The 5 y 10 intersection is one of the most famous in the city and with the heaviest traffic. The most notable infrastructure improvement in Tijuana during the Hank administration was the multi-million investment on an underpass at the Alba Roja intersection, just south of the 5 y 10 intersection. Hank won the mayoral race that year, beating PAN candidate Jorge Ramos by a slim margin, thus ending 15 years of PAN government in Tijuana. ('My favorite animal is still the woman.') Campaign for municipal president Īs a candidate for mayor of Tijuana in 2004, Hank said, “Mi animal preferido sigue siendo la mujer”.

He is a lover of exotic animals and the father of 19 children, some of whom are named after animals. Hank Rhon is the owner of casinos and soccer teams. To this day the independent news weekly in Tijuana, ZETA, runs a full page ad with white letters: 'Jorge Hank: Why did your bodyguards assassinate me?' 'El Gato' had been a fierce critic of the Hank family. The gunmen turned out to be security guards at the Caliente track, and one had worked as well for Hank Rhon's father, Carlos Hank. On Apa local newspaper columnist, Hector 'El Gato' Felix Miranda was assassinated on his way to work.

Hank also created the Cuauhtémoc Hank Foundation to give scholarships to students of all grades including studies in foreign schools. The Racetrack also hosts the Day of the Three Wise Men, Children's Day, Mother's Day where thousands of children and their mothers receive free food, gifts and an entertainment show since 1988. During his management Tijuana has hosted the Señorita México pageant, the World Boxing title fight between Julio César Chávez and Danilo Cabrera and from 1986 to 1988 the Caribe International Classic Horserace, considered the most important in Latin America. The number of employees of the racetrack grew from 700 to close to 6,000. He moved to Tijuana in 1985 to manage the Agua Caliente Racetrack and formed the Grupo Caliente which includes the dog racing track, a hotel, a mall and a network of entertainment centers in 19 states of Mexico as well as 13 countries of Central, South America and Europe. In 1980 he founded the Grupo Taos, a company that operates pet stores and amusement parks of which he is the President of the Board and General Director.

Of German descent, Jorge Hank Rhon studied at the Alexander von Humboldt German College and Industrial Engineering at the Universidad Anáhuac in the State of Mexico.

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