Arturo Bours Griffith (born 7 April 1955) is a Mexican politician and businessman, affiliated with the

National Regeneration Movement The National Regeneration Movement (), commonly referred to by its syllabic abbreviation Morena (), is a major left-wing political party in Mexico, often described as oscillating between social democracy and populism. As of 2023, it is the la ...

party. He is a majority partner of the

Bachoco Industrias Bachoco, S.A. de C.V. or Bachoco is a poultry producer in Mexico. Its primary operations include preparing feed, breeding and growing chickens, and processing and distributing chicken products. It also grows swine. In 4Q16, the Co ...

company and director of the Megacable Comunicaciones company. Since November 2018, he has been a senator of the republic representing the state of

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...

Trajectory

Arturo Bours Griffith was born on 7 April 1955 in

Cajeme Cajeme is one of the 72 Municipalities of Mexico, municipalities of the northwestern List of states of Mexico, Mexican state of Sonora. It is named after Cajemé, a Yaqui people, Yaqui leader. The municipality has an area of 3,312.05 km2 (1 ...

. He received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the

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. Since 1994 he has been the majority partner of the

food company and since 2006 he has been the director of the cable television company Megacable Comunicaciones. He also has shares in the companies Taxis Aéreos del Noroeste and Centro de Servicios Empresariales del Norte. In the 2018 federal elections, he was nominated as a substitute for

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Senatorial candidate

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, representing the state of Sonora. They were elected by the second formula. Since 8 November 2018, he has been a senator of the republic, replacing Durazo in the LXIV and LXV Legislature of the

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. Within the congress, he is secretary of the commission for urban development, territorial planning and housing.

Controversies

Bours Griffith has been denounced by Roberto Rendón López, a former director of Bachoco, on the accusation of having committed criminal association, falsification of documents, fraud, false judicial statements, and provocation of a crime in his administration of the Bachoco and Megacable companies. Rendón López's complaint states that his identity was impersonated by Bours Griffith to carry out fraudulent procedures within the company, which he could not have carried out because at that time he was imprisoned for the crime of tax fraud.

References

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