About Leopoldo Sánchez Celis
Lived 1916 – 1989 (aged 73). Leopoldo Sánchez Celis was a Mexican politician.
Leopoldo Sánchez Celis (February 14, 1916 – August 7, 1989) was a Mexican politician who was governor of Sinaloa from 1963 to 1968.
He belonged to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), having been elected as a Senator for that party representing Sinaloa.
One of his personal bodyguards was the drug trafficker and ex-police officer Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, with whom he maintained an extensive friendship, so much so that Félix Gallardo was the best man at the wedding of one of his sons, Rodolfo Sánchez Duarte, in 1983.
He was tortured and murdered, allegedly on the orders of Félix Gallardo after some fight between Sánchez Celis and him, or because of the alleged links of the governor with drug trafficking.
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Who was Leopoldo Sánchez Celis?
Mexican politician
When was Leopoldo Sánchez Celis born?
Leopoldo Sánchez Celis was born on 14 February 1916 in Cosalá.
When did Leopoldo Sánchez Celis die?
Leopoldo Sánchez Celis died on 7 August 1989 in Cuernavaca.
What was Leopoldo Sánchez Celis's occupation?
Leopoldo Sánchez Celis was a politician.
What nationality was Leopoldo Sánchez Celis?
Leopoldo Sánchez Celis was Mexican.
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