Ignacio de la Torre and Mier (Cuernavaca, 1866 - New York City, April 1, 1918), nicknamed Nacho, was a Mexican politician and landowner.
Torre y Mier was derived from a leading family of landowners from Morelos; Among other things, he was related to Monaco's royal residence. In 1888, he married Amada Díaz, the daughter of President Porfirio Díaz. In 1890 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies.
Torre y Mier was regularly in scandal. Not only did he like alcohol and cars, causing him several accidents, but he was also known to have gay relationships with other men. In 1901 a major scandal occurred when 42 men who dressed as women in Mexico City were arrested by the police, 41's dance. Torre y Mier was one of him, but because of his mighty father-in-law, he was released. The other 41 were banned from Yucatán.
In 1906, Torre y Mier came into contact with Emiliano Zapata, later one of the great leaders in the Mexican Revolution. Torre y Mier added Zapata with his attempts to return to the peasant population by hacendados, and Zapata trained Torre y Miers horses. According to the historian Armando Ayala Anguiano, Torre y Mier would have had a relationship with Zapata.
In 1913, the La Torre y Mier participated in the murder assault on President Francisco I. Madero and Vice President José María Pino Suárez, a few days after they were thrown by Victoriano Huerta; He was the owner of the car that Madero and Pino Suárez would put in safety. At the intake of Mexico City by the Venustiano Carranza troops, Torre y Mier was imprisoned, but was released shortly after the Zapata troops took possession of the capital. Torre y Mier fled Mexico in 1917, and did not die much later in the United States
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