Overview
- The death was confirmed Sunday morning by his wife, Mausita Rodríguez Nieto, in a public message.
- He had been hospitalized since October 29 at Hospital Aranda de la Parra in León for treatment of a cancer diagnosed as follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Family updates in November described a severely weakened immune system, the start of treatment, and a November 18 readmission with a call for blood donors.
- Over four decades he built a career that included leading the PRI in Guanajuato, running for governor in 2006, serving as a legislator, and later joining Morena in 2018.
- Tributes followed from officials including Guanajuato Governor Libia García Muñoz-Ledo and senators Martha Lucía Mícher Camarena and Lizeth Sánchez.