MERIDA.- Joaquín Alfonso Ocampo Jiménez was appointed yesterday as the new General Director of Social Communication of the Government of Yucatán, after the resignation of Wendy Aguayo Romero to the office of Joaquín Díaz Mena.
The newcomer returns to the public service after around 18 years of not holding office. However, in the past he presided over the spokesperson in different administrations and political campaigns.
His longest periods in government were at the side of the commander Luis Felipe Saidén Ojeda, who is considered close. In recent years he was known for running a local news site.
Who is Joaquín Ocampo, spokesperson for Yucatán?
The current owner of Social Communication of the Government of Yucatán He is 59 years old. In 1997, he married Laura Castro Gamboa, a communicator and current president of the Board of Trustees for a Yucatan without Addictions. He is the father of Gerardo Alfonso Ocampo Castro, local leader of Citizen Movement and former candidate for mayor of Mérida for that party.
Regarding his career in public positions, in the early 90s he served as press officer of the Organizing Committee of the Xmatkuil Fair. Later, on August 4, 1995, he was appointed head of Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Protection and Roads by its then head, Luis Felipe Saiden Ojeda. This, during the constitutional mandate of Víctor Cervera Pacheco as governor (1995-2001).
At the end of said administration, Ocampo Jimenez He remained in office at the beginning of the administration of Javier Medina Torre at the head of the SSP, during the administration of Patricio Patrón Laviada (2001-2007). In May 2003 his departure was announced and the arrival of Luis Felipe Vales Vera in his place, according to information from the Mega Library Archive.
Huacho Ocampo, with Saidén in Quintana Roo
In that same month, he also nicknamed “Huacho” He joined Saidén Ojeda’s work team as director of Public Safety, Traffic and Firefighters in Cancún. On that occasion, at least a hundred former collaborators followed the commander to work with him in Quintana Roo.
However, all of them had to resign after the police chief left office in August 2004 amid protests by Cancun agents who called for his dismissal and alleged differences with the mayor. Juan Ignacio García Zalvidea.
At the same time, between March and May 2004, Joaquin Ocampo He also served as press officer in the last political campaign of Victor Cervera Pachecowhen he ran for mayor of Mérida and lost to Manuel Fuentes Alcocer.
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Complaint against Joaquín Ocampo
In November 2007, at the beginning of the administration of Ivonne Ortega Pachecowas appointed head of ACitizen attention of the SPV. Before that he spent a few weeks in the press office of the Yucatan Institute of Culture. However, by the following year he was already running a news site, which changed its name some time later and which he leads to this day.
In March 2008, he was denounced by the then deputy attorney Rafael Acosta Solís for alleged extortion and slander against him. However, days later the official withdrew the accusation because he was not aware that the people he reported had participated in the crime that he attributed to them.
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Gerardo Ocampo’s reaction
This morning, Gerardo Ocampo published a message on Facebook that could respond to his speculations political future after the appointment of his father in a Morenoist administration.
“I am and will continue to be part of my only home, of which I have proudly been a part for the last three years. Because for me, commitment and loyalty are invaluable. My house: @movciudadanomerida,” he wrote.