Paco Ignacio Taibo I

Paco Ignacio Taibo I, ( born July 19, 1924 in Gijón, Asturias, as Ignacio Taibo Lavilla Francisco González Suárez Nava Vich Manjón, † November 13, 2008 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer and journalist. He was the founder and director of the cultural part of El Universal, one of Mexico's largest newspapers.

Taibo died on 13 November 2008 of pneumonia. He was the father of the writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II and the film producer Carlos Taibo.