René Juvenal Bejarano Martínez (born January 11, 1957) is a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 politician and ex-legislator

Legislature

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, better known for the 2004 videoscandals

Videoscandals

The Videoscandals were political scandals in Mexico in 2004 when videos of prominent politicians taken with hidden cameras were made public...

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He was a political economy professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

The Metropolitan Autonomous University is a public university located in Mexico City, Mexico...

 in 1978 and was the first coordinator for the Movimiento Sindical de Trabajadores de la Educación in Iztapalapa

Iztapalapa

Iztapalapa is one of the Federal District of Mexico City’s 16 boroughs, located on the east side of the entity. The borough is named after and centered on the formerly independent municipality of Iztapalapa, which is officially called Iztapalapa de Cuitláhuac for disambiguation purposes...

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He was Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Manuel López Obrador , also known as AMLO or El Peje, is a Mexican politician who held the position of Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, before resigning in July 2005 to contend the 2006 presidential election, representing the unsuccessful Coalition for the Good...

's personal secretary between December 2000 to November 2002.

On March 3, 2004, in the show "El Mañanero" with Brozo (Víctor Trujillo), a video of Bejarano receiving 45,000 USD by Carlos Ahumada was aired. Bejarano confronted a desafuero

Desafuero

Desafuero process of Andrés Manuel López Obrador is one of the most famous desafuero processes in recent Mexican history took place during 2004 and 2005. This process was originated by a land owner who sued the Federal District's government on the grounds of improper expropriation of a patch of...

judge and was imprisoned on November 10, 2004. He was freed on July 6, 2005, after a judge found the evidence against him was insufficient.