Bonifacio Castillo Cruz

Bonifacio Castillo Cruz (born 1 November 1964) is a Mexican politician and chemical engineer. He is a member of the Labor Party (PT). He was municipal president of Papantla from 1998 to 2000 and a federal deputy for the sixth district of Veracruz in the 58th Congress (2000-2003).

He was a State and National Councilor of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), but resigned from that party in 2009. He is currently the coordinator of the PT Veracruz Organization appointed by the National Executive Committee of that Party.

Career

Castillo Cruz earned a degree in chemical engineering from the Universidad Veracruzana in 1987. Castillo Cruz obtained a license to seek the candidacy for the Federal Council, and in the 2000 elections with 43,118 votes, the Federal Council won and became the First Left Federal Deputy of District VI Papantla of the Coalition Alianza por México. In the 2003 elections, he was a pre-candidate for the PRD nomination for Governor of Veracruz.

Personal life Castillo Cruz was born in Carrizal, Papantla Municipality, Veracruz. He was arrested in November 2003 on embezzlement charges related to his term as municipal president. Castillo Cruz, who was imprisoned for 10 months, dismissed the charges as political persecution by Governor Miguel Alemán Velasco, whom he had tense relationship with as municipal president due to his support for the indigenous community.