2010 in Mexico

none January 2021 2010 This is a list of events that happened in 2010 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels. Incumbents Federal government President: Felipe Calderón PAN Cabinet of Mexico Interior Secretary (SEGOB)Este fue el gabinete de Felipe Calderón https://www.capitalmexico.com.mx/nacional/gabinete-felipe-calderon-jose-antonio-meade-pan-vicente-fox-elecciones-mexico-narco-ejercito-policia/ www.capitalmexico.com.mx Capital México September 17, 2020 es February 6, 2018 Fernando Gómez Mont, until July 14 Francisco Blake Mora, starting July 14 Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Patricia Espinosa Communications Secretary (SCT): Luis Téllez 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 Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Heriberto Félix Guerra Tourism Secretary (SECTUR) Rodolfo Elizondo Torres, until March 10 Gloria Guevara, starting March 10 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): Ernesto Cordero Arroyo Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1 Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA): Alberto Cárdenas Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): Salvador Vega Casillas Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): Germán Martínez Secretary of Economy (SE) Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, until date not available Bruno Francisco Ferrari García de Alba, starting date not available Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Arturo Chávez Chávez Governors Aguascalientes Luis Armando Reynoso PAN, until November 30 Carlos Lozano de la Torre, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), starting December 1 Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán PAN Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño PRD Campeche: Fernando Ortega Bernés PRI Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero (Coalition for the Good of All) Chihuahua José Reyes Baeza Terrazas PRI, until October 3 César Duarte Jáquez PRI, starting October 4 Coahuila: Humberto Moreira Valdés PRI Colima: Mario Anguiano Moreno PRI Durango: Ismael Hernández PRI Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez PAN Guerrero: Zeferino Torreblanca PRD Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong PRI Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez PAN State of Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto PRI Michoacán: Leonel Godoy Rangel PRD Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame PAN.Marco Antonio Adame Castillo https://lideresmexicanos.com/300/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 Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez Nuevo León: Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz PRI Oaxaca Ulises Ruiz Ortiz PRI, until November 30 Gabino Cué Monteagudo, Convergence, starting December 1 Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres PRI Querétaro: José Calzada PRI Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto PRI San Luis Potosí: Fernando Toranzo Fernández PRI Sinaloa: Jesús Aguilar Padilla PRI, until December 31 Sonora: Guillermo Padrés Elías PAN Tabasco: Andrés Granier Melo PRI Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores PRI, until December 31 Tlaxcala: Héctor Ortiz Ortiz PAN Veracruz Fidel Herrera Beltrán PRI, until November 30 Javier Duarte de Ochoa PRI, starting December 1 Yucatán: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco PRI Zacatecas Amalia García PRD, until September 11 Miguel Alonso Reyes PRI, starting September 12 Head of Government of the Federal District: Marcelo Ebrard PRD Events thumb|right|200px|Celebration of Mexican political anniversaries in 2010 thumb|190px|right|alt=A satellital image of Tropical Storm Matthew |Tropical Storm Matthew arriving to Mexican territory on September 23, 2010. January 3 – Mexican police arrest alleged drug lord Carlos Beltrán Leyva in Culiacán, Sinaloa.http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/02/mexico.drug.boss.captured/index.html Mexico: Beltran Leyva drug boss arrested - CNN.com www.cnn.com January 12 – Mexican authorities report the capture of Teodoro García Simental, one of the country's most notorious drug lords, in a raid in La Paz, Baja California Sur.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/01/12/2010-01-12_teodoro_el_teo_garcia_simental.html (New York Daily News) New York Daily News October 26, 2010 January 16, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100116185227/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/01/12/2010-01-12_teodoro_el_teo_garcia_simental.html dead February 7 – Serial killer Raúl Osiel Marroquín sentence of 280 years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of four gay men in 2005 is confirmed by authorities.Condenan a un hombre a 280 años de cárcel por matar a 4 homosexuales https://www.mdzol.com/sociedad/2010/2/7/condenan-un-hombre-280-anos-de-carcel-por-matara-4homosexuales-626536.html 29 May 2026 MDZ Online EFE 7 February 2010 es March 4 – A Mexico City law allowing same-sex marriages takes effect.https://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/04/mexico.argentina.gay.marriage/ (CNN) March 19 – Jorge Antonio Mercado Alonso, 23, and Javier Francisco Arredondo Verdugo, 24, students at the Tecnológico de Monterrey are killed on the university campus in Nuevo León by the Mexican Army. Cuauhtémoc Antúnez, the military commander, accused them of drug trafficking, but a subsequent investigation proved that the soldiers altered the scene and planted weapons on the young men. Nine years later, on March 19, 2019, Olga Sánchez Cordero, Secretaria de Gobernación (Interior Secretary) apologized for the government's actions.Fueron asesinados por el Ejército y casi 10 años después el gobierno de México pide perdón https://www.univision.com/noticias/criminalidad/fueron-asesinados-por-el-ejercito-y-casi-10-anos-despues-el-gobierno-de-mexico-pide-perdon?hootPostID=e86f96f08a4a7e3e6f013b3b29fcc37a Univsion Noticias March 19, 2019 March 23, 2019 es Killed by the Army and almost 10 years later the Mexican government asks for forgiveness March 30 – Ten children, youths and young adults between the ages of 8 and 21 are gunned down, presumably by drug traffickers, in the northern Mexican state of Durango.http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/30/mexico.young.people.killed/index.html 10 people, ages 8-21, shot dead in Mexico - CNN.com www.cnn.com April 25 – Mexican Labour Party leader in Guerrero Rey Hernández dies after being shot at least seven times outside his home in Tlacoachistlahuaca.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Politician-fatally-shot-outside-his-home-in-southern-Mexico/articleshow/5857857.cms (The Times of India) The Times of India May 15 – Former Mexican presidential candidate Diego Fernández de Cevallos is abducted from one of his homes in Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-politician-idUSTRE64E20I20100515 Key Mexican ruling party politician feared dead Reuters May 15, 2010 www.reuters.com May 31 – A mass grave containing between 20 and 25 bodies is found in an abandoned mine near Taxco, Guerrero, in Mexico.https://www.bbc.com/news/10197425 Up to 25 bodies found in abandoned mine in Mexico BBC News May 31, 2010 June 11 – 40 people are killed and at least four others are wounded in an attack by at least 30 gunmen in Chihuahua, Mexico.https://www.bbc.com/news/10296352 Many dead as gunmen target Mexico cities BBC News June 11, 2010 June 14 – At least 28 prisoners are killed in a clash between rival gangs in Sinaloa, Mexico.https://www.bbc.com/news/10314218 Mexico prison gang fighting kills 29 BBC News June 15, 2010 June 15 – Two trains collide in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa resulting in the death of at least 13 people.https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-06-15-Mexico-train_N.htm 13 die in Mexico train collision - USATODAY.com usatoday30.usatoday.com June 16 – A shootout in the Mexican tourist town of Taxco leaves 15 dead.http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/15/mexico.taxco.killings/index.html Shootout in Mexican tourist town of Taxco leaves 15 dead - CNN.com www.cnn.com June 20 – A Bell 412 Mexican military helicopter crashes in Durango state in northern Mexico Saturday, killing all 11 people on board.http://en.people.cn/90001/90777/90852/7031537.html Mexican helicopter crash kills 11 - People's Daily Online en.people.cn June 28 – Rodolfo Torre Cantu, a leading candidate in a Mexican state election is assassinated near Ciudad Victoria.http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/28/mexico.candidate.killed/index.html Gunfire kills gubernatorial candidate, 3 others in Mexico - CNN.com www.cnn.com President of Mexico Felipe Calderón blamed drug cartels for the assassination.(Aljazeera) June 30 – 2010 Oaxaca earthquake: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurs in southern Mexico near the city of Pinotepa Nacional, shaking buildings as far away as Mexico City but not causing serious damage or casualties.https://nationalpost.com/news/world/Earthquake+strikes+southern+Mexico/3219888/story.html#ixzz0sOoXdD3m (National Post)October 2025 medicmedic July 4 – 2010 Mexican gubernatorial elections: Voters in 14 Mexican states vote to elect governors and mayors.https://www.bbc.com/news/10502444 Opposition PRI biggest winner in Mexico state elections BBC News July 5, 2010 July 18 – At least 17 people are killed and at least 10 others are wounded during a pre-dawn gun attack on a birthday party in Torreón, Coahuila state in Mexico, across the border from Texas.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-10678960 Seventeen partygoers shot dead in Mexico BBC News July 19, 2010 July 24 – A mass grave containing at least 50 tortured and burned corpses is unearthed east of Monterrey, Nuevo León, in Mexico.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-10747300 Mass grave in northern Mexico contains 50 bodies BBC News July 24, 2010 July 28 – Eight severed heads are discovered in four locations in the Mexican state of Durango.https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2010/07/28/Severed-heads-discovered-in-Mexico-state/44281280339783/ Severed heads discovered in Mexico state UPI July 29 – The Mexican Army kills Sinaloa Cartel drug lord Ignacio Coronel Villarreal in Zapopan, Jalisco, during a raid.http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/29/mexico.cartel.leader.killed/index.html Officials: Mexican drug lord killed in raid - CNN.com www.cnn.com August 6 – At least 14 people are killed during a prison riot in Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-10899898 Mexico prison riot leaves 14 dead BBC News August 6, 2010 August 9 – Former President of Mexico Vicente Fox calls for the legalisation of drugs in Mexico.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-10921975 Vicente Fox backs Mexico drugs legalisation BBC News August 9, 2010 August 10 – The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation rules same-sex marriages in Mexico City have to be recognised across Mexico.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-10932748 Supreme court rules gay weddings valid in all Mexico BBC News August 10, 2010 August 16 – At least 2 people are injured after a grenade explosion outside a Televisa television station in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.(Al Jazeera) August 16 – The mayor of the Mexican town of Santiago, Nuevo León, Edelmiro Cavazos, is abducted.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-10994343 Mayor of northern Mexican town of Santiago is kidnapped BBC News August 16, 2010 August 18 – The corpse of mayor Edelmiro Cavazos of the Mexican town of Santiago, Nuevo León, is found handcuffed and blindfolded after his abduction on Sunday night.https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-mexico-drugs-idUKTRE67H2ZX20100818 Body of kidnapped mayor dumped in northern Mexico Reuters August 18, 2010 www.reuters.com August 20 – Six police officers in Mexico are arrested and accused of participating in the kidnap and murder of Mayor Edelmiro Cavazos.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-11044141 Police held over Mexican mayor Edelmiro Cavazos killing BBC News August 20, 2010 August 23 – Jimena Navarrete, representing Mexico, wins Miss Universe 2010.http://www.newsok.com/navarrete-of-mexico-crowned-miss-universe-after-beating-82-competitors-at-vegas-pageant/article/feed/184338?custom_click=pod_headline_usnational-news (AP via News OK) October 26, 2010 June 14, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110614034340/http://www.newsok.com/navarrete-of-mexico-crowned-miss-universe-after-beating-82-competitors-at-vegas-pageant/article/feed/184338?custom_click=pod_headline_usnational-news dead August 25 – Mexican Naval Infantry find 72 corpses at a remote ranch in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, near the border with the U.S. state of Texas. The victims were economic migrants from Central America and South America believed to be murdered by a drug cartel.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-drugs-idUSTRE67O2NF20100826 Drug hitmen dump 72 bodies at Mexican ranch Reuters August 26, 2010 www.reuters.com August 27 – Two bombs explode in the Mexican city of Ciudad Victoria, the capital of Tamaulipas, outside the municipal police station and the Televisa television station.https://www.newkerala.com/news/ Latest News Headlines | Today's Top News Trends Updated Daily | newkerala.com English www.newkerala.com August 29 – Unidentified gunmen assassinate Marco Antonio Leal Garcia, the mayor of the small town of Hidalgo in Tamaulipas, Mexico.https://www.smh.com.au/world/mayor-assassinated-in-mexico-20100830-13y8g.html Mayor assassinated in Mexico August 29, 2010 The Sydney Morning Herald August 30 – Marco Antonio Leal García, the Mayor of Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, in northeastern Mexico, is shot dead while operating his car.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-11127005 Mexico mayor killed as Tamaulipas violence escalates BBC News August 30, 2010 August 31 – Eight people are killed in a petrol bomb attack at a bar in Cancún, Mexico.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-11142183 Eight killed as bar is 'petrol-bombed' in Cancun BBC News August 31, 2010 September 2 – At least 17 migrants are kidnapped by suspected human traffickers in Tijuana, Baja California, in northwestern Mexico.https://www.rfi.fr/en/americas/20100902-least-17-migrants-kidnapped-mexico At least 17 migrants kidnapped in Mexico September 2, 2010 RFI September 10 – At least 71 prisoners escape from jail in the Mexican city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, across the U.S. border from McAllen, Texas.http://wireupdate.com/wires/9689/report-71-inmates-escape-in-mass-jail-break-in-mexicos-drug-plagued-north/ (BNO via Wire Update) October 26, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722154536/http://wireupdate.com/wires/9689/report-71-inmates-escape-in-mass-jail-break-in-mexicos-drug-plagued-north/ July 22, 2011 dead September 16 – Mexico celebrates 200 years of independence from Spain.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/mexico/8005621/Mexico-celebrates-bicentennial-amid-tight-security.html Mexico celebrates bicentennial amid tight security www.telegraph.co.uk September 28 – 2010 Oaxaca landslide, six killed September 29 – Another landslide in the Mexican state of Chiapas kills 16 people and leaves four missing.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gZuhzaXZlnvuDABH_XqbNvWkaVfQ?docId=CNG.87fc43de98513173dcce8b64af55cda1.e51 https://archive.today/20130124215115/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gZuhzaXZlnvuDABH_XqbNvWkaVfQ?docId=CNG.87fc43de98513173dcce8b64af55cda1.e51 dead January 24, 2013 (Agence Presse-France) October 3 – Twenty-two Mexican tourists are kidnapped in Acapulco.http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/10/03/mexico.abduction/index.html Mexican police investigate abduction of 22 people in resort town - CNN.com www.cnn.com October 7 – Six gangsters died and one soldier was injured when an army patrol clashed with suspected gang members in northeastern Mexico state Tamaulipas.http://en.people.cn/90001/90777/90852/7160535.html Six die in clash between Mexican soldiers, gangsters - People's Daily Online en.people.cn October 18 – At least nineteen people die near Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, after a bus collides with a truck.https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101018/ts_nm/us_mexico_crash (Reuters via Yahoo!) October 23 – Mexican gunmen kill 13 people and wound fifteen at a birthday party in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-shooting-idUSTRE69M1JY20101023 Gunmen kill 13 at birthday party in Mexico Reuters October 23, 2010 www.reuters.com October 24 – Mexican gunmen burst into a drug rehabilitation centre in eastern Tijuana, killing 13 people.(Sign On San Diego) Awards Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Luis H. Álvarez Order of the Aztec Eagle National Prize for Arts and Sciences National Public Administration Prize Ohtli Award Polly Baca Hilda Solis Olga Talamante Antonio Villaraigosa John C. Zaragoza Rosa Rosales Ben Hueso Popular culture October 2010 Sports Music Film Mexican films of 2010 Literature Fonseca, Rubem; El seminarista (Cal y arena)Los mejores libros publicados en México en 2010 by Carlos Olivares Baro, La Razón, December 29, 2010 Kimball, Michael; Lo que queda de nosotros, (Tusquets) Nemirovsky, Irene, El caso Kurílov, (Salamadra) Olguín, Sergio; Óscura monótona, Tusquets Editores de Novel 2009 Prize (published in Mexico in March 2010) Pérez Gay, Rafael; El corazón es un gitano, (Planeta) Piglia, Ricardo; Blanco nocturno, (Anagrama) Rivera Letellier, Hernán; El arte de la resurrección, Alfaguara Novel Prize, 2010 Vann, David; Sukkwan Island, (Alfabia); 2010 Médicis PrizeEl Economista https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/Los-mejores-libros-del-2010-20101221-0026.html Los mejores libros del 2010 es The best books of 2010 Alejandro Flores December 21, 2010 Velázquez, Carlos; La marrana negra de la literatura rosa, (Sexto Piso), Story book of the year Vargas Llosa, Mario; El sueño del Celta, (Alfaguara) Wood, Ron; Memories of a Rolling Stone, (Global Rhythm), Biography of the year Notable deaths January – June thumb|150px|right|Carlos Monsiváis January 7 – Blanca Sánchez, 63, Mexican actress, kidney failure.http://www.latinaroom.com/index.php/2010/01/actress-blanca-sanchez-dead-at-63/ Actress Blanca Sanchez Dead At 63 Latina Room October 26, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100112121908/http://www.latinaroom.com/index.php/2010/01/actress-blanca-sanchez-dead-at-63 January 12, 2010 January 9 – Aurelio Fausto Cháidez Chavarín, politician, former municipal president of Culiacán, Sinaloa; murdered.Cabrera Javier Ejecutan a ex jefe de municipio en Sinaloa http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/650729.html June 18, 2012 El Universal (Mexico City) January 9, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20100420074015/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/650729.html April 20, 2010 live January 10 – Moisés Saba, 47, Mexican entrepreneur, helicopter crash.http://www.milenio.com/node/357332 Muere Moisés Saba Masri y familia en accidente aéreo en Cuajimalpa | Milenio.com January 13, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100113195828/http://www.milenio.com/node/357332 January 13, 2010 January 11 – Roman Catholic priest Gerardo Montaño, 58, who arranged meetings between drug traffickers Ramón Arellano Félix and Benjamín Arellano Félix and the Apostolic Nunciature to Mexico after the assassination of Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, diabetic coma.https://www.proceso.com.mx/110930/fallece-sacerdote-que-reunio-a-los-arellano-felix-con-prigione Proceso Fallece sacerdote que reunió a los Arellano Felix con Prigione es Priest who arranged renunion of Arellano-Felix brothers and Prigione dies January 13, 2010 June 1, 2019 June 1, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190601200638/https://www.proceso.com.mx/110930/fallece-sacerdote-que-reunio-a-los-arellano-felix-con-prigione dead January 27 — Paula Lazos, painter (b. 1940) February 1 – Rodolfo de Anda, 66, actor, thrombosis.http://www.cinepremiere.com.mx/node/8969 Fallece Rodolfo de Anda Cine PREMIERE October 26, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100218135725/http://www.cinepremiere.com.mx/node/8969 February 18, 2010 dead February 18 – Ramón Mendívil Sotelo, politician PRI, president of Guadalupe y Calvo Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered.Mayor killed in troubled Mexican state, reports say http://articles.cnn.com/2010-02-18/world/mexico.mayor.killed_1_troubled-mexican-state-chihuahua-state-guadalupe-y-calvo?_s=PM:WORLD June 16, 2012 CNN February 18, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120808122539/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-02-18/world/mexico.mayor.killed_1_troubled-mexican-state-chihuahua-state-guadalupe-y-calvo?_s=PM:WORLD August 8, 2012 deadEjecutan a alcalde de Guadalupe y Calvo http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/74820.html June 16, 2012 El Universal (Mexico) February 18, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20100330191549/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/74820.html March 30, 2010 live February 19 – Rafael Muñoz Núñez, 85, Roman Catholic Bishop of Zacatecas (1972–1984) and Aguascalientes (1984–1998).http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmunoz.html Bishop Rafael Muñoz Núñez [Catholic-Hierarchy] www.catholic-hierarchy.org February 23 – Manuel Estrada Escalante, politician PRI, president of Mezquital Municipality, Durango; murdered.Ejecutan a alcalde y hieren a diputado en Durango http://eleconomista.com.mx/seguridad-publica/2010/02/23/ejecutan-alcalde-hieren-diputado-durango June 16, 2012 El Economista February 23, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20100228203105/http://eleconomista.com.mx/seguridad-publica/2010/02/23/ejecutan-alcalde-hieren-diputado-durango February 28, 2010 liveMayor Among Over a Dozen Killed in Mexico http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=352832&CategoryId=14091 June 16, 2012 Latin American Herald Tribune February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20150525003035/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=352832&CategoryId=14091 May 25, 2015 live February 25 – Efren Torres, 66, boxer, heart attack.The TimesSeptember 2024 medicmedic February 28 – Carlos Montemayor, 62, writer, stomach cancer.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/662217.html El Universal - - Muere el escritor Carlos Montemayor October 26, 2010 March 3, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100303145728/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/662217.html dead March 4 – Hilario Chávez Joya, 82, Roman Catholic Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (1977–2004).http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bchavezj.html Bishop Hilario Ch vez Joya [Catholic-Hierarchy] April 2, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100124074936/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bchavezj.html January 24, 2010 March 30 – Juan Carlos Caballero Vega, 109, Mexican revolutionary, driver of Pancho Villa.http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/internacional/fallece_juan_carlos_caballero_ultimo_villista.html Fallece Juan Carlos Caballero, el último villista April 27 – Alberta Cariño, humanitarian, shot.http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/2478 Take Action for Sang-gyun Han July 11, 2016 April 28 – José Santiago Agustín, politician PRI, municipal president of Zapotitlán Tablas, Guerrero; murdered.Ejecutan a alcalde de Guerrero https://www.informador.mx/Mexico/Ejecutan-a-alcalde-de-Guerrero-20100428-0011.html June 16, 2012 El Informador (Mexico) April 28, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20100430200631/http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2010/197213/6/ejecutan-a-alcalde-de-guerrero.htm April 30, 2010 liveEjecutan a alcalde del PRI en Guerrero http://eleconomista.com.mx/seguridad-publica/2010/04/28/ejecutan-alcalde-pri-guerrero June 16, 2012 El Economista April 28, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20100502013855/http://eleconomista.com.mx/seguridad-publica/2010/04/28/ejecutan-alcalde-pri-guerrero May 2, 2010 live April 30 – Carmelita González, 81, actress, pneumonia.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/676911.html El Universal - - Muere la actriz Carmelita González October 26, 2010 November 2, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131102202203/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/676911.html dead May 3 – Abel Uribe Landa, politician PRI, former municipal president of Tetipac, Guerrero; murdered.Ex alcalde de Tetipac, Guerrero, es ultimado http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2010/05/03/ex-alcalde-de-tetipac-guerrero-es-ultimado June 18, 2012 CNN México May 3, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120301111313/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2010/05/03/ex-alcalde-de-tetipac-guerrero-es-ultimado March 1, 2012 liveAsesinan a colaborador de Joan Sebastian http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/677469.html June 18, 2012 El Universal (Mexico City) May 3, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20121021153941/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/677469.html October 21, 2012 live May 4 – El Supremo, 59, professional wrestler.https://yesbuthowever.com/ Yes, But, However! Yes, But, However! May 6 – Guillermo Meza, 21, footballer (Pumas Morelos), shot.https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-05-07-1721190489_x.htm Mexican soccer player killed in apparent robbery - USATODAY.com usatoday30.usatoday.com May 8 – Joaquín Capilla, 81, Olympic diving four-time medalist, heart failure.https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2010-05-09-3696732160_x.htm Former Olympic diver Joaquin Capilla dies at 81 - USATODAY.com usatoday30.usatoday.com May 12 – José Mario Guajardo Varela, politician PAN, candidate for municipal presidency of Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas; murdered.Rosas Tania Ejecutan a candidato panista en Tamaulipas http://eleconomista.com.mx/elecciones-2010/2010/05/13/ejecutan-candidato-pan-tamaulipas June 16, 2012 El Economista May 13, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20100522043843/http://eleconomista.com.mx/elecciones-2010/2010/05/13/ejecutan-candidato-pan-tamaulipas May 22, 2010 liveOrtiz Idelfonso Politician Slain: Candidate and son in Mexican city of Valle Hermoso http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/candidate-112115-varela-hermoso.html https://archive.today/20120910031604/http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/candidate-112115-varela-hermoso.html dead September 10, 2012 June 16, 2012 The Brownsville Herald May 13, 2010 May 25 – Gabriel Vargas, 95, cartoonist.2010-11-25 Latin American Herald Tribune - Mexican Cartoonist Gabriel Vargas Dies http://laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=13003&ArticleId=357504 https://web.archive.org/web/20101125151916/http://laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=13003&ArticleId=357504 2010-11-25 2022-02-22 laht.com June 19 Jesús Manuel Lara Rodríguez, 48, politician PRI, Mayor of Guadalupe, Chihuahua; shot.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10359259 Mayor of Mexican town shot dead after death threats BBC News June 20, 2010 Carlos Monsiváis, 72, writer and journalist, respiratory failure.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/688908.html El Universal - - Muere Carlos Monsiváis June 26 – Sergio Vega, 40, banda singer, shot.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sergio-vega-the-reports-of-his-death-were-exaggerated-at-first-2013074.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sergio-vega-the-reports-of-his-death-were-exaggerated-at-first-2013074.html May 1, 2022 subscription live Sergio Vega: The reports of his death were exaggerated... at first The Independent Independent.co.uk June 28, 2010 August 23, 2017 June 27 – Édgar García de Dios, 32, footballer, shot.http://www.record.com.mx/futbol-nacional/2010-06-30-sale-la-luz-ejecuci%C3%B3n-del-ex-futbolista-%C3%A9dgar-arturo-garc%C3%AD-de-dios Sale a la luz ejecución del ex futbolista Édgar Arturo García de Dios RÉCORD October 26, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100704050824/http://www.record.com.mx/futbol-nacional/2010-06-30-sale-la-luz-ejecuci%C3%B3n-del-ex-futbolista-%C3%A9dgar-arturo-garc%C3%AD-de-dios July 4, 2010 June 28 – Rodolfo Torre Cantú, 46, politician PRI, candidate for Governor of Tamaulipas; shot.https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/world/americas/29mexico.html Mexican Candidate for Governor is Assassinated The New York Times June 28, 2010 Lacey MarcTuckman Jo Leading politician Rodolfo Torre Cantú murdered in Mexico https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/29/leading-politician-rodolfo-torre-cantu-murdered-mexico June 16, 2012 The Guardian June 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120801085509/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/29/leading-politician-rodolfo-torre-cantu-murdered-mexico August 1, 2012 live Enrique Blackmore Smer, politician PRI, Deputy (legislator) from Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas; murdered.Álvarez Edith Confirman muerte de Enrique Blackmore http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/7c954b2a681dd8c89db2c26caf6c54e5 June 16, 2012 Milenio June 28, 2010 esLacey Marc Mexican Candidate for Governor Is Assassinated https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/world/americas/29mexico.html June 16, 2012 The New York Times June 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20140325101026/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/world/americas/29mexico.html March 25, 2014 live June 30 – Nicolás García Ambrosio, politician PRD, municipal president of Santo Domingo, Oaxaca; murdered.Avendaño Olga Rosario Asesinan a edil de Santo Domingo, Oaxaca http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/691856.html June 16, 2012 El Universal (Mexico) June 30, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20100704044102/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/691856.html July 4, 2010 liveOscar Rodríguez Muere presidente municipal en emboscada en Oaxaca http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/7c954b2a681dd8c89db2c26caf626f3d June 16, 2012 Milenio July 1, 2010 es July – December July 3 – Romero Núñez Montiel, politician (Compromise for Puebla coalition party), candidate for municipal president of Jololalpan, Puebla; murdered.Compromise for Puebla (Compromiso por Puebla) was a coalition party made up of the PAN, PRI, PRD, PANAL, and Convergence.Asesinan a simpatizante de la coalición Compromiso por Puebla, por confusión http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/07/03/politica/009n2pol June 16, 2012 La Jornada July 3, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120120062233/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/07/03/politica/009n2pol January 20, 2012 live July 10 – Alberto Herrera Casillas, politician, former municipal president of Tecalitlán, Jalisco; murdered.Ramírez Yáñez Jaime Narcoviolencia desatada http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/8806576 June 18, 2012 Milenio July 28, 2010 esEjecutan a Alberto Herrera, ex alcalde de Tecalitlán http://archivo.lajornadajalisco.com.mx/2008/07/11/index.php?section=politica&article=009n3pol June 18, 2012 La Jornada July 11, 2008 es https://archive.today/20130219030623/http://archivo.lajornadajalisco.com.mx/2008/07/11/index.php?section=politica&article=009n3pol February 19, 2013 dead July 11 – Marco Aurelio Martínez Tijerina, 45, journalist, shot.http://www.cpj.org/2010/07/mexican-reporter-abducted-and-shot-dead-in-nuevo-l.php Mexican reporter abducted and shot dead in Nuevo León - Committee to Protect Journalists August 1, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100902221616/http://cpj.org/2010/07/mexican-reporter-abducted-and-shot-dead-in-nuevo-l.php September 2, 2010 July 29 – Ignacio Coronel Villarreal, 56, Mexican drug lord (Sinaloa Cartel), shot.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexican-drug-lord-killed-in-gun-battle-with-army-2040049.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexican-drug-lord-killed-in-gun-battle-with-army-2040049.html May 1, 2022 subscription Mexican drug lord killed in gun battle with army The Independent Independent.co.uk August 23, 2017 dead August 5 – Francisco María González, 92, Roman Catholic prelate.http://www.virgendeguadalupe.org.mx/noticias/Breves_2010/fallece_aguilar_2010.htm Basílica de Guadalupe Fallece Mons. Francisco María Aguilera González October 26, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100920021228/http://www.virgendeguadalupe.org.mx/noticias/Breves_2010/fallece_aguilar_2010.htm September 20, 2010 August 7 – Roberto Cantoral, 75, composer, heart attack.http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=493884 Rancho Viejo-based composer passes away in Mexico : News : ValleyCentral.com August 10, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110726123511/http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=493884 July 26, 2011 August 18 – Edelmiro Cavazos, 38, politician PAN, Mayor of Santiago, Nuevo León; shot.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11016902 Kidnapped Mexican mayor is found dead BBC News August 18, 2010 (body found on this date) August 29 – Marco Antonio Leal García, politician PRI, municipal president of Hidalgo, Tamaulipas; murdered.Wilkinson Tracey Mexican drug traffickers blamed in killing of second mayor https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-30-la-fg-mexico-mayor-20100831-story.html June 16, 2012 Los Angeles Times August 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529170032/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/30/world/la-fg-mexico-mayor-20100831 May 29, 2012 liveVargas Jorge Marco Antonio Leal Garcia, Mayor In Mexican Border State, Killed http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/30/marco-antonio-leal-garcia_n_698728.html June 16, 2012 Huffington Post August 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100906024218/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/30/marco-antonio-leal-garcia_n_698728.html September 6, 2010 live September 2 – Germán Dehesa, 66, journalist, writer and announcer, cancer.2010-11-25 Latin American Herald Tribune - Mexican Writer, Journalist and Don Quixote Prize Winner German Dehesa Dies http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=364978&CategoryId=13003 https://web.archive.org/web/20101125165351/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=364978&CategoryId=13003 2010-11-25 2022-02-22 laht.com September 8 – Alexander López García, politician PRI, municipal president of El Naranjo, San Luis Potosí; murdered.Another mayor murdered in Mexico http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2010/09/201099474202717.html June 16, 2012 Al Jazeera September 9, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20160227062857/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2010/09/201099474202717.html February 27, 2016 liveTown mayor killed in his office in central Mexico http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-09/world/mexico.mayor.killed_1_drug-cartels-mayor-official-notimex-news-agency?_s=PM:WORLD June 16, 2012 CNN September 9, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101023105724/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-09/world/mexico.mayor.killed_1_drug-cartels-mayor-official-notimex-news-agency?_s=PM:WORLD October 23, 2010 dead September 12 – La Fiera, 49, professional wrestler, stabbed.http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/17506/ Lucha star Fiera passes away October 26, 2010 September 14, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100914170322/http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/17506/ dead September 16 – Helen Escobedo, 76, artist and sculptor, cancer.http://www.milenio.com/node/533012 Se fue una reina sonriente: Helen Escobedo https://archive.today/20120905085638/http://www.milenio.com/node/533012 5 September 2012 dead September 19 – José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, 67, jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, heart attack.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/709871.html El Universal - - Fallece ministro Gudiño Pelayo en Londres October 26, 2010 September 22, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100922032055/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/709871.html dead September 23 – Prisciliano Rodríguez Salinas, politician PRI, municipal president of Doctor González, Nuevo León; murdered.Prisciliano Rodriguez Salinas, Mexican Mayor, Gunned Down In Drug-Plagued Region http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/24/prisciliano-rodriguez-sal_n_737865.html June 16, 2012 Huffington Post September 24, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120702030118/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/24/prisciliano-rodriguez-sal_n_737865.html July 2, 2012 liveWilkinson Tracy Fourth Mexico mayor killed in under six weeks https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-sep-25-la-fg-mexico-mayor-slain-20100925-story.html June 16, 2012 Los Angeles Times September 25, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529163012/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/25/world/la-fg-mexico-mayor-slain-20100925 May 29, 2012 live September 27 – Gustavo Sánchez Cervantes, politician, interim municipal president of Uruapan, Michoacán; murdered.Mexico town mayor murdered http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2010/09/201092864117647345.html June 16, 2012 Al Jazeera September 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003300/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2010/09/201092864117647345.html March 4, 2016 liveRuiz Gustavo Gustavo Sanchez, Mexican Mayor, Stoned To Death http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/28/gustavo-sanchez-mexican-m_n_741646.html June 16, 2012 Huffington Post September 24, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101001193944/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/28/gustavo-sanchez-mexican-m_n_741646.html October 1, 2010 live October 8 – Antonio Jiménez Baños, 47, politician PRI, Mayor-elect of Mártires de Tacubaya, Oaxaca; shot.June 2024 medicmedic October 10 – José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, 67, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (1995–2010), heart attack.2012-06-07 Latin American Herald Tribune - Mexican Supreme Court Justice Dies in London http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=367354&CategoryId=14091 https://web.archive.org/web/20120607213330/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=367354&CategoryId=14091 2012-06-07 2022-02-22 laht.com October 14 – Carlos Quintanar, 71, Olympic basketball player.http://www.tiempo.com.mx/notas/57460 tiempo.com.mx Falleció en Veracruz el ex Dorado basquetbolista Carlos "Aguja" Quintanar October 26, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110216070959/http://www.tiempo.com.mx/notas/57460 February 16, 2011 dead October 16 – José Felipe García, politician, president of Cruillas Municipality, Tamaulipas; kidnapped October 16, assumed dead.Levantan al presidente municipal electo de Cruillas, Tamaulipas, Felipe García http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/10/19/politica/012n1pol June 16, 2012 La Jornada October 19, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120210012444/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/10/19/politica/012n1pol February 10, 2012 live October 17 – Rito Grado Serrano, 56, politician, Mayor of Práxedis G. Guerrero Municipality, Chihuahua; shot.2012-06-07 Latin American Herald Tribune - Municipal Official, Son Murdered in Northern Mexico http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=372855&CategoryId=14091 https://web.archive.org/web/20120607213350/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=372855&CategoryId=14091 2012-06-07 2022-02-22 laht.com October 21 – Antonio Alatorre, 88, philologist.http://www.diariolaestrella.com/2010/10/22/114118/fallece-el-filologo-antonio-alatorre.html Diario La Estrella 10/22/2010 Fallece el filólogo Antonio Alatorre October 26, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110710123131/http://www.diariolaestrella.com/2010/10/22/114118/fallece-el-filologo-antonio-alatorre.html July 10, 2011 dead October 22 – Alí Chumacero, 92, writer and poet, pneumonia.http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2010/10/23/a-los-92-anos-fallece-el-escritor-ali-chumacero La Jornada en Internet October 26, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101026033155/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2010/10/23/a-los-92-anos-fallece-el-escritor-ali-chumacero October 26, 2010 dead November 6 – Jaime Lozoya Ávila, politician PRD, municipal president of San Bernardo, Durango; murdered.Hernández Mónica Perla Matan a otro edil en Durango http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/78559.html June 16, 2012 El Universal (Mexico City) November 7, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110113054459/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/78559.html January 13, 2011 liveMuere de un infarto alcalde en Durango tras asalto y paliza http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/f093ccf4edf26d1cdb9c4181bae83cde June 16, 2012 Milenio November 6, 2010 es November 9 Gregorio Barradas Miravete, politician PAN, municipal president of Juan Rodríguez Lara, Veracruz; murdered.Ávila Edgar Comando asesina a edil electo de Veracruz http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/35842.html June 16, 2012 El Universal (Mexico City) November 9, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20101112004032/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/35842.html November 12, 2010 live Omar Manzur, politician PAN, municipal president pro tempore of Juan Rodríguez Lara, Veracruz; murdered.Matan a alcalde electo y a su suplente en Veracruz http://eleconomista.com.mx/seguridad-publica/2010/11/08/matan-alcalde-electo-su-suplente-veracruz June 16, 2012 El Economista November 9, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110114050522/http://eleconomista.com.mx/seguridad-publica/2010/11/08/matan-alcalde-electo-su-suplente-veracruz January 14, 2011 liveMatan a alcalde electo de Veracruz http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/d9733f1d182257206a2cdeac4f0ce520 June 16, 2012 Milenio November 9, 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20121013091949/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/d9733f1d182257206a2cdeac4f0ce520 October 13, 2012 live November 21 – Silverio Cavazos, 41, politician PRI, Governor of Colima (2005–2009), shot.http://wireupdate.com/wires/12579/former-mexican-governor-killed-in-suspected-drug-related-attack/ Former Mexican governor killed in suspected drug-related attack» Breaking News Wire Update News News Wires - November 21, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101123151621/http://wireupdate.com/wires/12579/former-mexican-governor-killed-in-suspected-drug-related-attack/ November 23, 2010 December 3 — Modesta Lavana, indigenous Nahua healer and activist from the town of Hueyapan, Morelos (b. 1929) Notes nb References 30em External links 2010 in 2010 in Mexico