Guillermo Mercado Romero (born 1 March 1938) is a Mexican politician who served as the Governor of Baja California Sur from 1993 to 1999.
In early 2001, Mercado and eighteen other former Mexican government officials were charged with diverting approximately $55 million in public funding.
[2] Second, Mercado was also charged with improperly transferring ownership of public land to a private research institute during his tenure as governor.
[2] In June 2001, U.S. immigration agents questioned Mercado at his home in El Cajon to determine his legal status.
[2] Mercado showed the investigators a valid pilot's license and Social Security card as proof that he was in the United States legally.