José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos (7 June 1957 – 4 November 2008) was a
Mexican lawyer, politician and civil servant.
Santiago Vasconcelos, a native of
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...
, earned a law degree at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In 1993 he began working for the office of the
federal Attorney-General (PGR), in the drug-trafficking control area. He was later appointed Assistant Attorney-General for Legal and International Affairs and, following that appointment, served as Assistant Attorney-General at the Organized Crime Specialized Investigation Office (
SIEDO), Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutor. The last position he held was as head of the PGR's technical secretariat for implementing the recent constitutional reforms on criminal justice and public security.
He died on 4 November 2008 when the aircraft he was traveling on
crashed in Mexico City. This accident also claimed the life of his friend,
Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouriño.
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1957 births
2008 deaths
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Mexico
20th-century Mexican lawyers
21st-century Mexican lawyers
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