Arturo Montiel Rojas (born October 15, 1943) is a

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politician affiliated with the

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(PRI). He was a governor of the

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and a

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. He contested the PRI's nomination for

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in the 2006 election before dropping out.

Early life and education

Montiel is the son of Gregorio Montiel Monroy and Delia Rojas García. He received bachelor's degrees in public administration and accountancy from the

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(UNAM) in 1970. He married Maude Versin

in 2002, a France, French journalist 31 years younger than he was. They divorced in September 2007.

Political career

As a politician, he was the mayor of

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and director of civil protection at the federal Ministry of the Interior. At the state level he was secretary of economic development and presided twice over the local branch of the

(PRI). In 1999, during his gubernatorial campaign for the State of Mexico, he portrayed himself as a

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candidate, using a series of radio spots in which he implied that criminals did not deserve human rights protection, saying "human rights are for humans, not for rats" ("rat" being common

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for "thief"). He won the election by simple majority and served from 1999 until 2005. On August 4, 2005, he was elected as candidate of ''Unidad Democrática'', a political group challenging former PRI leader

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for the party's candidacy for the 2006 presidential election. However, in a press conference held on October 20, he announced that he would no longer seek his party's nomination because of accusations leveled against his family in the media, including his ownership of several luxury apartments and mansions in

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and

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. Among other businesses he granted construction of more than 5,000 homes in an ecologically preserved community in the municipality of Atizapán de Zaragoza, the Zona Esmeralda. These new communities, shopping malls and schools were constructed on what used to be green areas and forests. In 2013, ''

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'' magazine named Montiel as one of the 10 most corrupt Mexican politicians.

Family

Enrique Peña Nieto Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican former politician and lawyer who was the 64th president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he p ...

, the 57th president of Mexico, is Montiel's nephew.

References

External links

Official site of Arturo Montiel (unavailable)

Website created by ex-wife Maude Versini detailing Montiel's kidnapping of her three children
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