Olegario Carrillo Meza

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carrillo and the second or maternal family name is Meza.
Olegario Carrillo Meza
Member of the Congress of Sonora
from the 20th district
In office
16 September 1997 – 15 September 2000
Preceded byLamberto Gálvez Díaz
Succeeded byAntonio Leyva Duarte
Municipal president of Etchojoa
In office
1994–1997
Preceded byOctavio Sandoval Martínez
Succeeded byPablo Antonio Cruz Ontiveros
Personal details
BornNayarit, Mexico
CitizenshipMexican
Political party PMS (former)
PRD

Olegario Carrillo Meza is a Mexican politician representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). He served in the LV Legislature of the Congress of Sonora from 1997 to 2000.

Career

A native of Nayarit,[1] Carrillo Meza earned a degree in agronomy engineering in the Soviet Union thanks to a scholarship from the Unión General de Obreros y Campesinos (General Union of Workers and Farmers).[2] Upon his return to Mexico, he served as a regidor (city councillor) in Etchojoa, Sonora from 1988 to 1991 as a member of the Mexican Socialist Party (PMS), which merged into the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).[3] He was elected as the municipal president of Etchojoa Municipality in 1994, defeating Gildardo Grajeda of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to become the first PRD candidate to win a municipal race in Sonora.[3][4] During his term, the Congress of Sonora appropriated part of the municipality to create the Benito Juárez Municipality.[3]

In 1997, Carrillo Meza was shortlisted by the PRD as a potential candidate in the gubernatorial election, but he declined in order to focus on campaigning for a spot in the state legislature.[5] He won a seat in the LV Legislature of the Congress of Sonora representing the 20th district of Etchojoa, serving a three-year term from 1997 to 2000.[3][6] He became popular among the indigenous populations in the Valle del Mayo and the Valle del Yaqui.[7] He also unsuccessfully challenged for a seat in the LVIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress in 2000, losing to Arturo León Lerma.[3]

Carrillo Meza left the PRD by endorsing PRI candidate Eduardo Bours for governor ahead of the 2003 election.[8]

Activism

Carrillo Meza founded the Unión Nacional de Organizaciones Regionales Campesinas y Autónomas (National Union of Farmers’ Regional Autonomous Organizations) in 1985 and has served as its national director since 2005.[1] He has advocated for farmers' rights to combat poverty among rural and indigenous populations,[9][10] particularly in response to NAFTA.[11][12] He also called on the government to cancel their contracts with Monsanto to grow genetically modified crops in the country.[13] On behalf of the union, he endorsed Claudia Pavlovich Arellano for governor of Sonora in 2015.[14]

Personal life

His wife, Flora Lina Mungarro Garibay, served as municipal president of Benito Juárez from 2018 to 2021.[15]

There is a public library in Etchojoa named after him.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "2008 Conference Report" (PDF). International Funders for Indigenous Peoples. p. 28. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ Hernández Navarro, Luis (31 March 2009). "La ruptura de la UNORCA". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "¿Donde quedaron?". Termómetro En Línea (in Spanish). 3 August 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. ^ García Rosas, Jesús Héctor; Rodríguez Gutiérrez, Enrique (June 2002). El Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) en Sonora: historia y perspectivas (1989-2002): una visión desde sus dirigencias (PDF) (Thesis) (in Spanish). Universidad de Sonora. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ^ Medina, Juan Poom; Reynosa, Víctor Manuel (1 May 2003). "Las elecciones de gobernador en Sonora, 1997" [The 1997 Sonoran Gubernatorial Elections]. Región y Sociedad (in Spanish). 15 (27). doi:10.22198/rys.2003.27.a659. S2CID 140377944.
  6. ^ "Proceso Electoral 1997" (in Spanish). Consejo Estatal Electoral. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  7. ^ "El debate, relajada Claudia, tenso Javier". Marquesina (in Spanish). 19 May 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  8. ^ García Bernal, Cristóbal (18 June 2003). "Suspende el gobierno de Sonora promoción de obra pública en medios". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Atentan Gobiernos contra campesinos". El Siglo de Durango (in Spanish). 26 February 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  10. ^ "El campo no quiere migajas: Unorca". Síntesis Noticias (in Spanish). 11 October 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  11. ^ "TLCAN: alternativas campesinas". La Jornada del Campo (in Spanish). 18 December 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  12. ^ Avendaño, José Carlos (23 March 2012). "Demanda UNORCA al gobierno federal renegociar el TLCAN". La Jornada del Oriente (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Se debe impedir siembre de alimentos transgénicos". News Network Communication (in Spanish). 27 October 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  14. ^ "UNORCA Respalda a Claudia Pavlovich para ser gobernadora". Sonoran Business Sensor (in Spanish). 19 May 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  15. ^ Pachecho, Bulmaro (17 April 2021). "Candidaturas en Morena: la vuelta a la derecha". Primera Plana Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Biblioteca Pública Municipal Ing. Olegario Carrillo Meza" (in Spanish). Sistema de Información Cultural. Retrieved 29 December 2021.