José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos
José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos was a Mexican lawyer, politician and civil servant.
Santiago Vasconcelos, a native of Mexico City, earned a law degree at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 1993 he began working for the office of the federal Attorney-General, in the drug-trafficking control area. He was later appointed Assistant Attorney-General for Legal and International Affairs and, following that appointment, served as Assistant Attorney-General at the Organized Crime Specialized Investigation Office, Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutor. The last position he held was as head of the PGR's technical secretariat for implementing the recent constitutional reforms on criminal justice and public security.
He died on 4 November 2008 when the aircraft he was traveling on crashed in Mexico City. This accident also claimed the life of his friend, Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouriño.
