Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz

Who was Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz?

Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz a Mexican politician and journalist, a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, was deputy, senator and Governor of Yucatán. Born on the midst of a humble family. His father, Carlos Loret de Mola Medina, was railroad worker, and his mother, Loreto Mediz Bolio de Loret de Mola was sister of the illustrious poet Antonio Mediz Bolio.

Carlos Loret de Mola was elected governor in 1970 after a competitive election against the candidate of the PAN, Víctor Correa Rachó, who questioned the results elections but finally had a good relationship with Loret de Mola. During his government faced several times with President Luis Echeverría, the Governor of Campeche, Carlos Sansores Pérez and the political leader in Yucatán, Víctor Cervera. The killing of a labor lawyer and independent trade union leader, Efrain Calderón Lara "El Charras," accused police officers contaminated by the Governor of Campeche, Sansores Pérez shook his government while his six-year term was finish even with the recognition of those who had been their adversaries. Read what he said in Diario de Yucatán who questioned him at the beginning of his administration. Thought to be the best ruler who had Yucatán. Subsequently continued his journalistic career. During this period was faced with some characters of political power by their complaints about crime and corruption. Officially Carlos Loret de Mola lost his life in an accident in automobile in Guerrero, but his son, Rafael Loret de Mola, has always maintained that he was killed with an abundance of evidence that had no judicial follow-up for political reasons.