About Eduardo Castro Luque
Eduardo Enrique Castro Luque (12 December 1963 – 14 September 2012) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). At the time of his killing, he was a deputy-elect from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, to the Congress of Sonora. Born and raised in Ciudad Obregón, Castro Luque ran for office in his municipality and was elected to the Sonora state legislature on 1 July 2012. Before running for office, he had served as the marketing manager of the Yaquis de Obregón baseball team in his hometown and was working at his privately owned publicity agency. On 14 September 2012, two days before taking office, he was gunned down outside his home by gunmen. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Northern Mexico has been the scene of violent confrontations between Mexico's drug gangs. The recent wave of violence in Ciudad Obregón is attributed to the Sinaloa Cartel and the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, which fight for the control of retail drug sales and the smuggling routes leading to the United States. Eduardo Enrique Castro Luque was born on 12 December 1963 in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora.
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