2009 in Mexico explained

This is a list of events that happened in 2009 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.

Incumbents

Federal government

See main article: Cabinet of Mexico.

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Fernando Gómez Mont^[1]
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Patricia Espinosa
• Communications Secretary (SCT)
  • Luis Téllez, until March 3
  • Juan Molinar Horcasitas, starting March 3
• Education Secretary (SEP)
  • Josefina Vázquez Mota, until April 4
  • Alonso Lujambio, starting April 6
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Guillermo Galván Galván
• Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): Javier Lozano Alarcón
• Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL)
  • Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, until December 9
  • Heriberto Félix Guerra, starting December 9
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada
• Secretary of Health (SALUD): José Ángel Córdova
• Secretary of Public Security (SSP): Genaro García Luna
• Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
  • Agustín Carstens, until December 9
  • Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, starting December 9
• Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1
• Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA)
  • Alberto Cárdenas, until September 7
  • Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda, starting September 7
• Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): Salvador Vega Casillas
• Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): Germán Martínez
• Secretary of Economy (SE): Gerardo Ruiz Mateos
• Attorney General of Mexico (PRG)
  • Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, until September 7
  • Arturo Chávez Chávez, starting September 24

Supreme Court

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice.

• President of the Supreme Court: Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso, (National Action Party, PAN)
• Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán, (PAN)
• Baja California Sur

Narciso Agúndez Montaño (Party of the Democratic Revolution, PRD)

• • • Campeche Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until September 15.
  • Fernando Ortega Bernés, (PRI), starting September 16
• Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All)
• Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI)
• Coahuila: Humberto Moreira Valdés, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• Colima:
  • Silverio Cavazos, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 1 November
  • Mario Anguiano Moreno, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI) from 1 November
• Durango: Ismael Hernández, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva, (National Action Party, PAN)
• Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• State of Mexico: Enrique Pena Nieto, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (until 15 February); Leonel Godoy Rangel (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (from 15 February)
• Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame (PAN).^[2]
• Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
• Nuevo León:
  • José Natividad González Parás, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 3 October
  • Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), from 3 October
• Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• Puebla: Mario Marín Torres, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón (National Action Party, PAN)
• Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• San Luis Potosí:
  • Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 25 September
  • Fernando Toranzo Fernández, Fernando Toranzo Fernández, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), from 25 September
• Sinaloa: Jesús Aguilar Padilla, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI)
• Sonora:
  • Eduardo Bours, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 12 September
  • Guillermo Padrés Elías, (National Action Party, PAN), from 12 September
• Tabasco: Andrés Rafael Granier Melo, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• Tlaxcala: Héctor Ortiz Ortiz (National Action Party, PAN)
• Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• Yucatán: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
• Zacatecas: Amalia García (Party of the Democratic Revolution PRD)
• Head of Government of the Federal District

Marcelo Ebrard (PRD)

Events

• January– A Swine flu pandemic occur right after the U.S. first case of the Flu.
• February 11 – Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announces the discovery of a 16th-century mass grave at the Tlatelolco archaeological site in Mexico City.^[3]
• March 4 – 2009 Mexico prison riot: A riot at a prison near Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, kills at least 20 inmates and injures seven others.^[4]
• March 17 – At least 11 people are killed and four injured in a bus accident outside Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.^[5]
• April 10 – Mexico City closes freshwater supplies to 5,000,000 people for 36 hours to combat shortages.^[6]
• April 19 – Eight corrections officers are killed in an ambush during a prisoner transfer in Nayarit, Mexico.^[7]
• April 25 – Mexico's government declares a state of emergency to combat the outbreak of swine influenza.^[8]
• April 27 – 2009 Guerrero earthquake: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes near Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico.^[9]
• May 16 – The Gulf drug cartel liberates 59 inmates from a prison in Zacatecas, Mexico.^[10]
• May 22 – A 5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Chiautla de Tapia, Puebla, Mexico.^[11]
• June 6 – 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire: a fire at a day-care center kills at least 40 people in Hermosillo, Mexico.^[12]
• July 3 – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake centred in the Sea of Cortez shakes western Mexico.^[13]
• July 5 – Mexico holds its legislative election.^[14]
• August 3 – Several earthquakes, including one of 6.9 magnitude, hit northwestern Mexico.^[15]
• August 7 – 2009 Guanajuato and Hidalgo shootings: Shootouts leave at least 11 dead in the escalating violence since Mexico's continuing national crackdown on the illegal drug trade.^[16]
• August 4 – President Felipe Calderon receives Honduras President Manuel Zelaya in Los Pinos after a coup d'etat.^[17]
• August 15 – A prison riot in the Mexican state of Durango leaves at least 19 people dead and 20 injured.^[18]
• August 21 – Mexico decriminalises the use of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs for "personal use".^[19]
• September 9 – Aeroméxico Flight 576, a Boeing 737 carrying 104 people, is hijacked shortly after take-off from Cancún, and forced to land at Mexico City International Airport.^[20]
• September 16 – Gunmen kill 10 people at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Mexico.^[21]
• December 16 – Mexican drug lord Arturo Beltrán Leyva, leader of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, is killed by personnel of the Mexican Navy during a shootout in Cuernavaca, Morelos.^[22]
• December 21 – Mexico City's Legislative Assembly legalizes same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption.^[23]
• December 25 – The death by gunshot wound of Expresiones de Tulum journalist Alberto Velázquez, the 12th journalist to be killed in Mexico in 2009, is announced.^[24]

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Javier Barros Sierra (post mortem)
  • • • Order of the Aztec Eagle National Prize for Arts and Sciences National Public Administration Prize Ohtli Award
  • Viola Casares
  • Jimmie V. Reyna
  • Esperanza Andrade
  • Gil Cedillo
  • Gloria Molina
  • Enrique Morones
  • Janet Murguía

Popular culture

Sports

• 2009 Primera División de México Clausura
  • 2009 Primera División de México Apertura 2009 InterLiga
    • • • • • • • • • • 2009 CONCACAF Champions League Finals 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship 2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2009) 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Mexico 2009 LATAM Challenge Series season 2009 NASCAR Corona Series season 2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series season 2009 Chihuahua Express 2009 Carrera Panamericana 2009 International Rally of Nations 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Manzanillo)
      • 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Puerto Vallarta) 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Tijuana) 2009 Mexican Figure Skating Championships 2009 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship
• Mexico at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
• 2009 Caribbean Series

Music

• List of number-one albums of 2009 (Mexico)

Film

See main article: Mexican films of 2009.

• All inclusive
• Alamar
• Amar a morir
• Cabeza de Buda
• Otra película de huevos y un pollo
• Recién Cazado
• Sólo quiero caminar
• Secretos de familia
• Nikté

TV

Telenovelas

• Un gancho al corazón
• Mañana es para siempre
• Atrévete a soñar
• Verano de amor
• Mi pecado
• Camaleones
• Hasta que el dinero nos separe
• Sortilegio
• Alma de Hierro
• Pasión Morena
• Eternamente tuya
• Pobre diabla
• Los exitosos Pérez
• Corazón salvaje
• Mujer comprada

Notable deaths

• January 11 – Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos, 90, Mexican painter, pneumonia.^[25]
• January 14 – Ricardo Montalbán, 88, Mexican-born American actor (Fantasy Island, ), heart failure.^[26]
• February 6 – Claudio Reyes Núñez, politician, president of Otáez Municipality, Durango; murdered.^{[27] [28]}
• February 7 – Jorge Reyes, 56, Mexican musician (Chac Mool), heart attack.^[29]
• February 22 – Francisco Javier Rodríguez Aceves, politician, former president of Petatlán (municipality), Guerrero: murdered.^[30]
• February 24 – Octavio Manuel Carrillo Castellanos, politician, municipal president of Vista Hermosa, Michoacán; murdered.^{[31] [32]}
• March 3 – Luis Mena Arroyo, 88, Mexican prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Mexico.
• March 7 – |Gonzalo Paz Torres||N/A||Chief of city council||7 March 2009||Tancítaro, Michoacán||^{[33] [34]}
• March 14 – Dimas Arzeta Cisneros, politician, former president of Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero; murdered.^[35]
• March 18 – Luis Rojas Mena, 91, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Culiacán (1969–1993).
• March 22 – Abismo Negro, 37, Mexican lucha libre professional wrestler, drowned.^[36]
• March 23 – Raúl Macías, 74, Mexican boxer, cancer.^[37]
• March 26 – Griselda Álvarez, 95, Mexican politician and writer, Governor of Colima (1979–1985), natural causes.^[38]
• April 3 – Nicolás León Hernández, politician, former municipal president of Isla del Cayacal, Michoacán; murdered.^{[39] [40]}
• April 7 – Gustavo Bucio Rodríguez, politician, candidate for Deputy in Michoacán; murdered.^{[41] [42]}
• April 20 – Alfonso Rivera Cruz, municipal president pro tempore of Zapotitlán Tablas (municipality), Guerrero; murdered.^[43]
• April 23 – Felipe Solís Olguín, 64, Mexican archaeologist, curator of the National Anthropology Museum, cardiac arrest.^[44]
• April 30 – Amparo Arozamena, 92, Mexican actress, heart attack.^[45]
• May 5 – Manuel Capetillo, bullfighter, singer, and actor; respiratory illness (b. 1926)
• May 5 – Benjamín Flores, 24, Mexican boxer, brain injury during a match.^[46]
• June 2 – Luis Carlos Ramírez López, politician, president of Ocampo Municipality; murdered.^{[47] [48]}
• June 11 – Efraín Gutiérrez Arcos, politician, former municipal president of Santa Ana Maya, Michoacán; murdered.^{[49] [50]}
• June 23 — Manuel Saval, 53, actor (b. 1956)
• July 14
  • Héctor Manuel Meixueiro Muñoz, politician, president of Namiquipa Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered.^{[51] [52]}
  • Ismael Rivera, politician, treasurer of the municipality of Namiquipa, Chihuahua; murdered.^[53]
• July 19 – Guillermo Schulenburg, 93, Mexican Abbot of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (1963–1996), natural causes.^[54]
• July 22 – Marco Antonio Nazareth, 23, Mexican boxer, cerebral hemorrhage.^[55]
• August 20
  • Carlos González Nova, 92, Mexican businessman, founder of Comercial Mexicana supermarket chain.^[56]
  • Armando Chavarría Barrera, politician, Deputy from Chilpancingo, Guerrero; murdered.^[57]
• August 29 – Yolanda Varela, 79, Mexican film actress, natural causes.^[58]
• September 6 – Jose Francisco Fuentes, 43, politician; shot.^[59]
• October 9 – Estanislao García Santelis, politician, municipal president of Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua; murdered.^[60]
• October 16 – José Sánchez Chávez, politician, former municipal president of Tiquicheo, Michoacán; murdered.^[61]
• October 25 – Lázaro Pérez Jiménez, 66, Mexican Roman Catholic Bishop of Celaya.^[62]
• November 6 – Manuel Arvizu, 90, Mexican Roman Catholic Bishop of Jesús María del Nayar.
• November 7 – Bernardo Garza Sada, 79, Mexican businessman, founder of ALFA.^[63]
• November 16 – Antonio de Nigris, 31, Mexican football player, heart failure.^[64]
• November 28 – Joaquín Vargas Gómez, 84, Mexican media owner, founder of MVS Comunicaciones, natural causes.^[65]
• December 4: Leticia Palma (Zoyla Gloria Ruiz Moscoso), 82, actress (En la palma de tu mano), (b. 1926)
• December 7 – Lorenzo Ochoa Salas, Mexican archeologist.^[66]
• December 16 – Arturo Beltrán Leyva, 48, Mexican drug lord, shot.^[67]

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Marco Antonio Adame Castillo . Líderes Mexicanos . August 28, 2020 . es . September 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200903193915/https://lideresmexicanos.com/300/marco-antonio-adame-castillo/ . dead .
3. News: Angel . Miguel . Mexico unearths mass grave from Spanish conquest . Reuters . February 11, 2009 . 11 July 2011.
4. Web site: (AP via IHT) . International Herald Tribune . March 29, 2009 . 11 July 2011.
5. http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/home/contentposting.aspx?isfa=1&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&showbyline=True&date=true&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20090317%2fbus_crash_090317 (CTV)
6. News: (BBC) . BBC News. April 10, 2009 . 11 July 2011.
7. https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gMi5B2USfJStXxfqgWWr2xjRYpOgD97LP68G1 (AP via Google)
8. News: Mexico gov't decrees special powers in flu crisis . Reuters . April 25, 2009 . 11 July 2011 . Catherine . Bremer.
9. Web site: (Sky News) . Sky News . 11 July 2011.
10. News: (Reuters via Yahoo! Xtra) . Yahoo! News . July 5, 2011 . 11 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718135411/http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5572716/suspected-drug-gang-frees-59-from-mexico-prison/ . July 18, 2011 . dead .
11. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009gyba.html#details (USGS)
12. News: (BBC) . BBC News. June 6, 2009 . 11 July 2011.
13. http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=122&art_id=nw20090703142432352C264768 (IOL)
14. http://pac.ife.org.mx/index.html (El Universal)
15. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2009jwbh.php (USGS)
16. News: AP foreign-UK . The Guardian . August 7, 2009 . 11 July 2011 . London.
17. http://hilodirecto.com.mx/cuando-calderon-recibio-con-honores-a-zelaya-tras-golpe-en-honduras/ Cuando Calderón recibió con honores a Zelaya, tras golpe en Honduras
18. News: (BBC) . BBC News. August 15, 2009 . 11 July 2011.
19. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/rest-of-world/Mexico-allows-drugs-for-personal-use/articleshow/4920880.cms (The Times of India)
20. News: Mexican police end hijack drama . BBC News. September 10, 2009 . 11 July 2011.
21. News: (CNN) . CNN . September 16, 2009 . 11 July 2011.
22. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6960040.ece (The Times)
23. News: We do: Mexico City blazes trail with legalisation of same-sex marriage . London . The Guardian . Rory . Carroll . December 22, 2009. October 26, 2010 .
24. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/25/AR2009122501275.html?nav=ft_world (The Washington Post)
25. Web site: La Jornada . Falleció Ricardo Martínez, pintor inspirado en el pasado prehispánico – La Jornada . Jornada.unam.mx . 11 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134222/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/01/12/index.php?section=cultura&article=a09n2cul. June 29, 2011 . live.
26. Web site: Arnold . Laurence . David Carradine, Star of TV's 'Kung Fu,' Dies at 72 (Update2) . Bloomberg . June 4, 2009 . 11 July 2011.
27. News: Maldonado . Saúl. Hallan el cadáver del presidente municipal de Otáez, Durango. 16 June 2012. La Jornada. 7 February 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220063333/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/02/07/index.php?section=estados&article=022n2est. 20 December 2014. live.
28. News: Mayor Assassinated in Northern Mexico. 16 June 2012. Latin American Herald Tribune. February 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042357/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14091&ArticleId=327190. 4 March 2016. live.
29. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2009/02/07/fallece-el-etnomusico-jorge-reyes
30. News: Ejecutan a un ex alcalde de Petatlán. 18 June 2012. La Jornada. 22 February 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120205073047/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/02/22/politica/008n1pol. 5 February 2012. live.
31. News: Gunmen kill mayor of Mexican town. 16 June 2012. CNN. 25 February 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20120126214300/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/25/mexico.mayor.killed/. 26 January 2012. live.
32. News: Comando armado asesina a alcalde de Michoacán. 16 June 2012. El Economista. 24 February 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20110116202236/http://eleconomista.com.mx/politica/2009/02/24/comando-armado-asesina-alcalde-michoacan. 16 January 2011. live.
33. News: Hallan muerto a funcionario de Tancítaro, Michoacán, levantado ayer. 16 June 2012. El Porvenir. 7 March 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129014438/http://www.elporvenir.com.mx/notas.asp?nota_id=291420. 29 November 2014. dead.
34. News: Mexico town mayor murdered. 16 June 2012. Al Jazeera. 28 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003300/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2010/09/201092864117647345.html. 4 March 2016. live.
35. News: Hallan muerto a ex alcalde de Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero. 18 June 2012 . El Universal (Mexico City). 14 March 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129030956/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/583726.html. 29 November 2014. live.
36. Web site: Top Mexican star found dead. October 26, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090326032335/http://www.gerweck.net/news/1237792128.shtml . March 26, 2009 .
37. Web site: Latin American Herald Tribune – Thousands Attend Funeral of Mexican Sports Hero . Latin America Herald Tribune . 11 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719153247/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=330396&CategoryId=13002. July 19, 2011 . live.
38. Web site: Latin American Herald Tribune – Mexico's First Female State Governor Dies . Latin America Herald Tribune . 11 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719153040/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=330655&CategoryId=14091. July 19, 2011 . live.
39. News: Rivera. Rafael. Ex alcalde de Michoacán aparece ejecutado. 17 June 2012. El Universal (Mexico City). 3 April 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129031010/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/588712.html. 29 November 2014. live.
40. News: Fue ejecutado Nicolás León Hernández. 17 June 2012. La Jornada. 4 April 2009. es. https://archive.today/20130221205535/http://archivo.lajornadamichoacan.com.mx/2009/04/04/index.php?section=politica&article=008n3pol. 21 February 2013. dead.
41. News: Asesinan a balazos a candidato del PRD a diputado federal. 16 June 2012. La Jornada. 8 April 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120121023406/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/04/08/estados/027n1est. 21 January 2012. live.
42. News: Martínez. Ernesto. Actuó solo el asesino de Bucio Rodríguez, dice el procurador. 16 June 2012. La Jornada. 9 April 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220063328/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/04/09/estados/029n1est. 20 December 2014. live.
43. News: Ocampo . Sergio. Matan a edil suplente de Zapotitlán Tablas. 18 June 2012 . La Jornada. 21 April 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120208053038/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/04/21/estados/030n3est. 8 February 2012. live.
44. Web site: Ignacio Villarreal . Felipe Solis Olguin, Director of Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology, Died at 64 . Artdaily.org . 11 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718181259/http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=30490. July 18, 2011 . live.
45. Web site: Fallece Amparito Arozamena – Espectáculos . .esmas.com . May 1, 2009 . 11 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716094442/http://www2.esmas.com/entretenimiento/farandula/059904/fallece-amparito-arozamena. July 16, 2011 . live.
46. Web site: Boxer Benjamin Flores dies five days after title fight . The Sports Network . May 5, 2009 . 11 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629030953/http://www.tsn.ca/boxing/story/?id=277639. June 29, 2011 . live.
47. News: Maldonado. Saúl. Ejecutan a edil panista y 3 personas más en Durango . 16 June 2012. La Jornada. 2 June 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220063337/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/06/02/estados/028n2est. 20 December 2014. live.
48. News: Gaucín. Rosy. Panistas dan el último adiós a Alcalde de Ocampo. 16 June 2012. El Siglo de Torreón. 3 June 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129042410/http://www.elsiglodedurango.com.mx/noticia/211969.panistas-dan-el-ultimo-adios-a-alcalde-de-oca.html. 29 November 2014. live.
49. News: Ejecutan a ex alcalde de Santa Ana Maya, Michoacán. https://archive.today/20130222172507/http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/834899/Ejecutan+a+ex+alcalde+de+Santa+Ana+Maya+Michoacan.htm. dead. February 22, 2013. 18 June 2012. Terra Networks. 11 June 2009. es.
50. News: Ferrer. Eduardo. Ejecutan a ex alcalde de Santa Ana Maya; fue colaborador de Tinoco Rubí. 18 June 2012. La Jornada. 12 June 2009. es. https://archive.today/20130221023248/http://archivo.lajornadamichoacan.com.mx/2009/06/12/index.php?section=politica&article=004n2pol. 21 February 2013. dead.
51. News: Ejecutan sicarios al alcalde de Namiquipa, Chihuahua. 16 June 2012. La Jornada. 15 June 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220063339/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/07/15/politica/007n1pol. 20 December 2014. live.
52. News: Mosso Castro. Rosario. Chihuahua en manos del crimen organizado. 16 June 2012. Zeta. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120623233755/http://www.zetatijuana.com/html/Edicion1854/Reportajez_Chihuahua_en_manos_del_crimen_organizado.html. 23 June 2012. live.
53. News: Ejecutan a presidente municipal en Chihuahua. 18 June 2012. El Siglo de Torreón. 14 July 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129012159/http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/446795.ejecutan-a-presidente-municipal-en-chihuahua.html. 29 November 2014. live.
54. http://www.milenio.com/node/252902
55. Web site: Marco Nazareth Passes Away After Chavez Loss – Boxing News . Boxingscene.com . 11 July 2011.
56. Web site: Poder 360° – Page One Daily News – Founder of Comercial Mexicana Dies . Poder360.com . August 20, 2009 . 11 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725021002/http://www.poder360.com/dailynews_detail.php?blurbid=1800 . July 25, 2011 . dead .
57. News: Ocampo Arista. Sergio. Matan al presidente del Congreso de Guerrero; aspiraba a la gubernatura . 16 June 2012. La Jornada. 21 August 2009. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220063353/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/08/21/estados/029n1est. 20 December 2014. live.
58. Web site: Sepultan a la actriz Yolanda Varela – Grupo SIPSE . Sipse.com . 11 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716074513/http://www.sipse.com/noticias/10707-sepultan-actriz-yolanda-varela.html . July 16, 2011 . dead .
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