Rodolfo T. Loaiza

Rodolfo T. Loaiza (27 June 1893-21 February 1944) was a Mexican politician who was Governor of Sinaloa from 1940 to 1944. He was murdered on February 21, 1944, in the patio of the Belmar Hotel, in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. The murderer was Rodolfo Valdés, 'El Gitano', he was one of the first hitmen that existed in Sinaloa. After being on the run for a while was captured and sentenced to prison.