José Francisco Gallardo Rodríguez

José Francisco Gallardo Rodríguez (6 October 1946 – 29 April 2021) often known as General Gallardo was a Mexican military general and academic who ran for the governorship of Colima twice.

He was court-martialled and dismissed from the Mexican Army after advocating for the creation of a military ombudsman. After spending eight years in prison and becoming an Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience, his charges were dismissed by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

After his release he worked for the National Autonomous University of Mexico and as an advisor to the Mexican Senate.

Gallardo died in 2021 of COVID-19.

Early life and education Gallardo was born .

Has a Ph.D. in Public Administration.

As a military general, Gallardo advocated for the creation of a military ombudsman Eduardo Ibarra Aguirre, the publisher of Forum, was also arrested.

He was dismissed from the army on October 8, 1998

He was adopted as an Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience in 1994 and awarded the Don Sergio Méndez Arceo National Human Rights Award in 1997.

He unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Colima in 2016 and 2019 at 12:02pm in a hospital in Mexico City, after five weeks of hospitalization.

He fathered a son, Francisco Gallardo.