The character was created in 1987 by Asamblea de Barrios , an organization fighting for affordable housing after the 1985 Mexico City earthquake , which left thousands of homeless . He began with stopping the evictions of families who paid rent . In 1988 he was informally declared candidate for the Mexican 1988 presidential election . He declined in favor of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas and his Party of the Democratic Revolution which he supported in the following years
1985 Mexico City earthquake
1985 Mexico City earthquake
Superbarrio Gómez