Juan Valencia Durazo

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valencia and the second or maternal family name is Durazo.
Juan Valencia Durazo
Member of the Congress of Sonora
Plurinominal
In office
September 2003 – September 2006
Municipal president of Granados
In office
2000–2003
Preceded byFrancisco Julio Arvayo Ortíz
Succeeded byEdgardo Durazo Durazo
Personal details
BornGranados, Sonora, Mexico
CitizenshipMexican
Political party PAN
SpouseSilvia María Valenzuela[1]
Children3

Juan Bautista Valencia Durazo is a Mexican rancher and politician representing the National Action Party (PAN). He served in the LVII Legislature of the Congress of Sonora from 2003 to 2006.

Career[edit]

Valencia was born in the town of Granados, Sonora.[2][3] A rancher by trade,[4] he served as the municipal president of Granados from 2000 to 2003.[5] In 2002, Valencia was accused of committing fraud with his land and admitted to it.[6] However, the statute of limitations had expired and he avoided any charges.[6] Valencia also claims to have been sued 17 times by Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) state legislator Lioncio Durazo Durazo.[3]

Valencia was then designated by the PAN to serve in the LVII Legislature of the Congress of Sonora from 2000 to 2003 via proportional representation.[7][8] He introduced a bill attempting to regulate felling in the Sierra region he grew up in after noticing its devastating impact on the local vegetation.[3]

After his term ended, Valencia served as the state undersecretary of agriculture.[1][9] He was then elected as the president of the PAN's Sonora branch in 2010, serving in the role until 2015.[10][11]

Legal issues[edit]

In March 2015, the PRI accused the PAN gubernatorial nominee, Javier Gándara Magaña, of having illegally sold 30 hectares of municipal land in Hermosillo to Valencia during Gándara Magaña's term as municipal president.[12] The property was reportedly acquired by Valencia at a price of MXN$2 million when it was valued at approximately MXN$35 million.[12][13][14] In April 2018, Sonoran authorities seized properties belonging to Valencia as part of an investigation into corrupt dealings during the administration of former Governor Guillermo Padrés Elías.[15]

Valencia was arrested on 22 June 2018, one week before the Sonora state elections [es],[11][16] and jailed for 28 days at the Centro de Readaptación Social 1 de Hermosillo before being released on bail.[17] He had reportedly misappropriated more than MXN$400 million in PAN membership fees that had been deducted from the paychecks of government employees who were party members.[11][17]

Personal life[edit]

Valencia is a Catholic and has three daughters.[2][18] He cites Carlos Fuentes as his favorite author and Aura as his favorite work.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Muestra Sagarhpa rostro de Nuevo Sonora en Bazar navideño de DIF". Termometroenlinea.com.mx (in Spanish). 14 December 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Juan Valencia, el de Granados". Termometroenlinea.com.mx (in Spanish). 1 June 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Cerro de la campana". El Imparcial (in Spanish). 30 May 2004. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Elías y Valencia, dos rancheros por la gubernatura". Termometroenlinea.com.mx (in Spanish). 3 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Ayuntamientos Electos Periodo Constitucional 2000-2003 | Granados (PAN)". Memoria Estadística del Proceso Electoral 2000 (in Spanish). IEE Sonora. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. ^ a b Navarro Ruiz, Gaspar (24 June 2018). "A Juan Valencia Durazo lo acusó el PAN". Critica.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Diputados ganadores por partido, incluyendo plurinominales" (PDF). Proceso Electoral 2003 (in Spanish). IEE Sonora. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Legislaturas Anteriores" (in Spanish). Congress of Sonora. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Esperan muy buenas cosechas". InfoCajeme (in Spanish). 29 October 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  10. ^ Es Juan Valencia nuevo líder del PAN en Sonora [Juan Valencia is the PAN's new leader in Sonora] (in Spanish). El Imparcial. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  11. ^ a b c "Detienen a ex dirigente del PAN en Sonora". Informador.com.mx (in Spanish). 22 June 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  12. ^ a b Larios Gaxiola, Felipe (17 March 2015). "No acude a debate candidato del PAN a gobierno de Sonora". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Lanza PRI acusación contra Javier Gándara". El Imparcial (in Spanish). 24 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  14. ^ Riva Palacio, Raymundo (3 June 2015). "El cantinero de Navojoa". El Mañana de Reynosa (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  15. ^ Retano, Brisa (30 April 2018). "Incautan bienes a Padrés por 585 mdp". El Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  16. ^ Miranda, Mónica (22 June 2018). "Ex dirigente estatal del PAN, Juan Valencia Durazo, fue detenido y recluido en el Cereso". La Silla Rota (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  17. ^ a b Retano, Brisa (22 July 2018). "Exdirigente del PAN Sonora es liberado tras 28 días en prisión". El Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Juan Valencia Durazo". Termometroenlinea.com.mx (in Spanish). 29 January 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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