Fausto Vallejo y Figueroa (born May 17, 1949 in Morelia, Michoacán) is a

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, a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), a and former governor of

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...

. He has served three times as mayor of Morelia, Michoacán (1994–1995, 2002–2004 and 2008–2011). On June 18, 2014, he announced he was stepping down as governor to take care of his health. Vallejo ran for the governorship of

in the November 13, 2011 gubernatorial election. According to the official results, he won the election with 35.39% of the votes. Vallejo narrowly defeated National Action Party (PAN) gubernatorial candidate

Luisa María Calderón Luisa María de Guadalupe Calderón Hinojosa (born October 23, 1956 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party who served in the Senate of Mexico from 2000 until September 2006. She is currently senator-ele ...

, the sister of Mexican President Felipe Calderón, by less than 3% of the vote. Calderón, who led most opinion polls prior to the election, alleged that drug traffickers based in Michoacán had helped tip the election in Fausto Vallejo's favor. A third candidate,

Silvano Aureoles Silvano Aureoles Conejo (born 23 August 1965) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and former governor of Michoacán. Career An agricultural engineer and has a Master in Science in Forestry for ...

of the

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(PRD), placed third with 29%. Vallejo stepped down temporarily for health reasons on March 7, 2013, and

Jesús Reyna García José Jesús Reyna García (born 22 February 1952) is a Mexican people, Mexican lawyer and politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as Interim Governor of Michoacán from April to October 2013. He also has served as Deput ...

took over as interim governor. He returned to work on March 18 but participated in only two public events before asking for indefinite leave on April 9. After a liver transplant, he returned to work on October 21, 2013. On behalf of the federal government, security commissioner Alfredo Castillo Cervantes cracked down on drug trafficking and violence. In April 2014; Reyna García was arrested for possible ties to the Knights Templar Cartel. He was convicted a month later, as Vallejo announced that he planned to ask for permission to miss work for a health check. In August of 2014, Vallejo's son Rodrigo Vallejo Mora was arrested after a video surfaced of him meeting with

Servando Gómez Martínez Servando Gómez Martínez (born February 6, 1966), commonly referred to by his alias La Tuta (The Teacher) for once being a teacher, is a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a criminal organization based in the sta ...

, fugitive leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a criminal organization based in Michoacán. Governor Vallejo stated, ''" cen por ahí que hay videos que involucran a alguien de mi familia con los criminales. Quiero decirles que en mi familia no hay delincuentes".'' ("They say that there are videos that show a member of my family with criminals. I want to tell you that there are no delinquents in my family.") He resigned on June 18 for health reasons.

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