Felix Gonzalez Canto

Félix Arturo González Canto (Cozumel, Quintana Roo; August 23, 1968) is a Mexican politician and economist, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was governor of the state of Quintana Roo, Municipal President of Cozumel and Federal Deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union for the I Federal Electoral District of Quintana Roo.

Political career

Election as Governor of Quintana Roo 2005

Félix González Canto was elected candidate for governor of Quintana Roo by the Institutional Revolutionary Party amid accusations that he was favored by then-governor Joaquín Hendricks Díaz, which caused the resignation of Senator Addy Joaquín Coldwell from the PRI, who She was nominated by the National Action Party, and in the constitutional election she faced the PRD candidate, the former municipal president of Benito Juárez, Juan Ignacio García Zalvidea "El Chacho", who had bitterly clashed with Hendricks. In a very competitive election, González Canto obtained the victory, which, although questioned by García Zalvidea, was ratified by the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation.

Governor of Quintana Roo (2005-2011)

Finances of the state of Quintana Roo

The high indebtedness of your State is questioned, the debt went from 1,880 million to 13 billion pesos, almost multiplying it by 10 times in six years.

The main points are summarized in four loans:

• 1) November 9, 2006, It was a refinancing of the previous government's debt Joaquín Hendricks Díaz ordered of 1,257 million pesos.
• (2) On November 25, 2008, decree 66 was passed, authorizing the Quintana Roo government to hire a loan of $1.9 billion.
• 3) December 10, 2009 was published in the State Official Newspaper Decree No. 196 on a loan for the amount of 2,661 million pesos for productive works and projects, as well as to refinance the previous loan of 1,900 million pesos.
• (4) In 2011, a fourth loan was authorized for 2 billion pesos, additional to those previously hired and refinanced.

Chetumal Convention Center

At a cost of 300 million pesos, the state government builds the International Business and Convention Center considered by many as a "white elephant" since it is only used for parties and mainly official events of the state government itself. Although the work was necessary for the city, many point to its excessive cost to justify the diversion of state funds.

Congress of the State of Quintana Roo

He began his government with the XI Legislature with a very Plural Congress, but it was in the XII Legislature that he gained the majority of his party. With his uncle, PRI deputy Luis González Flores, after the PRI majority he led authorized the government of Quintana Roo to take out a loan for 2.7 billion pesos. He endorsed a second decree to put the state in debt over the next 20 years.

Months before, in December 2009, he operated with his bench and that of the Verde Ecologista so that, without the endorsement of the PAN or the PRD, the state government was approved to acquire a loan for 2,661 million, also to be paid in 20 years. In both it was argued that the funds would be to finance “productive public works

Superior Court of Justice of the State of Quintana Roo

In July 2008, the State Congress reformed article 99, thus allowing the indefinite reelection of the head of the TSJE, in periods of three years. Therefore, it ratifies for a second (2008) and third (2011) period as President of the Superior Court of Justice of Quintana Roo Lizbeth Song Encalada, the same person who had headed the Court since 2000 after the resignation of Joaquín González Castro, completing her term.

When González Flores arrived in 2008 as a deputy and leader of Congress, he had an assignment from his nephew, Governor Félix González Canto. As the outgoing legislature had been dominated by the opposition, the state government's proposals to acquire debt had been rejected. But in this one, where the PRI would have a majority, and where his family would also lead, the governor received his first endorsement in November of that year when he was authorized to acquire a loan for 1,900 million pesos. Three years later, Quintana Roo is on the list of the 10 most indebted states of the Republic, with just over 7,261 million pesos, an amount that does not include the debt contracted by the nine municipalities of the state during this period, which would total around two thousand 417 million pesos.

Senator of Quintana Roo (2012-2018)

He chairs the Tourism Commission of the XXX Legislature. In his first year as President of the Senate Tourism Commission, he reports in his activities report, 21 ruled files, of which 2 are minutes, 8 initiatives and 11 points OK. The senator for Quintana Roo has not presented any initiative so far (in his second legislative year), and the work on the matter has been adjustments to the laws but there is no proposal of great significance for the tourism sector.

As president of the Commission, he has already reported four trips abroad: In November 2012, he accompanied the Secretary of Tourism, Gloria Guevara Manzo to the World Travel Market in London, England, to promote Mexican tourism.

In 2013, the Quintana Roo senator traveled to FITUR in Madrid in Spain in January 2013, and in July of the same year, he accompanied the head of Sectur, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, on a working tour to China.

Controversies

Mayra Case

Mayra Ayuso Rodríguez, 16 years old, is presumed to have been romantically involved Félix González Canto at that time municipal president of Cozumel, on November 9, 1999 Mayra Ayuso, her body is found near the Airport of the island, the investigation showed that Mayra was pregnant. Her relatives point out to the municipality since the closeness between the two of them was known to them and their neighbors.

After 5 years and 5 months in power, the investigations did not advance. The presentation of this series of installments mentions a possible 'scapegoat' for and imprisoning Nelson Ciau Polanco, Mayra's alleged boyfriend.

The girl's mother, Ana Isabel Rodíguez Mejía, filed a criminal complaint with the State Attorney General's Office for the loss of preliminary investigation 1100/99.

Lydia Cacho

In December 2005, the fifth judge of the criminal branch of Puebla issued an arrest warrant for defamation and slander against the journalist Lydia Cacho, for which he requested support from the Quintana Roo judiciary, which executed the order, learning to the journalist in the city of Cancún.

Lydia Cacho affirms that the detention was illegal and that they were not agents of the state of Quintana Roo, where she was kidnapped by police elements of Puebla and illegally transferred to that state, by order of the governor of Puebla Mario Marín Torres, evidencing the collusion between the leaders of Quintana Roo and Puebla.