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List of events
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
Governors
Events
January–March
August 25 –
2011 Monterrey casino attack : Casino Royale in fire, after the attack
January
February
March
March 1 – Seventeen bodies are found in clandestine graves in
Mexico 's
Guerrero state.
[11]
April–June
April
May
May 8 – Bicentennial celebrations in
Monterrey .
June
July–September
July
August
September
October–December
October
November
December
Awards
Notable deaths
January to June
Pedro Armendáriz, Jr.
January 5 –
Saúl Vara Rivera , politician
PRI , Mayor of
Zaragoza, Coahuila ; shot. (body found on this date)
[20]
[21]
January 11
January 13 –
Luis Jiménez Mata , politician, Mayor of
Santiago Amoltepec ; shot.
[23]
[24]
February 4 – Juan Carlos Guardado Méndez, politician
PT , former municipal president of
Fresnillo , Zacatecas; murdered.
[nb 1]
[25]
February 9 – Rodolfo Ochoa Moreno, journalist (
Grupo Multimedios Laguna),
Torreón, Coahuila ; killed.
[26]
February 12 – Saturnino Valdez Llanos, politician ||
PRI , municipal president of
Tampico Alto , Veracruz; murdered.
[nb 2]
[27]
[28]
February 22 – José Luis Prieto Torres, politician, former president of
Allende Municipality, Chihuahua ; murdered.
[29]
February 28 – Enrique Chávez Gómez, politician
PRD , former candidate for municipal president of
Saucillo , Chihuahua; murdered.
[30]
March 10 – Mario Chuc Aguilar, politician, former municipal president of
Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo ; murdered.
[31]
[32]
March 25 –
José Luis Cerda Meléndez & Luis Emanuel Ruiz Carrillo , journalists (La Prensa ),
Guadalupe, Nuevo León ; killed.
[33]
April 7 – Enterbio Reyes Bello, politician, former president of
Copanatoyac (municipality) , Guerrero; murdered.
[34]
May 14 – Silvia Moreno Leal, politician, former president of
Balleza Municipality , Chihuahua; murdered.
[35]
[36]
May 18 – Fernando Duarte Flores, politician, former municipal president of Hidalgo, Coahuila; murdered.
[37]
May 31 – Noel López Olguín, journalist (La Verdad de Jáltipan ),
Chinameca, Veracruz ; killed.
[38]
June 7 – Gonzalo Amador Ortega, politician
PAN , former candidate for municipal president of
Huauchinango , Puebla; murdered.
[39]
June 14 – Pablo Ruelas Barraza, journalist (Diario del Yaqui & El Regional de Sonora ),
Huatabampo, Sonora ; killed.
[40]
[41]
June 20 –
Miguel Ángel López Velasco , journalist (Notiver ),
Veracruz ; killed.
[42]
June 24 – Gonzalo Amador Ortega, politician
PAN , former candidate for municipal president of
Huauchinango , Puebla; murdered.
[43]
July to December
July 3 – Ángel Castillo Corona, journalist (Puntual and Diario de México ),
Ocuilan State of Mexico; killed.
[44]
July 21 – Ernesto Cornejo Valenzuela, politician
PAN , former candidate for deputy; state delegate for the PAN in
Benito Juárez Municipality, Sonora ; murdered.
[45]
July 26 –
Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz , journalist (Notiver ),
Veracruz, Veracruz ; killed.
[46]
July 28 – Fortino Cortés Sandoval, politician, municipal president of
Florencia de Benito Juárez , Zacatecas; murdered.
[47]
[48]
August 20 – José Eduviges Nava Altamirano, politician
PT , municipal president of
Zacualpan, State of Mexico ; murdered.
[49]
August 24 – Luz María García Villagrán, politician, president of
Gran Morelos Municipality , Chihuahua; murdered.||
[50]
September 1
Ana María Marcela Yarce Viveros, journalist (Contralínea ),
Iztapalapa, Mexico City ; killed.
[51]
Rocío González Trápaga, journalist (Televisa Mexico City), Iztapalapa, Mexico City; killed.
[51]
September 15 – Gustavo Pacheco Villaseñor, politician
PRI , former municipal president of
San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec , Oaxaca; murdered.
[52]
September 17 –
Moisés Villanueva de la Luz , politician
PRI ,Deputy from
Tlapa de Comonfort (municipality) , Guerrero; murdered.
[53]
September 24 –
María Elizabeth Macías Castro , journalist (
Primera Hora ), Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas; killed.
[54]
August 25 –
Humberto Millán Salazar , journalist (A Discusión and
Radio Fórmula Culiacán ),
Culiacán, Sinaloa ; killed.
[55]
October 8 —
José de las Fuentes Rodríguez , lawyer and politician
PRI ;
Governor of Coahuila 1981–1987 (b.
1920 )
November 2 – Ricardo Guzmán Romero, politician
PAN , municipal president of
La Piedad , Michoacán; murdered.
[56]
[57]
November 19 – Roberto Miguel Galván, politician, former municipal president of
Tepetzintla, Veracruz ; murdered.
[nb 3]
[58]
December 3 – Hugo César Muruato Flores, journalist (
La Caliente 90.9 ), Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed.
[59]
December 12 – Fortunato Ruiz Blázquez, politician, former municipal president of
Ixhuacán , Veracruz; murdered.
[60]
December 21 – José Martínez Mendoza, politician, former municipal president of
Cosalá , Sinaloa; murdered.
[61]
December 24 –
José Andrés Corral Arredondo , 65, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Parral (1992-2011); heart attack.
[62]
December 26 –
Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. , 71, actor (
Zorro series ); cancer, died in New York City, United States.
[63]
December 31 – Porfirio Flores Ayala, politician
PRI ||former president of
Cuernavaca Municipality , Morelos; murdered.
[64]
See also
Notes
^ Guardado Méndez was abducted on 4 February 2011 and is currently disappeared. He is not reported as dead.
^ Valdez Llanos was intercepted by gunmen and has not been found. He is not reported as dead.
^ Cartel members broke into Galván's house and kidnapped him. He remains disappeared.
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"Hallan muerto a edil de Zaragoza, Coahuila" .
Milenio (in Spanish). 7 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2012 .
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El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish).
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"Asesinan a Edil de Santiago Amoltepec, Oaxaca" .
El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish).
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La Jornada (in Spanish).
Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012 .
^
"Rodolfo Ochoa Moreno" .
Committee to Protect Journalists .
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Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012 .
^
"Encuentran muerto a ex alcalde de Allende, Chihuahua" .
Televisa (in Spanish). 22 February 2011.
Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2012 .
^
"Ultiman a ex candidato de PRD en Chihuahua" .
El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). 28 February 2012.
Archived from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012 .
^ Meraz, Fernando (11 March 2011).
"Ejecutan a ex alcalde de Felipe Carrillo Puerto en Quintana Roo" .
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^
"Ultiman a ex alcalde de Felipe Carrillo Puerto, QRoo" .
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^
"Ejecutado junto con "La Gata" recibió premio de periodismo en Coahuila" .
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"Asesinan a ex alcalde en el estado de Guerrero" .
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"Matan en sepelio a ex alcaldesa de Chihuahua" .
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^
"Cuerpo encontrado en Nuevo Laredo, sería de ex alcalde de Hidalgo, Coahuila" .
La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 18 May 2011.
Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012 .
^
"Noel López Olguín" .
Committee to Protect Journalists . May 2011.
Archived from the original on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012 .
^
"Matan a Gonzalo Amador, excandidato del PAN a la alcaldía de Huauchinango" .
Milenio (in Spanish). 24 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2012 .
^
"Acapulco daily's news editor missing for past three days" .
Reporters Without Borders . 7 June 2011.
Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2012 .
^ Montoya, Patricia (13 June 2011).
"Asesinan a periodista en Sonora" .
El Universal (in Spanish).
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^
"Miguel Ángel López Velasco" .
Committee to Protect Journalists . 20 June 2011.
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^
"Matan a Gonzalo Amador, excandidato del PAN a la alcaldía de Huauchinango" .
Milenio (in Spanish). 24 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2012 .
^
"Director-General condemns killing of Mexican journalist Angel Castillo Corona" .
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Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2012 .
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"Ejecutan a delegado del Comité Estatal del PAN en Sonora" .
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^
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"Policía de Guerrero encuentra el cadáver de alcalde desaparecido de Edomex" . CNNMéxico (in Spanish). 20 August 2011.
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"Fue alcaldesa la mujer asesinada por esposo" .
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a
b
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"Chihuahua: ejecutan a locutor de radio" .
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^
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[1] (Spanish)
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"Reportan "extraña" muerte de ex alcalde" .
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