Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz

Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz
Governor of Nuevo León
In office
October 4, 2009  October 3, 2015
Preceded byJosé Natividad González Parás
Succeeded byJaime Rodríguez Calderón
Personal details
Born (1972-09-09) September 9, 1972
Monterrey, Nuevo León
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary Party

Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz (born September 9, 1972) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as governor of Nuevo León from 2009 to 2015. He was linked by Operation Tornado to legal proceedings against him for embezzlement, property crimes, abuse of authority, and unjust enrichment, along with 14 other public servants, deputies, former deputies, and fellow family members and associates. He was, therefore, held in preventive custody on January 26, 2017.