January • January 1 •
Santiago Elias Castro Escobedo, former mayor of
Piedras Negras, Coahuila; heart attack. •
Carlos Tirado Montero, 70, businessperson and politician (b. 1947). • January 5 • Glafiro Alanís Flores, 73, biologist and educator (author of
El valor de nuestras plantas, and
Flora nativa ornamental para Monterrey); illness (b. 1944). • Isauro Medina Hinojos, 95, businessperson and former mayor of
Parral, Chihuahua (b. 1922). • Enrique Caballero Vela, 65, actor; lumbar cáncer (b.
1952). • Salvador Reyes Montellano, journalist. • January 7: Roberto López y Garza ("Bob Logar"), 82, journalist and publicicist; heart attack (b. 1936). • January 8 •
Salvador Borrego, 102, pro-Nazi journalist and writer (b. 1915). • Francisco McManus Soto, educator and environmentalist ("Radio Ecologica"). • Joel Alanís (47), rock músician; sclerosis. • January 10: Eugenio Ramírez (60), polítician from Guerrero; heart attack. • January 12: Hugo Betancourt Morales (59), dancer and art director (b. 1958). • January 13: Carlos Domínguez, independent journalist ("Diario de Nuevo Laredo"); murdered. • January 16: Rogelio Benavides Chapa, 77, former mayor of
Guadalupe, Nuevo León; complications from surgery. • January 21: Rafael Anaya González, rector of Universidad Don Vasco. • January 22: Rogelio Padilla, 62, sociologist, activist for children's rights, founder of MAMA, A.C. (b.
1955) • January 25: Sahori (María Jovita Ramírez Zamora), Mexican wrestler; cáncer. • January 26 • Ramiro Cota, 91, former mayor of
Chihuahua Municipality, Chihuahua (1980-1983, PRI). •
Francisco Savín, 88, composer and director
Xalapa Symphony Orchestra (1963-1967); (b. 1929). •
January 27 •
Graciela Bernardo, actress. • Manuel Cevallos Urueta, 73,
notary public and former mayor of
Querétaro City, Querétaro. • January 28: Salvador Aguilar García, mayor of
Cohetzala, Puebla; auto accident.
February • February 1 • Gonzalo Aguilar Zinser, lawyer and social activist; heart attack. • Rumaldo Velázquez Quiñónez (56), politician and
Yaqui Indigenous leader; diabetes. • February 2: María Alicia Martínez Medrano (76), cultural promoter (
Momentos Sagrados de los Mayas). • February 3 • Félix Hernández López (50), journalist; automobile accident. • Luis Santiago Catarina, academic, politician (PRD), social activist; heart attack. • Felipe Valdez Licea, politician and farm leader in
Amealco de Bonfil, Queretaro. • February 5:
Francisco Rojas San Román, 59, polítician (PRI), federal Deputy (2009-2012); murdered (b. 1958). • February 9 • Javier Manuel Hernandez Ramirez, laborer, movie actor. • Agustín Sánchez Altamirano (75), writer and
novillero (bullfighter) (b. 1942). • February 10 • Eduardo Arce Becerra, coach and sports promoter; heart attack. • Nohemi Hermosillo, model ("Capitol's Model") and businessperson; auto accident. • February 11: Pablo Garza Lugo, politician (PRI) and businessperson; auto accident. • February 12: Evaristo Gómez Hernández (78), polítician and union leader (
National Educational Workers Union, SNTE); heart attack (b. 1939). •
Carmela Rey (86), actress and singer; heart attack (b. 1931). • February 16: • Jorge Hernández Andrés (64), businessperson and
rejoneador (bullfighter); suicide (b. 1954). • Guillermo Zambrano Lozano (87), businessperson (Metalsa); lung infection. • February 17: "Don Sshinda" (
Gumercindo España Olivares), 83, wooden toy handicrafter (b.
1935). • February 18: Tadeusz Kępka (85), Polish track coach, nationalized Mexican; home accident (b. 1932). • February 19 • Rafael Castro Torres (93), businessperson (b.
1924). • Leopoldo Corona, lawyer and boxer. • February 20: Soledad Ricarte Bravo, journalist (XEU Noticias). • February 21: José Luis Ibarra (72), baseball player (
Tigres de Quintana Roo); diabetes. • February 23: Magdalena Pueblito Espinosa Rodríguez, polítician from
Queretaro; cáncer. • February 24 •
Claudia Reyes (46), teacher (b. 1971). • Carlos Armando Torres Lagarda, lawyer and academic. • February 25 • Manuel Granados Enríquez (82), businessperson and former mayor of
Valle de Santiago, Queretaro. • February 27: Tomás Morales (85), journalist and baseball sportscaster (b. 1932). •
February 28 •
Rogelio Guerra, 81, actor. • Jorge Rubén Nordhausen González (67), polítician (Senator, PAN);
stroke (b.
1950).
March •
March 1 •
Enrique Cárdenas González, 91, Mexican politician,
Governor of Tamaulipas (1975–1981), Municipal President of
Ciudad Victoria, and Senator (1968–1971). •
Maria Rubio, 83, actress (
Cuna de lobos,
Imperio de cristal,
Querida enemiga). • March 3: Aarón Vargas Contreras, political scientist and chronicler of
Papantla, Veracruz. • March 4 • Cuauhtémoc García Pineda (
El Matador), photographer and journalist who filmed the
Tlatelolco massacre in
1968. • Ricardo Ponce Espejo (50), Yucatan businessperson. • March 5 • Catalina Eibenschutz Hartman, physician, researcher, and académic; cofouner of the
Medicina Social y la Salud Colectiva en México y América Latina. •
Marcela Lombardo Otero (92), politician, Deputy (1976–1979, 1988–1991), presidential candidate (1994-PPS). • March 6 •
Octavio Novaro, 78, Mexican physicist specialized in theoretical
catalysis, awarded the
National Prize for Arts and Sciences (1983) and
UNESCO Science Prize (1993). •
Benito Rosel Isaac (79), Yucatan politician (PAN) (b. 1939).78 • March 7: Ricardo Espinosa Cárdenas (79), writer, actor, theater director, television presenter • March 8 • Samuel 'Tuxpan' González (72), soccer player for
Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz; heart attack. • Arcelia Larrañaga (77), actress. • Rafael 'Cobra' Mendoza (80), boxing promototer and representative (
Vicente Saldívar,
Daniel Zaragoza,
Pipino Cuevas) (b. 1937). • March 11 • Gabriel Berumen Castillo (80), photographer (
El Heraldo de Saltillo). • Misael Meneses Carmona (19), 3rd division soccer player in
Puebla; drowning. • March 12: Daniela Magdaleno (23),
bullfighting photographer; brain aneurism (b.
1995). • March 14: Carlos Aurelio González Villarreal (87), physician and composer ("Ojos cafés") (b. 1930). • March 16 •
Ezequiel Orozco, 29, Mexican soccer player (
Murciélagos F.C.), lung cancer. • Sergio Chávez Saldaña (88),
Chihuahua surgeon and teacher (b.
Oct 17, 1929). • March 18: Sergio García (78),
Monterrey theater director; pneumonia and brain surgery complications (b.
1940). • March 19: Adriana Cortés Mercado, journalist and communicator ("Radar News"); cáncer. • March 21: Saúl Montoya Beltrán (66), baseball player; heart attack (b.
1951). • March 22: • Jaime Puga, actor and singer. •
Adela Peralta Leppe (88), actress, first female clown in Mexico (b.
1929). • América Rodríguez Camacho,
Mezquitic, Jalisco polítician (PAN); stroke. • Maximino Alberto Wood Hernández,
Coatzacoalcos lawyer and politician (PAN). • March 25: Jacinto Adriano Wong Romero (99),
Progreso, Yucatán priest (b.
1918). • March 27: Eva Izaguirre Camacho, first female mayor of
Poza Rica, Veracruz (PRI: 1992-1994); cáncer. • March 28 • Ernesto Salinas Flores (89), businessperson from
Piedras Negras, Coahuila; lymphoma. •
Elena Subirats (70), tennis player, medalist in
1963 and
1967 Pan American Games; natural causes (b. 1947).
April • April 3:
Tomas Villa, 34, featherweight boxer, traffic collision. • April 5: Erberto Shinagawa Montoya (88), journalist ("La Voz de Sinaloa", "El Sol de Sinaloa"), chronicler, and historian (b.
Jan 26, 1930). • April 6:
Urbano Zea, 49, Mexican swimmer, heart attack. • April 8: Rito Valdés Salinas (86), former mayor of
Piedras Negras (1990-1993); long-time illness. • April 9 • Claudia Chablé Ek, journalist; cáncer. •
Felipe Tejeda García, 83, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of México (2000–2010) (b. Jan. 21, 1935). • April 10 • Alejandro Hernández (74), journalist (Aguascalientes TV and
Heraldo de Aguascalientes); heart attack. • Emilia Martell, actress and singer; suicide. • April 11: • Rafael Villegas Attolini, businessperson and politician. • Alfonso Zaragoza Moreno (85),
Culiacán businessperson (b. March 24, 1933). •
April 12:
Sergio Pitol, 85, writer (
El mago de Viena), translator, and diplomat; complications of progressive aphasia (b. March 18, 1933). • April 13 • Manuel Hernández Salomón (82), chronicler and writer. •
Joy Laville, Mexican painter and sculptor born in the U.K.; stroke (b.
1923). •
April 14:
Armando Salgado (79), photojournalist who filmed the killing of 120 students in the
Corpus Christi massacre in 1971 (b. 1938). • April 16: Sendy Arlet Guerrero Montejo, journalist; bone cancer. • April 17: Martha Meza, journalist (
El Diario de Xalapa); cáncer. • April 18: Rubén Díaz Alcántara (50), priest, murdered (b.
1968). • April 19:
Graciela Agudelo, 72, Mexican pianist and composer (Premio Xochipilli—INBA, 2002). • April 21 • Jesús Ramírez Elisea (87), businessperson (Hotel Fiesta Mexicana). • Ignacio Solorio Arroyo (65), lawyer (director of "El Vigia"); heart attack. • April 22: María Loreto Elba Rojas Bruschetta (68), lawyer and judge in Puebla; illness related to tobacco (b.
1950). • April 25:
Gregorio Casal, 82, actor (
La Choca); dehydration. • April 26: Armando Contreras González, journalist, reporter, television host (
TV Azteca); cáncer. • April 27 • Guillermo Aldrett (43), businessperson ("Industriales Potosinos A.C."); automobile accident. •
Juan Carlos Olivas, 34, actor (
"El Güero" in "
El Chapo (TV series)"); cáncer (b.
1984).
May •
May 1: Wrestler
Universo 2000 (Andrés Reyes), 55, heart attack in León, Guanajuato. •
Federico Terrazas Torres (85), businessperson (Cementos de Chihuahua). • May 7:
Jesús Kumate Rodríguez (93), pediatritian, polítician, and
Secretary of Health (1988-1994) (b.
Nov. 12, 1924). • May 8 •
Ana Marisa Lugo Miranda (55), publicity person. •
Felipe Muñoz Barba (54), polítician; diabetes (b.
1964). •
May 10: Mexican actor
Fela Fabregas died at 87 due to a cardio-pulmonary illness (b.
1930). • May 11 •
José Remedios Aguirre Sánchez, polítician; murdered. •
Nicanor Moreira Ruiz, businessperson and politician. • May 14:
José Manuel García Arreola, social activist; cáncer. • May 15
José Lavat, 69, Mexican voice actor, renal failure. • May 16:
Alejandro Caballero Vértiz, lawyer and judge. • May 17:
Hernán de Mata Quinta, Oaxaca politician (PT); murdered. • May 19:
Carlos Ximénez Estrada (81), cultural journalist and writer. • May 20:
Jacinto Contreras Martínez (89), polítician (b.
1928). • May 23:
Adrián Páez Martínez, businessperson (Comercial America). • May 29 •
Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez, 96, first archbishop of
San Luis Potosí. •
René Yañez, 75, Mexican-born American artist, founder of
Galería de la Raza, cancer.
June • June 3:
Héctor Miranda (57), voice actor (b.
1961). • June 5:
Mauricio Caro (42), actor. • June 7:
Fernando Purón Johnston (43), polítician; murdered (b.
1975). • June 11:
Martín Luna (50), television producer (
TV Azteca). • June 13:
Arkangel de la Muerte, 52, Mexican professional wrestler (
CMLL), heart attack. • June 25:
Jaime Bermúdez Cuarón (94), polítician and businessperson (b.
1923). • June 29:
María Luisa Mendoza, 88, Mexican journalist, novelist and politician.
July • July 5:
Trinidad Martínez Tarragó (89), Spanish-born economist, writer, and académic (b. 1928). • July 6:
Antonio Toledo Corro,
Governor of Sinaloa 1981–1986 (b.
1919) • July 8:
Piratita Morgan, 49, professional wrestler. •
July 11: Television producer
Santiago Galindo was murdered in his car in Alvaro Obregon, Mexico City. • July 26:
Alfredo del Águila (83), soccer player (b. 1935). • July 30:
Claudia Heinze, model; heart failure. • July 31:
Rafael Amador, 58, soccer player (
Pumas UNAM and
national team) and coach (
Pumas UNAM).
August • August 2:
Gabriel Covarrubias Ibarra, 88, politician,
Senator (1997–2000), Mayor of
Guadalajara (1989–1992). • August 13:
Rico Pontvianne, 74, basketball player, Pan American championship silver medalist (
1967). •
August 15: Musician
Fabio Melanitto was murdered while riding his motorcycle in Colonia Navarette, Mexico City. He was 32. •
August 21:
Villano III (Arturo Díaz Mendoza), 66, professional wrestler (
UWA,
CMLL,
AAA), cerebral infarction. •
August 31:
José Luis Dibildox Martínez, 75, bishop of the
Roman Catholic Dioceses of Tarahumara (1993–2003) and
Tampico (2003–2018); long-time illness (b. 1943)
September •
September 5 •
Roger Aguilar Salazar 79, Mexican politician, deputy-elect for
Moreno from
Yucatan, died of
leukemia (b. 1938) •
José Antonio Fernández Salazar (62), journalist
Televisa; cáncer. • September 6:
Ernesto Juárez Frías (87), músician and composer (b. 1931). •
September 9:
Javier Usabiaga Arroyo, 79, Mexican politician,
Minister of Agriculture (2000–2005) and
Deputy (2009–2012); cancer (b. 1939). • September 27:
Virginia Ramos, 65, Mexican-born American chef.
October • October 4:
José Sacal (63) writer (b.
1955). •
October 5:
Yolanda Martínez actress • October 12:
Marbella Ibarra, soccer coach and promoter of women's soccer (b.
1972); murdered. •
October 17:
Elizabeth Nava Hernández 55, politician
Morena; cancer (b. 1963) • October 19:
Martha Beatriz Isela Fregoso Zepeda (51), journalist (
Excélsior) and executive (b.
1967). • October 26:
César Zambrano Pérez, polítician (
Acapulco) and businessperson; murdered. •
October 31:
Arnulfo "Fito" Avilán Cruz 94, soccer player (
Rayados).
November •
November 1:
Manuel Villamor Reyes 90, Mexican-Belizean painter and muralist (b. 1928) • November 4: •
Melquiades Sánchez Orozco (90), journalist and radio announcer (b.
1928). •
Sofía Tejeda Becerra (82), actress (b. 1936). • November 6:
José Lothario, 83, Mexican professional wrestler and manager (
NWA,
WWF,
CWF). •
November 7:
José Fortunato Álvarez Valdez 50, Catholic bishop of Gomez Palacio,
Durango died after a long illness (b. 1967). • November 11 •
Pedro Aranda-Díaz Muñoz, 85, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Tulancingo (1975–2008). •
Olga Harmony, 90, Mexican playwright. •
November 14: • Chilean singer of
boleros Lucho Gatica, a long-time resident of Mexico, died at the age of 90. • November 19:
Isidro Olace (83), actor (b. 1935). • November 20:
Lorena Villegas, voice actress. • November 21:
Luis Trujillo Llame (32), Catholic priest; accident (b.
1986) • November 26:
Patricia Quintana, 72, Mexican chef, writer and academic; natural causes. •
November 27:
Benjamín Gallegos Soto 58, Mexican pilot and politician, member of
PAN, Senator from
Aguascalientes (b. 1960)
December • December 5:
Carlos “Bobby” Treviño, 70, baseball player (
California Angels); sudden death (b. 1948). • December 14:
Salvador Flores Huerta, 84, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (1993–2006). • December 16:
Juan L. Maldonado, 70, Mexican-born American education administrator, President of
Laredo Community College (2007–2016). •
December 18:
Ángeles Bravo (73) Spanish-Mexican doubling actress (b. 1945) • December 19:
Raúl Mata, 71, Mexican professional wrestler (
EMLL,
CWF,
NWA Hollywood). •
December 22:
Angélica García Arrieta (64), Mexican accountant and politician, founder of
Morena (b. 1958) •
December 24: The governor of Puebla,
Martha Erika Alonso (b. 1973) and her husband, senator and former governor
Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas died in a
helicopter crash. • December 29:
Rosenda Monteros (83), actress, director, and producer (b. 1935).
Date unknown •
Agustín Bernal, actor. ==Notes==