Manuel Bartlett
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Manuel Bartlett | |
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Secretary of the Interior of Mexico | |
In office December 1 1982 – November 30 1988 | |
Preceded by | Enrique Olivares Santana |
Succeeded by | Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios |
Governor of Puebla | |
In office February 1 1993 – January 31 1999 | |
President | Carlos Salinas de Gortari |
Preceded by | Mariano Piña Olaya |
Succeeded by | Melquíades Morales |
Personal details | |
Born | Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla | February 23, 1936
Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Labor Party (PT) |
Parent(s) | Manuel Bartlett Bautista Isabel Díaz Castilla |
Profession | Lawyer, politician |
Manuel Bartlett Díaz (born 23 February 1936) is a
Since the 2006 election, Bartlett has aligned himself with López Obrador and his Coalition for the Good of All. In 2012 he reentered national politics, being elected a senator for the left-wing Labor Party, in coalition with López Obrador's PRD.[3] After López Obrador's election as Mexican president in 2018, he appointed Bartlett to become the CEO of Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), the state-owned electric utility of Mexico, the country's second most powerful state-owned company after PEMEX. Bartlett has been described as a corrupt politician.[4][2]
Controversy
In a 3-part article series, investigative journalist Charles Bowden offers eyewitness accounts of Bartlett's involvement (along with other senior Mexican political, law enforcement, security and military officials) in the decision to order the kidnap, torture and murder of American DEA officer Enrique S. "Kiki" Camarena in 1985 in order to shut down his successful campaign against the Guadalajara Cartel. In these accounts, cartel figures repeatedly mention they expect Bartlett Díaz to one day become President of Mexico, with the implication that they will prosper as a result.[5] Earlier accounts claimed that DEA suspicions about Bartlett Díaz's involvement in the murder led to the ruling PRI party's refusal to consider him as a presidential candidate, leading to the selection of Carlos Salinas de Gortari in Bartlett's place.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Mexican election fraud claimed". Lawrence Journal-World. AP. 7 July 1988. p. 2A. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ^ El Pais. 2019-09-24. p. 2A. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
- Washington Post. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "Bartlett y corrupción". rendiciondecuentas.org.mx (in Spanish). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Bowden: How the CIA may have tortured one of America's own | Blood on the Corn".
- ISBN 9780684853437.