José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican politician
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Place of Birth: Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
About José Francisco Ruiz Massieu
- José Francisco Ruiz Massieu (July 22, 1946 – September 28, 1994) was a Mexican political figure.
- He was governor of Guerrero from 1987 to 1993.
- He then served as the secretary-general of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1994.
- His term ended with his assassination. José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, the brother-in-law of Carlos Salinas, was due to become the PRI majority leader in the Chamber of Deputies.
- Yhat changed on the morning of September 28, 1994, when he was murdered by a gunman, 28-year-old Daniel Aguilar Treviño, just outside Hotel Casa Blanca, located at Lafragua street crossing Paseo de la Reforma, an avenue in the center of Mexico City.
- The incident occurred while Ruiz Massieu was boarding his vehicle after attending a PRI party meeting held at Casa Blanca.
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