Rodolfo T. Loaiza

Rodolfo T. Loaiza
Governor of Sinaloa
In office
1 January 1941 – 21 February 1944
Preceded byAlfredo Delgado Ibarra
Succeeded byTeodoro Cruz R.
Personal details
Born(1893-06-27)27 June 1893
San Javier, Sinaloa
Died21 February 1944(1944-02-21) (aged 50)
Mazatlán, Sinaloa
NationalityMexican
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary Party
ProfessionPolitician

Rodolfo T. Loaiza (27 June 1893 - 21 February 1944) was a Mexican politician who was Governor of Sinaloa from 1940 to 1944. He was murdered on February 21, 1944, in the patio of the Belmar Hotel, in Mazatlán, Sinaloa.[1] The murderer, Rodolfo Valdés, 'El Gitano', was one of the first hitmen in Sinaloa. After being on the run for a while was captured and sentenced to prison.[2]

References

  1. ^ "El día en que mataron a un Gobernador: el caso Rodolfo T. Loaiza".
  2. ^ "'El Gitano', el narcotraficante que asesinó a un gobernador de Sinaloa". 15 December 2023.


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