Background
Campa, Valentín was born on February 14, 1904 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Campa, Valentín was born on February 14, 1904 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Primary studies in Torreón, Coahuila, 1910-1916. Completed first year of secondary. No degree.
Candidate of the Workers Bloc for Governor of Nuevo León against Plutarco Calles, Jr. and General Zuazua, 1934. Candidate of the Mexican Communist Party for president of Mexico, 1976. Plurinominal Deputy from the Mexican Communist Party, 1979-1982.
Member of the Mexican Communist Party. Employed by La Corona, subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, Tampico, 1920-1921. Office worker, National Railroads of Mexico.
Shipping clerk, National Railroads of Mexico, Hipólito, Coahuila, 1922. Employee, National Railroads of Mexico, Ciudad Victoria, 1927. Imprisoned numerous times by the Mexican government for his leadership in railroad strikes and political opposition, including Le-cumberri prison, 1930, 1949-1952, and Lecumberri and Santa Maria prisons for the 1958-1959 Railroad Strike, 1960-1970.
Roman Catholic
Co-founder of the Unitary Mexican Federation of Workers. Attended the International Red Unions Meeting, Moscow, 1931. Member of the Executive Committee of STFRM, 1943-1947.