From Layda Sansores to Alito Moreno: the love stories of Mexican politicians

Scandals, romances, divorces, separations and some romantic successes are some of the aspects that are remembered every February 14th; However, Mexican politicians are not exempt from being part of these counts, either because their partner is famous or because they are constantly seen being part of their life partners’ official events.

Such is the case of the Governor of Campeche, Layda Sansores Saint-Romain; the national president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), alexander Alito Moreno Cardenas; or the coordinator of the senators of the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM), Manuel Velasco Coello.

Curiously, the three characters had a scandal together in 2022, when the president presented an alleged audio in which the former governor of Chiapas allegedly warned Moreno to approve the electrical reform that was discussed in the Chamber of Deputies or the leader of the Ministry of the Interior (Segob), Adán Augusto López Hernández, would go “with everything”.

The national president of the PRI has become one of the most controversial figures in recent months, especially since alleged audios and conversations began to appear in which he would accept or commit certain illegal acts; However, in the midst of all the controversies, the also federal deputy always presumed his stable relationship with his second wife, Christelle Castañón.

Little is known about the two unions Moreno Cárdenas had throughout his life; However, many aspects of the former went unaired, as when she divorced the politician, citizen Claudia Arceo moved away from the public eye, although she is known because she She is the mother of the first born of the PRIAlejandro Moreno Arceo, born in November 1990, according to journalist Alberto Tavira.

After his first divorce in the middle of the first decade of the 2000s, the politician met his current wife, with whom married on January 26, 2012months later he would be part of the Chamber of Deputies through proportional representation, and just three years later he would win the 2015 election to become governor of Campeche.

During this time, the couple welcomed their two children: Rafael and Sebastián, the two children have the characteristic of having baptismal godfathers who were governors of an entity of the country. The first was born in 2014 and his godfather was the former governor of Campeche, Fernando Ortega Barnés; while the second was born in 2015 and was baptized by Manuel Velasco and his wife, the singer Anahí.

However, at the local level, the business administrator stole the show when she became president of the Integral Family Development System (DIF) of the entity in the south of the country, due to the fact that she carried out her activities in neat attire, even being considered one of the best-dressed local first ladies during her husband’s tenure.

Travel, meals and some recreational activities are the few things that the couple shares in the networks, because although they are active, they prefer to put their personal life aside; However, during the crisis of scandals in which Moreno Cárdenas starred, the media Cradle of crickets pointed out that the couple could be going through a crisisa situation that so far has not been confirmed or denied.

The activist of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) married for the first time in the 1960s with Alberto Negrete, a character with whom she had three children: Layda María Esther, Tania Patricia and Alberto Carlos; However, he ended his relationship because he decided to prioritize his political career over being a housewife, according to Armando Estrop in the text. insurgent. Story of Layda Sansores.

However, he did not close the doors to love or relationships, because some time later he met Romeo Ruiz-Armenta —current Mexican ambassador to Guatemala—, with whom he has a relationship of more than three decades and whom he calls his “legitimate lover”.

From what we know of the couple, the two met when they were students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and, after more than twenty years of not knowing exactly each other, the two found each other and decided to give their love story a chance.

On numerous occasions, the politician was asked why she had not legally formalized their relationship, but Layda always replied that since her divorce, she conceives love as an “everyday raffle”; however, in some of the broadcasts of the Jaguar Tuesdaythe governor said that if the Mayan train was inaugurated in December, as promised by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), she and the ambassador could legalize their relationship.

Unlike the couples of the previous characters, Anahí was not unknown to the public, since she began her artistic career at the age of three, having its climax when he starred in the novel Rebel, in addition to being part of the musical group RBD.

For his part, Velasco Coello had established himself as one of the young politicians with the greatest projection for the future, In addition to being one of the youngest men to become governor of a federal entity, he was even placed as one of the profiles to be able to compete for the presidency of the Republic in 2018, succeeding Enrique Pena Nieto; however, after the said elections, he became a senator.

It is due to the disparity of the two worlds that in 2012, when the beginning of their idyll was revealed after being introduced by a mutual friend, many alerts were launched in the public opinion, as some the have underlined. it could be an allegedly fabricated relationship in order to create an image very similar to that of the then president Enrique Peña Nieto and Angélica Rivera as a couple.

After consolidating their relationship, the artist gradually moves away from her artistic career, as she begins to appear at official events in Chiapas. Two years later, in 2014, Manuel Velasco proposed to Anahí; the wedding took place on April 25, 2015 in the Cathedral of San Cristóbal de las Casas.

So far, despite sharing aspects on their social media, the couple have been reserved in what they divulge. One of the aspects they revealed it was the birth of his two children: Manual in 2017; Emily in 2020.

After the birth of her second child in 2020, anahí He gradually started to resume his career, so much so that he announced RBD’s return to the stage during a 2023 tour, in addition to appearing at massive events such as Karol G’s concert, while that behind the scenes he could see his wife supporting her.