Manuel Velasco Coello (born 7 April 1980) is a Mexican lawyer and politician and a member of PVEM.

In 2003, he was elected Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Chiapas.

[4] In 2012, Velasco ran on a PRI-PVEM coalition ticket in the 2012 gubernatorial election and won, becoming Chiapas' governor later that year.

The video, recorded on a mobile phone, presents Velasco Coello behind a mesh barrier saluting people, when a woman dressed in red pulls his arm and the governor leads her to a young man walking behind him.

After indicating the woman to talk to his assistant, unexpectedly, the governor slaps the young man in the face and, while walking, he is seen recriminating him as he follows Velasco.