Puerto Rican mayorIn this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Padilla and the second or maternal family name is Ferrer.

Santos "San" Padilla Ferrer (February 26, 1957 – August 4, 2007) was a Puerto Rican politician and mayor of the city of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.

Padilla was a member of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (Partido Nuevo Progresista de Puerto Rico), or PNP. The party and its members support full statehood for Puerto Rico within the United States.

Padilla died following a m*ive heart attack on August 4, 2007 in Cabo Rojo. The governor of Puerto Rico, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, declared three days of national mourning.

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