Pantelhó is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 20,589, up from 16,262 as of 2005. It covers an area of 136.6 km2.
As of 2010, the town of Pantelhó had a population of 6,888. Other than the town of Pantelhó, the municipality had 150 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Aurora Esquipulas (2,046), classified as rural.
Government Municipal presidents Municipal presidentTermPolitical partyNotesJosé M. Zepeda1915Sabel Y. Urbina1926Amado de J. Pérez1931–1932PNR Sabel Y. Urbina1933–1934PNR Eduardo Estrada Vera1935PNR Luis C. Urbina1936PNR Arcadio R. Urbina1939–1940PRM Celedonio Constantino G.1941–1942PRM José Ruiz Guillén1943–1944PRM Reynaldo Ballinas Flores1945–1946PRM Ricardo Morales Aguilar1947–1948PRI Juan Antonio Morales1949–1950PRI Silviano Urbina1951–1952PRI Alfredo Ballinas Vázquez1953–1955PRI Gilberto Urbina Bermúdez1956–1958PRI Armando Castro Ross1959–1961PRI Eduardo Estrada Vera1962–1964PRI Gilberto Aguilar Carpio1965–1967PRI Liborio Luna Flores1968–1970PRI Julio Ballinas Urbina1971–1973PRI Adán Morales Monterrosa1974–1976PRI W. Alejandro Ramos Ruiz1977–1979PRI Fernando Ruiz Mazariegos1980–1982PRI Dionisio Cruz Juárez1983–1985PRI Mariano Jiménez Gómez1986–1987PRI Ignacio López Santiz1987–1988PRI Nicolás González Juárez1989–1991PRI Manuel Cortés Pérez1992–1993PRI Dionisio Cruz Juárez1993–1995PRI Adán Sánchez Sánchez01-01-1996–31-12-1998PRI Sebastián Díaz Santiz01-01-1999–31-12-2001PRI Alberto Cruz Gutiérrez01-01-2002–31-12-2004PRI Armando Juárez Cruz01-01-2005–31-12-2007PRD PT Humberto González López01-01-2008–31-12-2010PRD Nicolás Gómez Hernández01-01-2011–2012PRD PAN Convergence Panal Unity for ChiapasMiguel Etnzin Cruz2012–2015PRD PT MC Macario Cruz Gutiérrez2015–2018PRD Santos López Hernández2018–21-08-2020PRD Was dismissed and imprisoned because of sexual harassment Delia Janet Velasco Flores21-08-2020–07-08-2021PRD Acting municipal presidentPedro Cortés López President of the Municipal Council18-08-2021–30-09-2021Municipal Council elected by the System of Uses and CustomsRaquel Trujillo Morales (he is a man, despite his name)01-10-2021–09-11-2021PRD His political immunity was removedPedro Cortés López President of the Municipal Council17-12-2021–14-05-2022Municipal Council appointed by the Congress of the State of Chiapas. He was forced to resign by members of the self-defense group El MacheteJuan Gómez Sántiz President of the Municipal Council30-09-2024–30-09-2025 Municipal Council appointed by the Congress of the State of ChiapasJulio Pérez Pérez01-10-2025–RSP Elected for the term 2025–2027.
See also 2021 Pantelhó mass kidnapping
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