Rubén Aguilar

Who is Rubén Aguilar?

Rubén Aguilar is a journalist, a former guerrilla, and the press secretary for Mexican President Vicente Fox. He is son of a former chair of the Banking Association in Mexico, and a former Jesuit.

He was involved in a guerrilla in El Salvador for five years before he returned to Mexico. He was part of the "Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional" whose slogan was "Revolution or Death! The armed people will win!". In that front he led the Information Committee where he founded the Salpress news agency and helped to bring injustices to public light.