Arturo Escobar y Vega (born 23 April 1970) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico The Ecological Green Party of Mexico ( es, Partido Verde Ecologista de México, , PVEM or PVE) is a green-conservative political party in Mexico. In the 2012 legislative elections, the party took 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (out of 500 ...

(PVEM). Escobar currently serves in the lower house of the Mexican Congress. Escobar has been an active member and leader of the PVEM who has served as deputy (''asambleísta'') in the

Legislative Assembly of the Federal District The Mexico City Congress ( es, Congreso de la Ciudad de México, ALCDMX) is the legislative branch of government of Mexico City. Between 1988 and 1993, it was known as the Assembly of Representatives of the Federal District ( es, Asamblea de Re ...

. In 2006, he secured a seat in the Senate via the

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

. In November 25, 2015 the

Attorney General of Mexico The Attorney General of the Republic is the head of the Attorney General's Office (''Fiscalía General de la República, FGR''; prior to 2019, ''Procuraduría General de la República, PGR'') and the Federal Public Ministry of the United Mexi ...

issued an order of arrest to Escobar due suspected electoral crimes. The same day he announced his resignation as

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for Prevention and Citizen Participation from the

Secretariat of the Interior The Mexican Secretariat for Home Affairs ( es, Secretaría de Gobernación, SEGOB, lit=Secretariat for Governance) is the public department concerned with the country's domestic affairs, the presenting of the president's bills to Congress, their ...

to support the investigations.

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1970 births Living people Ecologist Green Party of Mexico politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Politicians from Mexico City Members of the Congress of Mexico City 21st-century Mexican politicians {{Mexico-politician-EcologistGreen-stub