Juan Ignacio Torres Landa

Juan Ignacio Torres Landa García (5 July 1959 – 7 June 2013) was a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He represented his party in Congress and ran twice for governor of Guanajuato. He was killed in an aviation accident in the state of San Luis Potosí.

Early life Juan Ignacio Torres Landa was born in León, Guanajuato, on 5 July 1959, to , who served as governor of Guanajuato for the PRI in 1961–1967, and María Teresa García Sardaneta.

Political career Torres Landa joined the youth branch of the PRI in 1975. During his term, he served as president of the Chamber of Deputies (1992).

Death Torres Landa died on 7 June 2013 when the Jet Ranger helicopter he was travelling on plummeted into a golf course in the city of San Luis Potosí shortly after take-off. He was 53 years old. A brother of former governor of Querétaro Mariano Palacios Alcocer was also killed in the crash.

Personal life Torres Landa was married to Maricela Aranda Torres, with whom he had five children.