Leopoldo L. Verdugo Quiroz (born 1 March 1898) was a Mexican businessman, customs official, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
In 1954, he was elected one of Baja California's inaugural Senators alongside Esteban Cantú, serving in the XLII and XLIII Legislatures of the Congress of the Union.
[1] His father was a personal friend of Álvaro Obregón and worked as a government official – at one point he was responsible for nation's military purchases.
[2] In 1921, he moved the family to Mexicali and was appointed the tax administrator for the Territory of Baja California Norte by President Obregón.
[11] After Baja California was granted statehood that same year, Verdugo Quiroz emerged as a pre-candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) nomination for Governor of Baja California in the 1953 state elections [es], enjoying significant support from the agricultural sector in Mexicali Valley.
[14][15] In December 1953, Verdugo Quiroz was cited in a newspaper column by journalist Alberto Rosales as one of five local political figures who might seek a nomination to represent the state in the Senate of the Republic.