Marco Antonio Adame Castillo (born 6 December 1960) is a Mexican politician, medical doctor, and member of the National Action Party (PAN). He served as governor of Morelos for the term of 2006—2012. Adame studied medicine and surgery at the

Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos The Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, UAEM) is a university in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. It is the largest institution of higher education in Morelos, with facilities statewide. Histo ...

and has a master's degree in Administration with a specialty in High Technology from the

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) ( en, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), also known as Tecnológico de Monterrey or just Tec, is a secular and coeducational private university based in ...

("Tec Monterrey"). He has supported academic activities and collaborated periodically in his home state. He joined the PAN party in 1997, occupying various positions in the State and National Committees, and in that same year he was elected a ''Diputado Federal'' (deputy) to the 57th Federal Legislature. In 2000 he was elected to the role of a

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, representing Morelos.

Controversy

On June 27, 2009, the ''Fiscalía Especial para la Atención de Delitos Electorales'' ("Special prosecutor for the attention of electoral crimes") accused Governor Marco Adame of transferring MXN $15 million of state funds to electoral purposes in favor of Sergio Álvarez Mata, candidate for mayor of Cuernavaca and Adriana Vieyra Olivares, candidate for deputy, both members of the National Action Party. On January 11, 2010, the Mexican government's organized crime division

SIEDO es, label=none, italics=none, Subprocuraduría Especializada en Investigación de Delincuencia Organizada, lit=Assistant Attorney General's Office for Special Investigations on Organized Crime(SEIDO), is the organized crime division of Mexico's ...

received an anonymous tip accusing the governor's bodyguards of being personally linked to the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel.

has currently opened an investigation.

Family and personal life

Marco Antonio was one of ten siblings, two of whom, Humberto and Edgar, were appointed to public office by Governor Adame Castillo. Roberto Adame Castillo, 58, brother of Marco Antonio, committed suicide by hanging on June 7, 2013, in Cocoyoc, Morelos. On May 16,

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, the body of Marco Adame's brother, Humberto Adame Castillo, was found in a ditch in Alpuyeca,

Xochitepec Xochitepec is a ''municipio (Mexico), municipio'' (Municipalities of Mexico, municipality) of the Mexican state, state of Morelos, in central Mexico. Xochitepec is also the name of its principal township and seat of the municipal government. It is ...

. Unofficial sources say Humberto had been kidnapped. The family paid a ransom of MXN $63,000 just before he was killed. Marco Adame's nephew was robbed while at the funeral on May 17. Three men and two women were arrested in relation to the murder.

References

External links

Profile of Marco Antonio Adame on La Silla Rota

Profile of Marco Antonio Adame on Red Politica

About Marco Adame Castillo on El Economista
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Controversy

Family and personal life

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