# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rodolfo-torre-cantu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:57:02.015Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rodolfo-torre-cantu"
name: "Rodolfo Torre Cantú"
slug: "rodolfo-torre-cantu"
description: "Rodolfo Torre Cantú was a Mexican physician and politician. He held a number of public offices, such as federal deputy, secretary of health of Tamaulipas and director-general of the DIF in Ciudad Victoria. While running for governor of Tamaulipas as the candidate of the PRI, he was assassinated, apparently by agents of a drug cartel. Torre was murdered alongside a Tamaulipas lawmaker, Enrique Blackmore, on 28 June 2010 near Ciudad Victoria, which is approximately three hours south of the U.S. border. President Felipe Calderón promised a full investigation, saying, \"the fight against drug cartels must continue\". He further stated, \"This was an act not only against a candidate of a political party but against democratic institutions, and it requires a united and firm response from all those who work for democracy.\" Torre's assassination was the \"highest-profile case of political violence\" in Mexico since the murder of Luis Donaldo Colosio."
tagline: "Mexican physician and politician (1964–2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/RodolfoTorreCantu-PRI.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1964-02-14"
deathDate: "2010-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.45
  momentum:             0.05633802816901409
  historical:           7.225704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Rodolfo Torre Cantú"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رودولفو تور كانتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rodolfo Torre Cantú"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Torre_Cant%C3%BA"
    title: "Rodolfo Torre Cantú"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Torre_Cant%C3%BA"
    title: "Rodolfo Torre Cantú"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Torre_Cant%C3%BA"
    title: "Rodolfo Torre Cantú"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Torre_Cant%C3%BA"
    title: "Rodolfo Torre Cantú"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Torre_Cant%C3%BA"
    title: "Rodolfo Torre Cantú"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2096537"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump