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Andres Bermudez Obituary
Bermudez, a flamboyant lawmaker for President Felipe Calderon's National Action Party, or PAN, died Thursday, the party said in a statement. He had battled stomach cancer since March.
He died at a hospital in Houston, Texas, where he was receiving treatment since December, the daily newspaper El Sol de Zacatecas reported.
Bermudez first crossed illegally into the United States in 1973, hidden in a car trunk with his pregnant wife. He then worked his way from field hand to labor contractor in California. He invented a tomato-planting machine that earned him the nickname "Tomato King" and made him a fortune.
Bermudez made history in 2001 when he was elected mayor of his hometown of Jerez, in the northern state of Zacatecas.
He was stripped of that victory by the Federal Electoral Institute because he had not met residency requirements, but won the mayorship again in 2004 after Zacatecas legislators changed state laws to let part-time residents seek public office.
Bermudez always dressed in black, from his hat to his Tony Lama boots, and was known for his gruff-talking style and flamboyant personality. Those traits provoked harsh criticism from some of Jerez's city council members, who accused him of being arrogant and confrontational.
In 2006, Bermudez, who shuttled between his ranch in California and Jerez, won a seat in the lower house of Congress for the PAN.
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press
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Balam Joaquín Paredes Rodriguez
August 19, 2022
lamento no haber convivido contigo más!!
Digna Pachas
February 11, 2009
Mis mas sentido pesame a los familiares del senor Andres Bermudez, perder a un ser querido en la muerte nunca estuvo en llos planes del Creador. que los seres humanos murieramos. Cuando creo a Adan y Eva los puso en un paraiso y les dijo que vivieran para siempre. Es por eso que el nos promete una resurreccion en un futuro cercano segun la Biblia la palabra de Dios en el libro del Apostol Juan 5:28-29 se nos da esta esperanza que usted y su familia se pueden beneficiar de esta maravillosa promesa que Jehova el Creador del Hombre nos ofrece. Asi podran volver a ver a Andres y recibirlo con los brasos abiertos esto no es una ilusion es una promesa que Jehova lo cumplira ya que el no miente. Que Jehova lo tenga en su memoria,
Teresa Padilla
February 8, 2009
Que descanse en paz, Don Andres,
De parte de la Familia Manuel Ramos - (de La Laguna Seca, Panuco Zacatecas) - Mi padre tambien lucho por un sueño y tambien estara con usted en el cielo.
Para su familia, mis mas sinceros pesame, y que siempre lo recueden, con mucho cariño, sus tiempos juntos buenos y malos y que le degan a sus decendietes su lucha por mejorar no solamente su familia, si no su pueblo.
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SHEILA SMITH
February 7, 2009
God bless you.
Barbara Mills
February 6, 2009
Dear family:
May GOD's tender care and mercies be with you during this time of grief. May the fond memories help you through.
D. ZIMMERMAN
February 6, 2009
REST IN PEACE ANDRES BERMUDEZ
juan steward
February 6, 2009
Rest in Peace .
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