José Jesús Reyna García (born 22 February 1952) is a

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lawyer and politician from the

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who served as Interim

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from April to October 2013. He also has served as Deputy of the

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(2006-2009) representing

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. Reyna García was accused of having ties to the

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in April 2014 and was sent to prison for organized crime charges a month later. Guillermo Valencia Reyes, former mayor of

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, Michoacán, tweeted on 16 June 2014, that Governor Fausto Vallejo was using Reyna García as a scapegoat to protect his son, Rodrigo Vallejo Mora. Two days later Vallejo resigned. Reyna García was released from prison in December 2018. He was the only politician convicted after the investigations undertaken by federal commissioner Alfredo Castillo Cervantes.

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1952 births Living people Politicians from Michoacán 20th-century Mexican lawyers Governors of Michoacán Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Michoacán Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians People from Huetamo 21st-century Mexican politicians Deputies of the LV Legislature of Mexico {{Mexico-deputy-InstitutionalRevolutionary-1950s-stub