Benjamín Medrano Quezada

Early life Benjamín Medrano Quezada was born in Nochistlán, Zacatecas, on 16 August 1966, into a poor family with eleven siblings. As a child, he toured both Mexico and the United States as a musician for performers María Victoria and Angélica María. He remained in the legislature and presided over the Finance Commission. The municipality covers some 258 villages that are, according to Medrano, "full of tough country people, who don't have much information about what is going on elsewhere".

He ran on a campaign of public safety against a smear campaign from his former party that focused on his homosexuality, While Medrano was vocal about his homosexuality and has publicly defended transvestites' labor rights,

In October 2015, Medrano sought to leave the Chamber of Deputies for a year and finish his term as mayor of Fresnillo; ultimately, after negotiations between Medrano and officials in Zacatecas, he remained in the Chamber of Deputies and opted to permanently leave the municipal presidency of Fresnillo.

Assassination Medrano Quezada was assassinated on 7 July 2026 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, where he was shot inside an ice cream shop. He was 59.