Overview
- The death was first announced on December 28 by Ciudad Victoria Mayor Lalo Gattás on social media.
- The PRI’s parliamentary group posted condolences on X, highlighting his public service and party leadership.
- Bernal served as a senator in Mexico’s LVII Legislature from 1997 to 2000.
- He later served as a federal deputy in the LX Legislature from 2006 to 2009 and as secretary of the CNOP.
- Born in Matamoros in 1953, he gained national prominence for his mediation efforts during the Zapatista conflict under the Salinas de Gortari administration.