Antonio Toledo Corro
Antonio Toledo Corro | |
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Governor of Sinaloa | |
In office January 1, 1981 – December 31, 1986 | |
Preceded by | Alfonso Calderón Velarde |
Succeeded by | Francisco Labastida |
Secretary of Agrarian Reform of Mexico | |
In office July 6, 1978 – April 15, 1983 | |
President | José López Portillo |
Preceded by | Jorge Rojo Lugo |
Succeeded by | Javier García Paniagua |
Personal details | |
Born | Escuinapa de Hidalgo, Sinaloa | April 1, 1919
Died | July 6, 2018 Mazatlán, Sinaloa | (aged 99)
Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
Spouse | |
Antonio Toledo Corro (1 April 1919 – 6 July 2018) was a Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Born in Escuinapa de Hidalgo, he served as mayor of Mazatlan from 1959 to 1962. Toledo ran a tractor business and was the director of a newspaper.[1] He was Secretary of the Agrarian Reform of Mexico during the term of President José López Portillo, a personal friend, from 1978 to 1980. Toledo was Governor of Sinaloa from 1981 to 1986. During his tenure a highway connecting Culiacán with Guasave was built, and the Universidad de Occidente and the Colegio de Bachilleres de Sinaloa were founded. However, drug violence also increased substantially, with 6,500 homicides reported. Toledo was married to Estela Ortiz and had three sons. He died on July 6, 2018, at the age of 99.[2] He had been hospitalized in a Mazatlan hospital since June 29, and had been suffering from several different ailments, including pneumonia.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Fallece el exgobernador de Sinaloa Antonio Toledo Corro". Vanguardia (in Spanish). July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ^ Velasquez, Carlos (July 7, 2018). "Fallece Antonio Toledo Corro, exgobernador de Sinaloa". El Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved July 8, 2018.