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List of events
This is a list of events that happened in 2017 in Mexico . The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
Incumbents Federal government Governors Events January to March 1 January – Consumers are concerned about abrupt increases in gasoline prices, known as el gasolinazo .[8] 18 January – Colegio Americano del Noreste shooting ; a 15-year-old student shoots a teacher and three classmates in Monterrey .[9] 12 March – Former Interim governor Flavino Ríos Alvarado of Veracruz is arrested for covering up his predecessor's, Javier Duarte de Ochoa , crimes and helping him escape.[10] 13 March – SEP announces educational reform measures.[11] 14 March – A mass grave site of more than 250 people is discovered in Palmas de Abajo, Veracruz.[12] 16 March – Prison escape in Culiacán .[13] 31 March – A driver crashes after driving his car 200 kilometres (120 mi) per hour on Paseo de la Reforma , Mexico City.[8] April to June 10 April – Former Tamaulipas governor Tomás Yarrington , (PRI), is arrested in Italy, charged with plotting the murder of gubnatorial candidate Rodolfo Torre Cantú in 2010.[14] 15 April – Former Veracruz governor Javier Duarte, (PRI, 2010–2016) is arrested in Panajachel , Sololá Department , Guatemala.[15] 21 May – A 42-year-old Russian Nazi kills a 19-year-old man in Cancun after a mob tries to lynch the Russian. He had earlier posted anti-Mexican racist comments on YouTube , but authorities refused to deport him.[16] 4 June – Elections[17] July to September October to December Holidays, and observances January 1 – New Year's Day , statutory holiday[26] January 6 – Feast of the Epiphany [26] February 2 – Feast of Candlemas [26] February 6 – Constitution Day , statutory holiday[26] February 14 – Day of Love and Friendship [26] February 20 – Mexican Army Day, civic holiday February 23 to 28 – Carnival in Mexico February 24 – Flag Day , civic holiday[26] March 8 – International Women's Day March 18 – Anniversary of the Mexican oil expropriation , civic holiday[26] March 20 – March equinox [26] March 21 – Benito Juárez 's Birthday, statutory holiday[26] April 9 to 15 – Holy Week March 13 – Holy Thursday [26] March 14 – Good Friday [26] April 21 – Heroic Defense of Veracruz , civic holiday April 30 – Children's Day [27] May 1 – Labour Day , statutory holiday[26] May 5 – Cinco de Mayo , civic holiday[26] May 8 – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla 's Birthday, civic holiday May 10 – Mother's Day [26] May 15 – Teachers' Day [26] June 1 – Mexican Navy Day, civic holiday June 18 – Father's Day [26] June 20 – June solstice [26] September 13 – Anniversary of the "Heroic Cadets" , civic holiday[26] September 15 – Cry of Dolores , civic holiday[26] September 16 – Independence Day , statutory holiday[26] September 30 – José María Morelos 's Birthday, civic holiday October 12 – Day of the Race , civic holiday[28] November 1 – All Saints' Day [27] November 2 – Day of the Dead [28] November 20 – Revolution Day , statutory holiday[26] November 26 – Feast of Christ the King [26] December 12 – Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe [28] December 16 to 24 – Las Posadas [29] December 21 – December solstice [27] December 24 – Christmas Eve [27] December 25 – Christmas Day, statutory holiday[26] Awards Deaths January Javier Valdez Cárdenas January 1Edson Tadeo Cárdenas Huerta (17), soccer player (Tigres UANL ) (b. 1999).[35] Martha Patricia Figueroa Juárez (53), social activist, businesswoman, politician in Cordoba, Veracruz ; cáncer.[36] Serafín Espinal (65), músician.[37] January 2Ernesto Franco Cobos, cultural promoter and writer in Tuxpan .[38] Olegario Contreras Rubio, radio announcer in Sinaloa; heart problems.[39] Analy Loera, businesswoman and cultural promoter; brain and lung cancer.[40] January 3 January 5Marco Francisco González Meza, public servant, accidente de tráfico.[43] Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota , Roman Catholic bishop of Tepic (b. 1931).[44] Cesáreo Víctor Santiago López, polítician from Oaxaca; murdered.[45] Carmen Sánchez Galán (45), public servant; complicaciones post-operative complications.[46] January 15 January 16 – Romeo Gómez Aguilar (97), músician and academic (b. 1919).[48] January 17 – Martín Barrón Félix (52), physicist and meteorologist; liver failure and anemia (b. 1964). January 18 – Raúl Muñoz Popoca (77), businessman in tourist industry.[49] January 19David Contreras, polítician (PRI) and public servant; diabetes.[50] Fernando Soto (17), músician from Jalisco; drowning.[51] January 20 – Abraham Ibarra Robles, public servant from Santa María Colotepec , Oaxaca; murdered.[52] January 21 – Fernando Maiz Garza (57), businessman, builder, and philanthropist; airplane crash (b. 1959).[53] January 22Jesus Garcia, 72, boxer.[54] Juan Huerta Ortega (67), businessman and rancher from Puebla; heart attack (b. 1949).[55] Isidro Patrón Lara, musician.[56] January 23 – Giovanni Arturo Amparan Zaragoza (30), businessman; shot.[57] January 24Ismael Gutiérrez (79), boxer (b. 1937).[58] Antolín Vital Martínez, polítician, mayor of Tepexco , Puebla; murdered.[59] January 25 January 26 – Javier García Narro, businessperson and leader of Coparmex (a business association) in Saltillo , Coahuila.[62] January 27Fredman Cruz Maldonado, singer; lung problems.[63] Mario Palestina Moreno (45), baseball player; heart attack (b. 1971).[64] January 28 January 29Omar Jair Canepa Polanco, public servant; murdered.[67] Ángel García Cook (79), anthropologist and researcher (INAH) (b. 1937).[68] Jorge Robles, músician and singer; cáncer.[69] January 30 – Fidel Briano (72), lawyer and journalist.[70] January 31Pedro Koh Cimé, Yucatan polítician; murdered.[71] José Luis Lagunes López, public servant; cáncer.[72] February February 3 – Lorenzo Servitje , 98, businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Grupo Bimbo (b. November 20, 1918 .[73] February 7 – Eusebio Ruvalcaba (65), writer (Un hilito de sange ), journalist, essayist, playwright (b. 1951).[74] February 9 – Josefina Leiner , actress (b. 1929).[75] February 15 – José Solé , 87, stage actor and director (Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes ) (b. July 28, 1929).[76] February 16 – Teresa del Conde , art historian and critic (b. 1935).[77] February 21 – Neus Espresate Xirau (83), Spanish-born Mexican editor (founder of Ediciones Era); complicaciones respiratorias (n. 1934).[78] February 22 February 27 – Eva Maria Zuk , 71, Polish-born Mexican pianist; lung problems.[79] March March 3Rolando Arellano Sánchez (22), músician and singer ("Grupo Contacto"), murdered.[80] Miguel Guzmán Rosales (66), painter.[81] March 5Abril Campillo (58), actress; breast cancer (b. 1958 ).[82] Tony Flores (67), comedian; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.[83] Alejandro Rosales (49), television star (El Sibidibidi ); heart attack.[84] José Ignacio Rosillo Rodríguez (85), journalist.[85] March 6 – Jesús Silva Herzog Flores , 81, economist and politician (PRI) (b. 1935)[86] March 9Enrique Ortiz Rivas, mathematician, politician, and labor leader; surgical complications.[87] Raquel Parot (92), actress[88] Juan Gabriel Sánchez Gómez (43), leader of taxi drivers in Tizayuca , Hidalgo; murdered.[89] Zorro (62), singer and politician, stroke.[90] March 12Mario Agredano Brambila (88), radio and television announcer, reporter, and commentator in Nuevo Leon .[91] Joaquín Arizpe de la Maza, businessman and philanthropist.[92] Refugio Arturo García Moreno (63), education leader ("Conalep"); heart attack.[93] Raúl Maldonado Mendoza, poet and orator from Oaxaca; heart attack.[94] March 13 – Sarah Jiménez , engraving artist, member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana ; respiratory problems (b. 1927).[95] March 14 – José Iván Ponce, labor leader in Tizayuca , Hidalgo; murdered.[96] March 15 – Armando Garza Sada (84), engineer, businessman (Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery ), and banker (Banco de Londres y México and Banpais ).[97] March 18 March 19 – José Reza Fernández (61), polítician in Cuatro Ciénegas , Coahuila; suicide.[100] March 20 March 21Víctor Bartoli (65), writer (Mujer Alabastrina ) from Ciudad Juárez , Chihuahua.[105] Marco Villafán (64), translator and adaptor of theatrical productions.[106] March 23 – Miroslava Breach , 54, journalist (La Jornada and El Norte de Chihuahua ); murdered (b. August 7, 1962).[107] March 29Felipe Altamirano Carrillo, Indigenous priest from Nayarit ; murdered.[108] Dennis Palomo (21), comedian; suicide.[109] Aurelio Prado Flores (68), Roman Catholic social activist and columnist (La Voz ) (B. 1949).[110] Leodegario Varela González, polítician from Zacatecas; cáncer.[111] March 30 – Six murders in Oaxaca:[112] March 31 – Rubén Amaro Sr. , 81, baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies , New York Yankees ) and coach, World Series champion (1980); natural causes (b. 1936).[113] April April 2 – Alma Delia Fuentes , actress (Los Olvidados (1950) A toda máquina (1951), and Historia de un corazón (1951)) (b. 1937).[114] April 7 – Arturo García Bustos , 90, painter (b. 1926).[115] April 8 – José Ángel Nájera Sánchez Fisherman , professional wrestler (b. 1951)[116] April 9Roger Arellano Sotelo, polítician, former mayor of Acapetlahuaya , Guerrero; murdered.[117] Fidencio Escamilla Cervantes (65), poet and playwright from Tonala , Jalisco; heart attack (n. 1951).[118] Margarita Isabel , 75, Mexican actress (Cronos ), emphysema.[119] Alicia Rivas Lombera, high school theater teacher; cáncer.[120] José Alberto Toledo Villalobos, anti-mining activist in San Pedro Tapanatepec , Oaxaca; murdered.[121] April 11 – Teresa Moran, 78, painter from Puebla (b. September 15, 1939).[122] April 12Rafael Junquera Maldonado, writer and activist (Student movement of 1968) from Xalapa , Veracruz (b. 1941 or 1942).[123] Rubén Morales Rodríguez, 79, public accountant from Veracruz (city) .[123] April 13 – Antonio Xiu Cachón (76), Maya Indigenous leader. April 14 – Max Rodríguez Palacio, journalist and reporter ("Colectivo Pericú"); murdered. April 19 – Demetrio Saldivar Gómez, politician (founder of Party of the Democratic Revolution in Guerrero); murdered. April 21 – Rogerio César Armenta Ramírez, journalist (El 10 de Guerrero ).[124] April 22 – Leobardo Flores Ávila, 102, co-founder of the Confederation of Mexican Workers in Torreón , Coahuila.[125] April 24 April 28 April 29 – Filiberto Álvarez Landeros, journalist and radio announcer in Jojutla , Morelos (Poemas y cantares and La Señal ); murdered.[130] May May 1 – Santos Vega Camargo (73), actor and theater director ("El Confesionario") from Torreón (b. November 1, 1943.[131] May 3 – José Herrera Aispuro (51), director of the College of Accounting and Administration of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa ; murdered.[132] May 4 – Guadalupe González Saíno (30), polítician from Jopala , Puebla; murdered.[133] May 7 – Gran Apache , 58, professional wrestler (AAA ), intestinal cancer.[134] May 11José Manuel Amarillas Monjardín, polítician from Novolato, Sinaloa; murdered.[135] Andrea Romero Rojas, food propomoter (cacao) from Zacatelco , Tlaxcala (b. 1953).[136] May 12Miguel Ángel Sánchez Morán, public servant and criminal lawyer from Mazatlán ; murdered.[137] May 13 Enrique Barrera Chávez (86), form tresurer of Coahuila.[139] May 15Felipe Ehrenberg , 73, artist, professor and publisher (b. June 27, 1943).[140] Javier Valdez Cárdenas , journalist (Ríodoce , La Jornada ), shot and killed by unidentified gunmen (b. April 14, 1967).[141] Ángel Noé Mercado Carrillo (43), physician and public servant (director is ISSSTE in Tehuacan , Puebla); murdered (b. 1974).[142] Jonathan Rodríguez Córdova (26), journalist and reporter (El Costeño de Autlán ) from Autlán , Jalisco; he and his mother were murdered.[143] May 16 – Mario Moreno Ivanova (57), comedian, son of Cantinflas (b. 1960).[144] May 17 – Raúl Córdoba , 93, soccer player (Club Atlas , national team ) (b. March 13, 1924).[145] May 18 May 19 – David Sánchez , 25, flyweight boxer, traffic collision.[150] May 20 – Miguel Vázquez Torres, Indigenous Huichol leader; murdered.[151] May 22 – Santiago Salas de León, académic, writer, and rector of open university.[152] May 24 – Miguel Ángel Camacho Zamudio, physician and public servant (director of ISSSTE in Mazatlan); murdered.[153] May 25 – Juan Carlos Zamarripa Fernández, polítician, mayor of Pánuco, Veracruz ; murdered.[154] May 27 – Jaasiel Hernán Contreras Vega, photographer; murdered.[155] May 31 – Fernando Sarabia Beltrán (108), académic and activist.[156] June June 2 – Armando Mendoza Duarte (48), polítician; murdered (b. 1969). June 3 June 5Eduardo Catarino Dircio, politician (Morena) from Tixtla de Guerrero municipality , Guerrero; killed by state police.[158] Eleazar Vargas Lara, community leader and politician from Iguala , Guerrero; murdered.[159] Ana Winocur (44), journalist; pancreatitis (b. October 1972).[160] June 6 – Jorge Ortiz Murray, leader of fishermen in Mazatlan ; heart attack.[161] June 8 June 30 – Ramiro Alejandro Celis , 25, bullfighter, gored.[164] June 10 – Luis Fuentes Molinar, 89, journalist and politician (PRI), former mayor of Chihuahua (1977-1980) and federal Deputy (1973-1976).[165] June 11 – Radamés Díaz Meza, Culiacán , Sinaloa, businessman; murdered.[166] June 15 – Raúl Miranda Valencia, 48, lawyer and public servant from Michoacan; murdered.[167] June 17 – Luis Rey Sifuentes, politician (Morena) from Chihuahua; shot. June 21 – Ulises Hueto Elizalde ("El Chispa") (33), boxer from Mexico City; murdered.[168] June 23 – Eva Castañeda Cortés (87), social activist (Unión de Comuneros Emiliano Zapata ) from Morelia , Michoacan.[169] June 24Camilo Juan Castagne Velazco, police commissioner of La Antigua, Veracruz ; murdered alongside another police officer.[170] Jorge Humberto Higareda Magaña (75), businessman and leader of truckers in Puebla (b. 1942). June 26Salvador Adame, journalist from Gabriel Zamora , Michoacan; murdered (found dead this date).[171] Alejandro Zepeda Ortiz (27), journalist and reporter from Chiapas; suicide. June 27 June 29Rodolfo Díaz ("Chivo") (78), boxer and trainer; diabetes. Vinicio Ferrer Merino, polítician, mayor of San Mateo Sindihui , Oaxaca; killed during agrarian conflict.[174] Demetrio Jaime Martínez Benítez, politician, former mayor of San Francisco Cahuacúa , Oaxaca; killed during agrarian conflict.[175] Meztli Sarabia Reyna, activist (Unión Popular de Vendedores Ambulantes (UPVA) “28 de Octubre” ) from Puebla; murdered.[176] June 30 – Ramiro Alejandro Celis , 25, bullfighter , gored.[164] July July 1 July 2 July 3 – José Luis Cuevas , 83, artist.[181] July 4 – Walter González Arriaga, polítician; murdered.[182] July 5 – Luis López Villa (71), Catholic priest from Los Reyes La Paz, State of Mexico ; throat slit.[183] July 6David Alonso López , 39, boxer, shot.[184] Mariano Herrán Salvatti (68), lawyer and civil servant; liver condition.[185] Héctor Villasana Rosales (78), lawyer and académic; anemia.[186] July 7Sergio Fuentes Gutiérrez, lawyer and researcher.[187] Jorge Juan Rodriguez Reyes, labor leader; automobile accident.[188] July 8 – Guadalupe Baltazar Rojas, chronicler and craftswoman from Ixtenco , Tlaxcala.[189] July 9 – Diego Zavala Pérez (85), lawyer, académic, and polítician, father of Margarita Zavala ; heart attack.[190] July 10 – Pedro Joaquín Alberto Cárdenas Segura, músician, composer, and orquestra director.[191] July 13 – Héctor Lechuga , 88, comedian, actor and radio personality (México 2000 ), heart attack.[192] July 14 July 17 – Martha Nava (75), Mexico's best female basketball player.[196] July 18Irma Camacho García (67), polítician (substitute mayor of Temixco , Morelos, 2016–2017); cardiorespiratory arrest.[197] Erika Mireles, voice actress ("The Simpsons" and "Doña Clotilde").[198] July 19 – Hortensia de la Concepción Orozco Tejada, polítician; stroke.[199] July 20 – Felipe de Jesús Pérez Luna (48), criminal; shot by police.[200] July 21 – Ángel Padilla, músician (harp player).[201] July 22
Juan Bernardo Ruvalcaba, boxer and trainer; killed during robbery.[202] José Arturo Tolosa Campos (59), Sinaloa photojournalist (El Debate ); accidente de tránsito.[203] July 23 – Erwin Trejo (47), singer (Juan Gabriel's twin); murdered.[204] July 24 July 25Gerardo Gallardo (49), actor ("Chef Ornica") (b. 1967).[207] David Vera Jiménez (54), public servant in Mexico City; heart attack.[208] July 26Saúl Escudero Pozos (48), polítician and public servant; cáncer.[209] Ramón Xirau , 93, Spanish-born Mexican poet, philosopher and literary critic.[210] July 28 – Luis Arturo Porras Aceves (78), journalist and reporter (El Heraldo de Chihuahua) (b. 1939).[211] July 31Lorenzo Arroyo, immigration activist; amyloidosis.[212] Baltazar Maldonado Rosales (55), polítician (former mayor of Apizaco Municipality , Tlaxcala; renal insufficiency and cáncer (b. 1961).[213] Luciano Rivera, journalist and reporter ("Dictamen" and TV channel CNR (176)) in Mexicali ; murdered.[214] José Trinidad Ventura González (42), Presbyterian Church elder in Orizaba .[215] August August 2 August 4 – Roberto Corvera Guzmán, rector of Universidad Angelópolis in Angelópolis, Puebla ; shot.[218] August 5 – Marcelino Perelló Valls (73), matemátician, académic, and former student activist (b. 1944).[219] August 6Víctor Manuel Cárdenas Morales (65), writer and poet; stroke (b. 1952).[220] Pedro Manterola Sáinz (52), psychologist, politician, and public official from Veracruz ; heart attack (b. 1965).[221] Virgilio Ruiz García, musician from Oaxaca; murdered.[222] August 8 August 11 – Eugenio Polgovsky , 40, filmmaker (winner of 4 Ariel Awards ).[226] August 12 – César Osuna Aguirre, baseball player (Venados de Mazatlán ); murdered.[227] August 15 – Rafael Ramírez Sánchez, polítician, former mayor of Sahuayo , Michoacán; kidnapped and murdered.[228] August 16 – Jesús Aranda, journalist (La Jornada ) (b. 1963).[229] August 20Jerónimo González Huerta (71), artist (b. 1946).[230] Valdemar Jiménez Solís (90), poet, académic, and cultural journalist (b. 1926).[231] Aurora Meza Calles (54), Kumeyaay social activist and translator; pancreatitis.[232] Martín Rocha Hernández (56), Durango physician and labor leader; lung cáncer.[233] August 21Miguel Mike" Orpinel Mendoza, sportscaster; heart attack.[234] Salomon Robbins (71), athlete and trainer.[235] August 22 August 23Mauricio Delfín Domínguez, polítician from Córdoba, Veracruz ; suicide.[238] Ricardo Murguía (68), singer (Yo soy tu amigo fiel ), músician, and voice actor (b. 1949).[239] August 24 August 26 August 27 August 29 – Hugo Castro Rosado, businessperson and politician, former mayor of La Antigua, Veracruz ; liver failure.[247] August 30 August 31 – Nadia Stankovitch (93), Serbian-born Mexican pianist; heart attack (b. 1924).[250] September September 2Gabriela del Valle, actress (Maten a la hiena ).[251] Alejo García García, académic (Instituto Universitario Londres), public servant, and chef.[252] Oscar Javier González Torres ("El Espectaculo"), 62, músician, actor y comedian; cáncer of the páncreas.[253] Marisela Ortega Lozano, journalist ("El Paso Times," "El Diario de El Paso," and Reforma ); cáncer.[254] September 3 – Sugar Ramos , 75, Cuban-Mexican Hall of Fame boxer, WBA/WBC featherweight champion (1963–1964), cancer (b. December 2, 1941).[255] September 4 – José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco , 96, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tuxtla (1965–1988) and San Juan de los Lagos (1988–1999), respiratory complications (b. March 30, 1921).[256] September 5 – José Durán González, 67, polítician, former mayor of Pueblo Nuevo, Guanajuato ; murdered.[257] September 6 – Raúl Castañeda (34), boxer; murdered (b. 1982). September 11 September 12 – Álvaro Matute Aguirre (74), historian (UNAM) (b. April 19, 1943). September 27 – Hiromi Hayakawa , 34, Japanese-born Mexican actress (El Chema ) and singer (La Academia ), liver hemorrhage during childbirth.[260] September 28 – Karla Luna (38), actress (Las Lavanderas ) and singer; cancer (b. September 25, 1979).[261] October October 2 – Evangelina Elizondo , 88, actress (Premio Arlequín 2014 ; voice of Cinderella in the Walt Disney film), natural causes (b. 1929).[262] October 4 – Luis de la Hidalga y Enríquez (93), lawyer, public servant, writer ("El Violador de la Rosa", "La Venganza de Lady Wilshire"), and académic (b. December 12, 1923). October 5 – Édgar Esqueda, journalist (Vox Populi ); murdered.[263] October 6 – Stalin Sánchez, mayor of Paracho de Verduzco , Michoacan; murdered.[264] October 10 – Manuel Hernández Pasión, mayor of Huitzilan de Serdán , Puebla; murdered along with his wife and a security guard.[265] October 15 – Gonzalo Martínez Corbalá , engineer, ambassador, politician (PRI), Senator (1982–1988), governor of San Luis Potosi (1991-1992); (b. March 10, 1928). October 16 – Cecilia Méndez, 60, radio announcer in Zapopan , Puebla; murdered.[266] October 19Gaspar Jesús Azcorra Alejos (75), Yucatan priest, writer, and poet (b. 1942). Julio Chávez Hernández, polítician (PT) and social activist in Veracruz .[267] October 20 – Crispín Gutiérrez Moreno, politician (PRI), rancher, and mayor of Ixtlahuacán, Colima ; murdered.[268] October 21 – Rosaura Barahona , 75, journalist (El Norte ) and feminist writer, pulmonary disease.[269] November November 1 – Ignacio Villanueva (86), priest from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Juárez .[270] November 6 – Miguel Espinosa "Armillita" (59), bullfighter from Aguascalientes City (b. September 19, 1958).[271] November 11Maru Dueñas (50), actress, director, and theater producer; auto accident (b. October 3, 1967).[272] Claudio Reyes Rubio, 53, TV director (Televisa); auto accident; (b. August 5, 1964).[272] November 13 – Miguel Hernández Urbán , painter and sculptor from Tultepec , State of Mexico November 19 – Claudio Báez , 69, actor and singer.[273] November 20 – Silvestre de la Toba Camacho, 47, Ombudsman of the Human Rights Commission in Baja California Sur ; murdered alongside his son Fernando de la Toba Lucero.[274] November 25Jesús Gómez , 76, equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist (1980 ).[275] Rosario Green , 76, economist, diplomat and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1998–2000) and Senator (2006–2012).[276] Rosendo Huesca Pacheco , 85, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (1977–2009).[277] November 26 November 28 – Rafael Llano Cifuentes , 84, Mexican-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nova Friburgo (2004–2010).[280] November 29Evelia Lopez Vassallo (82), social activist (Frente Cívico ) from Tonalá, Chiapas ; long-time illness.[281] María Angélica Luna Parra, polítician, public servant ("Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Social"), and social activist.[282] December December 5 – Iliana Godoy Patiño (65), narrator, researcher, and poet ("Contralianza" and "Mastil en Tierra") (b. January 22, 1952).[283] December 8 – Juan Celada Salmón, 101, engineer (Ternium ) and inventor (Proceso HYL ) (b. February 14, 1916).[284] December 11 – Jorge Schiaffino Isunza , 70, politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1988–1991) (b. April 10, 1947).[285] December 14 – Javier Villalobos Jaramillo (76), architect, restaurer and académic (b. April 30, 1941).[286] December 15 – Rubén Pato Soria , 75, professional wrestler.[287] December 18Emilio Alvarado Badillo (56), photographer, civil engineer, public servant and académic (ITESM, State of Mexico) (b. 1951).[288] Ricardo Miledi (90), neuro-scientist (Academia Mexicana de Ciencias y de la Academia Nacional de Medicina de México ) (b. September 15, 1927).[289] Ricardo Suriano (67), journalist (Charamupa ) from Tonalá, Chiapas . December 19Gumaro Pérez Aguilando (34), journalist and reporter (La Voz del Sur ) in Acayucan , Veracruz; murdered.[290] Fernando Villares Moreno ("Zorro"), 62, singer ("Fugitivo"); stroke.[291] December 20 – Jesús Castillo Rangel (121), Revolutionary and farmer, Mexico's oldest man; respiratory insufficiency and pneumonia.(b. October 24, 1896).[292] December 24Alejandro León Cázarez, baseball journalist and columnist (La Aficion ).[293] Salvador Magaña Martínez, social leader and activist in La Huerta, Jalisco , polítician (Citizens' Movement ); murdered.[294] Sergio Magaña Martínez , 68, polítician (PRI), Senator (1994–2000), businessman, former mayor of Morelia , Michoacan (1993); heart attack (b. December 2, 1949).[295] José Miguel Rodríguez Asaf (54), businessman (Grupo de Apoyo al Desarrollo de IZAMAL y sus Comisarias), polítician, former mayor of Izamal Municipality .[296] Juan Silveti Reynoso (88), bullfighter ; lung disease (b. October 5, 1929).[297] December 25Rudy Casanova (50), Cuban-born Mexican actor (Amores con trampa and Hasta el fin del mundo ); breathing problems (b. November 3, 1967).[298] Alfredo Guzman Guzman, former mayor of Purísima del Rincón , Guanajuato (1977-1979).[299] José Luis Sánchez Camacho (85), músician. December 28David Antón (93), scenographer and costume designer (b. 1924). Saúl Galindo Plazola, polítician (PRD), former mayor of Tomatlán (2013-2015), Jalisco; murdered.[300] Arturo Gómez Pérez, polítician mayor of Petatlán , Guerrero; murdered.[301] Luis Abraham González Contreras (31), photographer y reporter; murdered. Gerardo Olavarrieta León, hotel owner ("Suites Kokai", "Plaza Kokai", and "Condominios Kokai") in Cancun , Quintana Roo.[302] Mario Stern (81), composer and académic (b. 1936).[303] December 31 See also Notes References
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