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.
He had been hospitalized in a Mazatlan hospital since June 29, and had been suffering from several different ailments, including pneumonia.