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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 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.

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* http://www.milenio.com/node/106113 1957 births Living people Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians Academic staff of Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana {{Mexico-politician-stub