2011 in Mexico explained

This is a list of events that happened in 2011 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.

Incumbents

Federal government

See also: Cabinet of Mexico.

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
  • Francisco Blake Mora, until November 11 (died in office)^[1]
  • Alejandro Poiré Romero, starting November 17
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Patricia Espinosa
• Communications Secretary (SCT)
  • Juan Molinar Horcasitas, until January 7
  • Dionisio Pérez-Jácome Friscione, starting January 7
• Education Secretary (SEP): Alonso Lujambio
• 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, until December 14
  • Rosalinda Vélez Juárez, starting December 14
• Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Heriberto Félix Guerra
• Secretary of Public Education (SEP):
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR):
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada
• Secretary of Health (SALUD)
  • José Ángel Córdova, until September 9
  • Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg, starting September 9
• Secretary of Energy (SENER)
  • José Antonio Meade, until September 9
  • Jordy Herrera Flores, starting September 9
• Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
  • Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, until September 9
  • José Antonio Meade, starting September 9
• Secretary of Economy (SE): Bruno Ferrari García de Alba
• Secretariat of Public Security (SSP): Genaro García Luna

Governors

• • • Aguascalientes: Carlos Lozano de la Torre Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán Baja California Sur
  • Narciso Agúndez Montaño, until April 5.
  • Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor, starting April 5.^[2]
  • Campeche: Fernando Ortega Bernés Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All)
  • Chihuahua: César Duarte Jáquez Coahuila
  • Humberto Moreira, until January 4
  • Jorge Torres López, January 4–November 30
  • Rubén Moreira, starting December 1
    • • Colima: Mario Anguiano Moreno Durango: Jorge Herrera Caldera Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva Guerrero
  • Zeferino Torreblanca, until March 31
  • Ángel Aguirre Rivero, starting April 1
• Hidalgo
  • • • • • Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong Francisco Olvera Ruiz Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez State of Mexico
  • Enrique Peña Nieto, until September 16
  • Eruviel Ávila Villegas, starting September 16
  • Michoacán: Leonel Godoy Rangel Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame .^[3]
• Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
  • Nuevo León: Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz Oaxaca: Gabino Cué Monteagudo, Convergence
• Puebla
  • Mario Plutarco Marín Torres, until January 31
  • Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, starting February 1
  • Querétaro: José Calzada Quintana Roo
  • Félix González Canto, until April 4
  • Roberto Borge Angulo, starting April 5
  • San Luis Potosí: Fernando Toranzo Fernández Sinaloa: Mario López Valdez, starting January 1
    • Sonora: Guillermo Padrés Elías Tabasco: Andrés Granier Melo Tamaulipas: Egidio Torre Cantú, starting January 1
• Tlaxcala
  • Héctor Ortiz Ortiz, untl January 14
  • Mariano González Zarur, starting January 15
    • • Veracruz: Javier Duarte de Ochoa Yucatán: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco Zacatecas: Amalia García Head of Government of the Federal District

Marcelo Ebrard (PRD)

Events

January–March

January

• January 6 – the poet and women's rights activist Susana Chávez is murdered in Ciudad Juarez.
• January 14 – Mexican Drug War: 14 people are killed in a shootout after 100 soldiers, marines and police in Xalapa, Veracruz, surround a house.^{[4] [5]}
• January 25 – Gunmen open fire on a crowd at a soccer game in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, killing seven people.^[6]
• January 30 – State elections in Guerrero.

February

• February 6 – State elections in Baja California Sur.
• February 8 – The Mexican Army rescues 44 Guatemalan immigrants in Reynosa in northern Mexico.^[7]
• February 13 – Unidentified gunmen kill eight people in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl part of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area.^[8]
• February 15 – Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are shot while travelling between Monterrey and Mexico City with one officer dying.^[9]
• February 20 – Mexican Drug War: 53 people are killed in a 72-hour period in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.^[10]

March

• March 1 – Seventeen bodies are found in clandestine graves in Mexico's Guerrero state.^[11]

April–June

April

• April 6 – 2011 Tamaulipas massacre: At least 177 bodies are found in a mass grave in Mexico's Tamaulipas state.^[12]

May

• May 8 – Bicentennial celebrations in Monterrey.

June

• June 7 – The former Governor of Chiapas state in Mexico Pablo Salazar is arrested on charges on embezzling more than $90 million from hurricane relief funds.^[13]

July–September

July

• July 3
  • State elections in the State of Mexico.
  • State elections in Nayarit.
  • Voters in Mexico go to the polls for local elections in the states of Mexico, Coahuila, Nayarit, Puebla and Hidalgo.^[14]

August

• August 8 – Monterrey Tech bombing: A homemade bomb explodes at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Estado de México Campus in Atizapán de Zaragoza. The bomb was sent to a professor of robotics who was injured along with a guard at the university.^{[15] [16]}
• August 25 – 2011 Monterrey casino attack: more than 50 people are killed in an attack on a casino in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.^{[17] [18]}
• August 30 – The Popocatepetl volcano south of Mexico City starts spewing ash into the sky.^[19]

September

October–December

October

November

• November 13 – State elections in Michoacán.

December

Awards

• • • • • Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solorzano Order of the Aztec Eagle National Prize for Arts and Sciences National Public Administration Prize Ohtli Award
  • Alexander Gonzalez
  • Charlie Gonzalez
  • Carlos Gutierrez
  • Salud Carbajal
  • Francisco G. Cigarroa
  • Paddy Moloney
  • Mel Martínez
  • David J. Schmidly
  • Richard A. Tapia
  • Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa
  • Edward James Olmos

Notable deaths

January to June

See also: List of politicians killed in the Mexican Drug War and List of journalists and media workers killed in Mexico.

• January 5 – Saúl Vara Rivera, politician, Mayor of Zaragoza, Coahuila; shot. (body found on this date)^{[20] [21]}
• January 11
  • Abraham Ortíz Rosales, politician, Mayor of Temoac, Morelos; shot.^[22]
  • Susana Chávez, poet and human rights activist, strangled. (death confirmed on this date)
• January 13 – Luis Jiménez Mata, politician, Mayor of Santiago Amoltepec; shot.^{[23] [24]}
• February 4 – Juan Carlos Guardado Méndez, politician, former municipal president of Fresnillo, Zacatecas; murdered.^{[25] [26]}
• February 9 – Rodolfo Ochoa Moreno, journalist (Grupo Multimedios Laguna), Torreón, Coahuila; killed.^[27]
• February 12 – Saturnino Valdez Llanos, politician ||, municipal president of Tampico Alto, Veracruz; murdered.^{[28] [29] [30]}
• February 22 – José Luis Prieto Torres, politician, former president of Allende Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered.^[31]
• February 28 – Enrique Chávez Gómez, politician, former candidate for municipal president of Saucillo, Chihuahua; murdered.^[32]
• March 10 – Mario Chuc Aguilar, politician, former municipal president of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo; murdered.^{[33] [34]}
• March 25 – José Luis Cerda Meléndez & Luis Emanuel Ruiz Carrillo, journalists (La Prensa), Guadalupe, Nuevo León; killed.^[35]
• April 7 – Enterbio Reyes Bello, politician, former president of Copanatoyac (municipality), Guerrero; murdered.^[36]
• May 14 – Silvia Moreno Leal, politician, former president of Balleza Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered.^{[37] [38]}
• May 18 – Fernando Duarte Flores, politician, former municipal president of Hidalgo, Coahuila; murdered.^[39]
• May 31 – Noel López Olguín, journalist (La Verdad de Jáltipan), Chinameca, Veracruz; killed.^[40]
• June 7 – Gonzalo Amador Ortega, politician, former candidate for municipal president of Huauchinango, Puebla; murdered.^[41]
• June 14 – Pablo Ruelas Barraza, journalist (Diario del Yaqui & El Regional de Sonora), Huatabampo, Sonora; killed.^{[42] [43]}
• June 20 – Miguel Ángel López Velasco, journalist (Notiver), Veracruz; killed.^[44]
• June 24 – Gonzalo Amador Ortega, politician, former candidate for municipal president of Huauchinango, Puebla; murdered.^[45]

July to December

• July 3 – Ángel Castillo Corona, journalist (Puntual and Diario de México), Ocuilan State of Mexico; killed.^[46]
• July 21 – Ernesto Cornejo Valenzuela, politician, former candidate for deputy; state delegate for the PAN in Benito Juárez Municipality, Sonora; murdered.^[47]
• July 26 – Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz, journalist (Notiver), Veracruz, Veracruz; killed.^[48]
• July 28 – Fortino Cortés Sandoval, politician, municipal president of Florencia de Benito Juárez, Zacatecas; murdered.^{[49] [50]}
• August 20 – José Eduviges Nava Altamirano, politician, municipal president of Zacualpan, State of Mexico; murdered.^[51]
• August 24 – Luz María García Villagrán, politician, president of Gran Morelos Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered.||^[52]
• September 1
  • Ana María Marcela Yarce Viveros, journalist (Contralínea), Iztapalapa, Mexico City; killed.^[53]
  • Rocío González Trápaga, journalist (Televisa Mexico City), Iztapalapa, Mexico City; killed.^[53]
• September 15 – Gustavo Pacheco Villaseñor, politician, former municipal president of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, Oaxaca; murdered.^[54]
• September 17 – Moisés Villanueva de la Luz, politician,Deputy from Tlapa de Comonfort (municipality), Guerrero; murdered.^[55]
• September 24 – María Elizabeth Macías Castro, journalist (Primera Hora), Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas; killed.^[56]
• August 25 – Humberto Millán Salazar, journalist (A Discusión and Radio Fórmula Culiacán), Culiacán, Sinaloa; killed.^[57]
• October 8 — José de las Fuentes Rodríguez, lawyer and politician ; Governor of Coahuila 1981–1987 (b. 1920)
• November 2 – Ricardo Guzmán Romero, politician, municipal president of La Piedad, Michoacán; murdered.^{[58] [59]}
• November 19 – Roberto Miguel Galván, politician, former municipal president of Tepetzintla, Veracruz; murdered.^{[60] [61]}
• December 3 – Hugo César Muruato Flores, journalist (La Caliente 90.9), Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed.^[62]
• December 12 – Fortunato Ruiz Blázquez, politician, former municipal president of Ixhuacán, Veracruz; murdered.^[63]
• December 21 – José Martínez Mendoza, politician, former municipal president of Cosalá, Sinaloa; murdered.^[64]
• December 24 – José Andrés Corral Arredondo, 65, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Parral (1992-2011); heart attack.^[65]
• December 26 – Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., 71, actor (Zorro series); cancer, died in New York City, United States.^[66]
• December 31 – Porfirio Flores Ayala, politician ||former president of Cuernavaca Municipality, Morelos; murdered.^[67]

See also

• 2011 Mexican fire season
• List of Mexican films of 2011

Notes and References

1. Web site: Staff . Mexican minister who fought drug cartels killed in crash . CNN . September 8, 2020 . en . Nov 12, 2011.
2. Web site: April 2011. August 31, 2020. Rulers.
3. 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 .
4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12197299 (BBC)
5. http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/14-killed-in-gang-police-clash-1.1012263 (IOL)
6. http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/24/mexico.ballfield.shooting/index.html (CNN)
7. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/latinamerica/7419064.html (AP via Houston Chronicle)
8. News: Gunmen kill eight in Mexico City suburb drive-by attack. BBC News. 13 February 2011.
9. Web site: ICE agent killed, another injured in Mexico shooting.
10. Web site: Fifty-three dead in 3 days in Ciudad Juarez, official says.
11. http://www.buffalonews.com/wire-feeds/24-hour-world-news/article355486.ece (AP via Buffalo News)
12. http://www.brecorder.com/world/north-america/12072-mexico-tamaulipas-body-count-rises-to-177.html Mexico Tamaulipas body count rises to 177
13. Web site: Former Mexican governor arrested for allegedly embezzling $9 million in hurricane aid funds - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com . 2011-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611040714/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-lt-mexico-governor-arrested,0,7539529.story . 2011-06-11 . dead .
14. News: Mexico's former ruling party set to win state votes. Reuters. 3 July 2011.
15. Web site: Explota paquete en Tec-Edomex; hay dos heridos . 2012-04-19 . 2013-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012336/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/784428.html . dead .
16. http://www.eluniversaledomex.mx/home/nota20500.html 10 datos de la explosión en el Tec Estado de México: Multimedia
17. News: Mexico casino arson attack kills dozens in Monterrey. BBC News. 26 August 2011.
18. Web site: - YouTube. YouTube.
19. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/popocatepetl-volcano-spews-blasts-of-ash-into-sky-south-of-mexico-city/2011/08/30/gIQA7VroqJ_story.html
20. News: Valencia. Nick. Three Mexican mayors killed so far this year. 16 June 2012. CNN. 14 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110210095028/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-14/world/mexico.mayors_1_mayors-first-assassination-contingency-plan?_s=PM:WORLD. 10 February 2011. live.
21. News: Hallan muerto a edil de Zaragoza, Coahuila. 16 June 2012. Milenio. 7 January 2011. es.
22. News: Miranda. Justino. Asesinan a alcalde en Temoac, Morelos. 16 June 2012. El Universal (Mexico City). 11 January 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606050744/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/736374.html. 6 June 2012. live.
23. News: Thomas. Lupita. Asesinan a Edil de Santiago Amoltepec, Oaxaca. 16 June 2012. El Universal (Mexico City). 13 January 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120808002318/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/737054.html. 8 August 2012. live.
24. News: Thomas. Lupita. Ejecutan a edil en Oaxaca. 16 June 2012. Milenio. 13 January 2011. es.
25. Guardado Méndez was abducted on 4 February 2011 and is currently disappeared. He is not reported as dead.
26. News: Valadez. Alfredo. Levantan a ex edil de Fresnillo. 16 June 2012. La Jornada. 4 February 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111102253/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/02/04/politica/011n3pol. 11 January 2012. live.
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28. Valdez Llanos was intercepted by gunmen and has not been found. He is not reported as dead.
29. News: Zamudio. Ismael. Desaparece alcalde de Tampico Alto, Veracruz. 18 June 2012. Milenio. 25 February 2011. es.
30. News: Torres. Mauricio. El alcalde de Tampico Alto, Veracruz, cumple dos meses desaparecido. 18 June 2012. CNNMéxico. 21 April 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120824203437/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/04/21/el-alcalde-de-tampico-alto-veracruz-cumple-dos-meses-desaparecido. 24 August 2012. live.
31. News: Encuentran muerto a ex alcalde de Allende, Chihuahua. 18 June 2012. Televisa. 22 February 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20110228092448/http://noticierostelevisa.esmas.com/nacional/262447/encuentran-muerto-ex-alcalde-allende-chihuahua. 28 February 2011. live.
32. News: Ultiman a ex candidato de PRD en Chihuahua. 17 June 2012. El Universal (Mexico City). 28 February 2012. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20110304202333/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/748383.html. 4 March 2011. live.
33. News: Meraz. Fernando. Ejecutan a ex alcalde de Felipe Carrillo Puerto en Quintana Roo. 17 June 2012. Milenio. 11 March 2011. es.
34. News: Ultiman a ex alcalde de Felipe Carrillo Puerto, QRoo. 17 June 2012. Excélsior. 10 March 2011. es.
35. News: Ejecutado junto con "La Gata" recibió premio de periodismo en Coahuila. 20 May 2012. Milenio. 25 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110821001904/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/7124535617041c8e5402057a535d0f2b. 21 August 2011. live. es.
36. News: Asesinan a ex alcalde en el estado de Guerrero. 17 June 2012. Milenio. 7 April 2011. es.
37. News: Matan en sepelio a ex alcaldesa de Chihuahua. 18 June 2012. Excélsior. 14 May 2011. es.
38. News: Guillén Ruiz. Lorena. Se meten a templo y matan a ex alcaldesa . 18 June 2012. Organizacion Editorial Mexicana. 13 May 2011 . es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025311/http://www.oem.com.mx/elmexicano/notas/n2076377.htm. 29 November 2014. live.
39. News: Cuerpo encontrado en Nuevo Laredo, sería de ex alcalde de Hidalgo, Coahuila . 17 June 2012. La Vanguardia. 18 May 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20110831123615/http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/cuerpoencontradoennuevolaredoseriadeexalcaldedehidalgocoahuila-726238.html. 31 August 2011. live.
40. Web site: Noel López Olguín. 20 May 2012. Committee to Protect Journalists. May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130612124228/http://cpj.org/killed/2011/noel-lopez-olguin.php. 12 June 2013. live.
41. News: Matan a Gonzalo Amador, excandidato del PAN a la alcaldía de Huauchinango . 16 June 2012. Milenio. 24 June 2011. es.
42. News: Acapulco daily's news editor missing for past three days . 24 June 2012 . . 7 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130624185143/http://en.rsf.org/mexico-acapulco-daily-s-news-editor-10-06-2011%2C40440.html . 24 June 2013 . live .
43. News: Montoya. Patricia. Asesinan a periodista en Sonora. 20 May 2012. El Universal. 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616132433/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/772334.html. 16 June 2011 . live . es.
44. Web site: Miguel Ángel López Velasco . 20 May 2012. Committee to Protect Journalists. 20 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130720005334/http://www.cpj.org/killed/2011/miguel-angel-lopez-velasco.php. 20 July 2013. live.
45. News: Matan a Gonzalo Amador, excandidato del PAN a la alcaldía de Huauchinango . 16 June 2012. Milenio. 24 June 2011 . es.
46. News: Director-General condemns killing of Mexican journalist Angel Castillo Corona . 19 May 2012. UNESCO. 3 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130719220200/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/director_general_condemns_killing_of_mexican_journalist_angel_castillo_corona/. 19 July 2013. live.
47. News: Larios. Felipe. Ejecutan a delegado del Comité Estatal del PAN en Sonora . 17 June 2012. Milenio. 21 July 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725013644/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/cfefc2336f9f052e7d8d3c586b902432. 25 July 2011. live.
48. News: Mexico: Missing journalist Yolanda Ordaz found killed. 19 May 2012. BBC. 27 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120508105844/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14305364. 8 May 2012. live.
49. News: Espinosa . Verónica. Hallan el cadáver del edil zacatecano secuestrado el miércoles. 16 June 2012. Proceso. 28 July 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20110901014807/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=277263. 1 September 2011. live.
50. News: Castillo. E. Eduardo. Study: Mexico homicides rose 23 percent in 2010. 16 June 2012. El Paso Times. 29 July 2011. 27 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120427175042/http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_18571850?source=pkg. dead.
51. News: Policía de Guerrero encuentra el cadáver de alcalde desaparecido de Edomex. 16 June 2012. CNNMéxico. 20 August 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120603051157/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/08/20/un-grupo-armado-se-lleva-a-un-alcalde-del-edomex-y-mata-a-su-escolta. 3 June 2012. live.
52. News: Fue alcaldesa la mujer asesinada por esposo. 18 June 2012. Organización Editorial Mexicana. 24 August 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025309/http://www.oem.com.mx/elheraldodechihuahua/notas/n2198801.htm. 29 November 2014. live.
53. News: Dos periodistas son asesinadas en la Ciudad de México. 21 May 2012. CNNMéxico. 1 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130719210742/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/09/01/dos-periodistas-son-asesinadas-en-la-ciudad-de-mexico. 19 July 2013. live. es.
54. News: Asesinan a exalcalde de Tuxtepec en Oaxaca. 17 June 2012. Animal Político. 15 September 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20110926083612/http://www.animalpolitico.com/2011/09/asesinan-a-exalcalde-de-tuxtepec-en-oaxaca/. 26 September 2011. live.
55. News: Hallan muerto a diputado federal plagiado. 16 June 2012. Proceso. 17 September 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405104050/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=281658. 5 April 2012. live.
56. News: La editora de un periódico fue encontrada decapitada en Tamaulipas. 21 May 2012. CNNMéxico. 25 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130315125915/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/09/25/la-editora-de-un-periodico-fue-encontrada-decapitada-en-tamaulipas. 15 March 2013. dead. es.
57. News: Mexican journalist Humberto Millan Salazar found dead. 19 May 2012 . BBC. 25 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120128162946/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14658450. 28 January 2012. live.
58. News: Mexican mayor killed while campaigning. 16 June 2012 . Fox News. 3 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120104101047/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/11/03/mexican-mayor-killed-while-campaigning/. 4 January 2012. live.
59. News: El alcalde de La Piedad, Michoacán, muere por un ataque de un grupo armado. 16 June 2012. CNNMéxico. 2 November 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120616203834/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/11/02/el-alcalde-de-la-piedad-michoacan-muere-tras-ataque-de-un-grupo-armado. 16 June 2012. live.
60. Cartel members broke into Galván's house and kidnapped him. He remains disappeared.
61. News: Cortina. Rodolfo. Secuestran a exalcalde de Tepetzintla. 29 June 2012. Organización Editorial Mexicana. 19 November 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20140802065215/http://www.oem.com.mx/diariodexalapa/notas/n2315209.htm. 2 August 2014. live.
62. News: Chihuahua: ejecutan a locutor de radio. 3 September 2012. Milenio. 3 December 2011. https://archive.today/20130128161717/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/9073046. 28 January 2013. live. es.
63. News: Martínez . Regina. Ejecutan a exedil veracruzano, a su esposa, hija y sobrino. 17 June 2012. Proceso. 12 December 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111082729/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=290985. 11 January 2012. live.
64. News: Ejecutan a ex alcalde de Cosalá, Sinaloa. 17 June 2012. El Economista. 21 December 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120204020025/http://eleconomista.com.mx/economia-global/2011/12/21/ejecutan-ex-alcalde-cosala-sinaloa. 4 February 2012. live.
65. http://www.oem.com.mx/elheraldodechihuahua/notas/n2360802.htm
66. Web site: Mexican Actor Pedro Arendariz Jr. Dies in New York from Cancer | Hisp… . https://archive.today/20130103022219/http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/mexican-actor-pedro-arendariz-jr.-dies-in-new-york-from-his-cancer-battle/12872/ . 3 January 2013 . dead.
67. News: Miranda. Justino. Reportan "extraña" muerte de ex alcalde. 7 November 2012. El Universal (Mexico City). 3 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107021849/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/83789.html. 7 November 2012. live. es.