María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar
| María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar | |
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| Born | 1976 Tiquicheo, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Died | 15 November 2012 (aged 36) |
| Cause of death | murdered |
| Body discovered | near Morelia, Michoacán |
| Alma mater | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo |
| Occupation | Politician, physician |
| Political party |
Institutional Revolutionary Party (2008–2010) Party of the Democratic Revolution (2010–2012) |
María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar (1976 – 15 November 2012) was a Mexican physician and politician of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). From 2008 to 2011, she served as mayor of Tiquicheo, a small town in the Mexican state of Michoacán. In spite of three failed assassination attempts during her tenure as mayor, Gorrostieta Salazar continued to be outspoken in the fight against organized crime. In a fourth attack, Gorrostieta Salazar was kidnapped and assassinated by suspected drug traffickers on 15 November 2012. Michoacán is home to several violent drug trafficking organizations such as La Familia Michoacana and the Knights Templar Cartel.
Gorrostieta Salazar was born in 1976 in Tiquicheo, a small town in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. She attended the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo in Morelia and earned a PhD in medicine.
She began her political career by joining the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and from 2008 to 2011, she served as the mayor of Tiquicheo. While in office, she survived three assassination attempts. She ran for the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union, but she did not get elected and returned to her office as mayor. After some differences with the PRI, which had urged her to resign, Gorrostieta Salazar left the party and joined the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in August 2010. She said her Catholic faith influenced her approach to her duties as a politician. She has been described as a "heroine of the 21st century" for her opposition to Mexico's drug cartels and for refusing to take bribes.
She had three children with her first husband, José Sánchez Chávez. After he was killed in the October 2009 attack, Gorrostieta Salazar later married Nereo Patiño Delgado.
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