René Juvenal Bejarano Martínez (born January 11, 1957) is a Mexican politician and ex-legislator, better known for the 2004 videoscandals. He was a political economy professor at the

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in 1978 and was the first coordinator for the Movimiento Sindical de Trabajadores de la Educación in

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. He was

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's personal secretary between December 2000 to November 2002. On March 3, 2004, in the show "El Mañanero" with Brozo (Víctor Trujillo), a video of Bejarano receiving 45,000

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by Carlos Ahumada was aired. Bejarano confronted a

desafuero The Spanish-language term ''desafuero'' refers to the process through which a government official's official immunity to criminal prosecution is removed, i.e., impeachment. Strictly speaking the term is incorrect, as ''fuero'' (from Latin "forum" ...

judge and was imprisoned on November 10, 2004. He was freed on July 6, 2005, after a judge found the evidence against him was insufficient.

References

* http://www.milenio.com/node/106113 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bejarano, Rene 1957 births Living people Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana faculty