little as possible." The Mexican newspaper El Universal published on social media a video of the event, which was covered by national news media although Televisa didn't mention the story and declined to comment.[5] Rodríguez's predecessor Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz had spent 4 billion pesos on bribing television news media (Televisa included), to clean his image.[6]
Rodríguez vowed to not spend a single peso in news media coverage. He claims that
Presidential campaign 2018
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/BRONCO.png/200px-BRONCO.png)
Rodríguez's bid to run in the presidential election 2018, again as an independent, initially didn't reach the required number of signatures to appear on the ballot,
During a debate in April Jaime said "We have to cut off the hands of those who rob. It's that simple." As a result, Rodríguez was trending ahead of the other candidates on Twitter during the debate.[10]
Jaime Rodríguez later proposed to bring back the
According to exit polls, Rodríguez Calderón only attained about 5% of the vote and recognized Andrés Manuel López Obrador's victory within an hour of the polls closing.[12]
On September 25, 2019, the Federal Electoral Tribunal approved the validity of sanctioning Rodriguez Calderon for using 572 state employees to gather signatures for his 2018 candidacy. They also approved an MXN $153,384 (U.S. $7,800) fine for using public resources to promote his 2014-2015 campaign for governor.
Return as Governor of Nuevo León
Following his loss in the presential election, Rodríguez Calderón submitted a request to the Nuevo León government to become governor again.[15]
Personal life
Jaime Rodríguez Calderón has had six children and has been married three times. His first wife was María Eugenia Gutiérrez, with whom he had two children: Zoraida and Jaime Lizenco Rodríguez Gutiérrez; she was killed in October 2009 in a vehicular accident while being pursued by criminals.[16] His second marriage was with Silvia Mireya González, with whom he had his daughter Jimena Rodríguez González. His third marriage was on 25 January 2006 with Adalina Dávalos Martínez, with whom he has had three children: Valentina, Victoria and Emiliano; he also adopted Alejandro, a son of his current wife from another relationship.[17]
References
- ^ Archibold, Randal C. "Tough-Talking El Bronco Poised to Take Mexican Governor's Race". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ "La Jornada: Me quieren matar porque yo no me hago pendejo". 3 April 2011.
- ^ "Home". jaimerodriguez.mx.
- ^ "Televisa intenta "borrar" a 'El Bronco' en vivo". 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Así gastó Medina en medios los 4 mil millones que El Bronco @JaimeRdzNL no va a pagar". www.sdpnoticias.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-06.
- ^ ""El Bronco" y la "guerra" que crece contra Televisa, Multimedios y TV Azteca". Archived from the original on 2016-02-15.
- ^ Murray, Christine. "Exclusive: Mexican leftist has 18-point lead as campaign kicks off..." U.S. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- ^ Beauregard, Luis Pablo (10 April 2018). "El Tribunal Electoral mete a El Bronco en la carrera presidencial con una polémica decisión". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "'Cut off hands': Mexican presidential candidate's plan to deter thieves".
- ^ "Ciudadanos quieren pena de muerte para narcos y asesinos, asegura 'El Bronco'". Reporte Indigo. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ García, Aracely (1 July 2018). "'El Bronco' reconoce triunfo de López Obrador". Excélsior. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ CAROLINA RIVERA (Sep 25, 2019), "Tribunal Electoral: 'El Bronco' debe ser sancionado por Congreso de NL" [Electoral Tribunal: 'El Bronco' should be sanctioned by the Congress of Nuevo Leon], Milenio (in Spanish)
- ^ ADÍN CASTILLO (Sep 28, 2019), "Para evitar sanción, 'El Bronco' recurre a la SCJN" [To avoid sanctions, 'El Bronco' turns to the SCJN], Milenio (in Spanish)
- ^ "Jaime Rodríguez Calderón regresa a NL; espera trato cordial con AMLO". Noticieros Televisa. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ Luciano Campos Garza. "Confirm Nuevo León death of businessman and pilot; "El Bronco" expresses its condolences". Proceso. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- ^ "And with you ... the children of the presidencials". Nation 321.