Eduardo Castro Luque, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican politician
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Place of Birth: Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico
About Eduardo Castro Luque
- Eduardo Enrique Castro Luque (12 December 1963 – 14 September 2012) was the deputy-elect of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Born and raised in Ciudad Obregón, Castro Luque ran for office in his municipality and was elected as a state legislature for Sonora in the Congress of Mexico on 1 July 2012.
- Before running for office, he had served as the marketing manager of the Yaquis de Obregón baseball team in his hometown and was working at his privately owned publicity agency.
- On 14 September 2012, two days before entering office, he was gunned down outside his home by gunmen.
- He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.Northern Mexico has been the scene of violent confrontations between Mexico's drug gangs.
- The recent wave of violence in Ciudad Obregón is attributed to the Sinaloa Cartel and the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, which fight for the control of retail drug sales and the smuggling routes leading to the United States.
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