Roberto Palazuelos, the 'Mirrey' who wants to be governor

Actor, entrepreneur, lawyer and exam of Luis Miguel, this is how the collective imagination is in mind to Roberto Palazuelos, who could be the next governor of Quintana Roo because Citizen Movement has supported him and even obtained his pre -registration.

The registration to the internal process was carried out at the headquarters of the party, in Mexico City, with the presence of the president of the National Commission for Internal Convention and Processes, Julieta Macías Rabago;the Secretary General of Agreements, Juan Zavala and the State Coordinator in Quintana Roo, Lidia Rojas Fabro.

"In this way, Citizen Movement endorses its commitment to being an open space and a vehicle for the participation of free citizenship, where they are welcome who want the transformation of the country and better governments," said the party in a statement in a statement.

Who is Roberto Palazuelos and why is his candidacy controversial?

Roberto Palazuelos Badeaux was born in Acapulco, Guerrero, but his empire has forged him in Quintan Roo, where, according to investigations by the journalist Lydia Cacho, he owes his fortune to which he has looted the wealth of the Rivera Maya.

“It is enough to see Roberto Palazuelos' reality, the brand new candidate on the left to govern Quintana Roo.Sexist, misogynist, racist, classist and ignorant.The citizen movement dome must be desperate to choose the representative of moral decline as a candidate ”,

It is not the first time that Palazuelos seeks to enter politics.In 2016 he wanted to be a municipal president of Tulum but did not obtain the support of any party.After several attempts and talks even flirting with the PRD, elaborated was received by Movement Citizen, a party that has sheltered controversial candidates such as Enrique Alfaro, governor of Jalisco;And more recently from Samuel García, governor of Nuevo León.

THE FAMILY

Politics is no stranger to Palazuelos, in fact it comes from a long lineage of politicians and businessmen;However, they have not held an important position for more than a century.

Palazuelos Badeaux is the son of the businessman and lawyer Roberto Palazuelos Rosenzweig and the American model of French ancestry, María de Lourdes Badeaux.

Palazuelos Rosenzweig is a son, in turn, by Roberto Palazuelos Bassols, a successful lawyer settled in Acapulco and also linked to real estate businesses.Palazuelos Bassols, paternal grandfather of the candidate for governor of Quintana Roo, was the son of Roberto Palazuelos Léycegui and María Luisa Bassols, sister of the lawyer Narciso Bassols, secretary of the government of President Abelardo Rodríguez, Secretary of Education of Pascual Ortiz Rubio, and Secretary of the Treasuryby Lázaro Cárdenas.

The first generation of Palazuelos is from Veracruz, because in 1880 Pedro Enrique Palazuelos Flores and Aurelia Juana Léycegui Núñez, daughter of Luciano Fernándo Léycegui and Rafaela Juliana Núñez Núñez.Don Pedro baptized and recorded his children only using the last name Palazuelos.

The children of Don Pedro and Doña Antonia Flores had prospered on the Buenos Aires portals.The laws too.

In 1909, Felix Léycegui Núñez directed the company Félix Leycegui Núñez, importers of foreign groceries and customs agency.In 1909 he was a councilor of the Treasury at the City Council, and in 1911, mayor of Veracruz.

THE SHOW

Unlike his family, the "Black Diamond" is the only one who ventured into the show.His Pininos made them in "My Second Mother" and "Simply Maria";However, success came when he played Roger in the youth soap opera, "Muchachitas".

Then he participated in "Tomorrow is forever", "Full of love", "A family with luck", "what a beautiful love", among others.It also was part of advertising scenes, being the official image of the Pepsi in Mexico.

During his passage through the show, palazuelos consumed cocaine, a situation he has declared in all his interviews and that, according to him, left that stage thanks to his approach to God.

The father of the Mirreyes

The lawyer is considered a Mirrey, a person who lives at the expense of the inherited fortunes, and took advantage of that nickname to create his own reality show: Palazuelos, my king., which was disseminated by the MTV chain.

In this program, Palazuelos of full body are painted: partying, playboy and above all, a man who has the idea that women are there to fulfill their wishes, and are the ideal "accessory" to go out to give the role for thebeach.

The journalist Roberto Zamarripa asked Palazuelos in 2016:

"Does it bother you to see you as 'Mirrey'?".

"Nerd.First they started with the Metroxuals, then the Metroxuals now call them "Mirreyes", and now there are also "ninis" and everything.They are all these tribes that occur in the big cities that give me a lot of laugh ”.

He does not bother him to put him in the basket of 'Mirreyes', but said he differs in that he does not know the culture of effort, when in his case it is the opposite.

"Maybe I will be a 'Mirrey', but I'm a very hardworking," he told Zamarripa.

Although a year ago he said that politics was 'laziness' and they even killed you, getting his candidacy for governor made his mind.

BUSINESS

Currently, Palazuelos has several hotel complexes in Quintana Roo.Most under the concept of ecotourism or luxury tourism.

In addition, it was recently announced that former President Vicente Fox and Roberto Palazuelos were associated with businessman Marcus Dantus to operate stores in which they sell marijuana derivatives in Mexico

The company is called Paradise and was created in 2015 in Nuevo León for the marketing of cannabis legal products, according to its social networks.

The objective of the Paradise Shop, which already operate in some parts of the country, is to have 200 stores in tourist centers and, according to their advertising, are the first store in Mexico to sell this type of products, said El Universal.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, a specialist in calculating the net worth of celebrities, Roberto Palazuelos' fortune amounts to 12 million dollars.

Your relationship with AMLO

A few days ago the controversy about whether Roberto Palazuelos could oppose the construction of the Mayan train in case of winning the choice of Quintana Roo, a situation that the businessman made clear: I will be his ally.

“All the projects of President @lopezobrador_ are welcome and I will be his ally in the efforts he makes for the benefit of the inhabitants of Quintana Roo...”, Read through a Twitter thread in the actor's official account.

This is not the first time that the actor supports the president.In fact, in 2018, Palazuelos confessed to journalist Gustavo Adolfo Infante, who was afraid of AMLO, but who already admired him.