2011 in Mexico

none 2011 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 President: Felipe Calderón PAN Cabinet of Mexico Interior Secretary (SEGOB) Francisco Blake Mora, until November 11 (died in office)Staff Mexican minister who fought drug cartels killed in crash https://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/11/world/americas/mexico-minister-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 CNN September 8, 2020 en Nov 12, 2011 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 PRI Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán PAN Baja California Sur Narciso Agúndez Montaño PRD, until April 5. Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor PAN, starting April 5.http://rulers.org/2011-04.html August 31, 2020 April 2011 Rulers Campeche: Fernando Ortega Bernés PRI Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All) Chihuahua: César Duarte Jáquez PRI Coahuila Humberto Moreira PRI, until January 4 Jorge Torres López PRI, January 4–November 30 Rubén Moreira PRI, starting December 1 Colima: Mario Anguiano Moreno PRI Durango: Jorge Herrera Caldera PRI Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva PAN Guerrero Zeferino Torreblanca PRD, until March 31 Ángel Aguirre Rivero PRD, starting April 1 Hidalgo Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong PRI Francisco Olvera Ruiz PRI Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez PAN State of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto PRI, until September 16 Eruviel Ávila Villegas PRI, starting September 16 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: Gabino Cué Monteagudo, Convergence Puebla Mario Plutarco Marín Torres PRI, until January 31 Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas PAN, starting February 1 Querétaro: José Calzada PRI Quintana Roo Félix González Canto PRI, until April 4 Roberto Borge Angulo PRI, starting April 5 San Luis Potosí: Fernando Toranzo Fernández PRI Sinaloa: Mario López Valdez, starting January 1 Sonora: Guillermo Padrés Elías PAN Tabasco: Andrés Granier Melo PRI Tamaulipas: Egidio Torre Cantú PRI, starting January 1 Tlaxcala Héctor Ortiz Ortiz PAN, untl January 14 Mariano González Zarur PRI, starting January 15 Veracruz: Javier Duarte de Ochoa PRI Yucatán: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco PRI Zacatecas: Amalia García PRD Head of Government of the Federal District: Marcelo Ebrard (PRD) Events January–March thumb|right|250px|August 25 – 2011 Monterrey casino attack: Casino Royale in fire, after the attack 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.(BBC)(IOL) January 25 – Gunmen open fire on a crowd at a soccer game in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, killing seven people.(CNN) 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.(AP via Houston Chronicle) February 13 – Unidentified gunmen kill eight people in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl part of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12444813 Gunmen kill eight in Mexico City suburb drive-by attack BBC News 13 February 2011 February 15 – Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are shot while travelling between Monterrey and Mexico City with one officer dying.http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/15/2-ice-agents-shot-while-driving-in-mexico/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110216195013/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/15/2-ice-agents-shot-while-driving-in-mexico/ dead February 16, 2011 ICE agent killed, another injured in Mexico shooting February 20 – Mexican drug war: 53 people are killed in a 72-hour period in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/20/53-killed-in-3-days-in-juarez-a-record-official-says/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110223035313/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/20/53-killed-in-3-days-in-juarez-a-record-official-says/ dead February 23, 2011 Fifty-three dead in 3 days in Ciudad Juarez, official says March March 1 – Seventeen bodies are found in clandestine graves in Mexico's Guerrero state.(AP via Buffalo News) April–June April April 6 – 2011 Tamaulipas massacre: At least 177 bodies are found in a mass grave in Mexico's Tamaulipas state.Mexico Tamaulipas body count rises to 177, Business Recorder, April 22, 2011 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.http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-lt-mexico-governor-arrested,0,7539529.story 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 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.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-elections-idUSTRE7621M120110703 Mexico's former ruling party set to win state votes Reuters 3 July 2011 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.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/784428.html 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 10 datos de la explosión en el Tec Estado de México: Multimedia August 25 – 2011 Monterrey casino attack: more than 50 people are killed in an attack on a casino in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14674706 Mexico casino arson attack kills dozens in Monterrey BBC News 26 August 2011https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6qtILGZqs4&feature=uploademail - YouTube YouTube August 30 – The Popocatepetl volcano south of Mexico City starts spewing ash into the sky.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/popocatepetl-volcano-spews-blasts-of-ash-into-sky-south-of-mexico-city/2011/08/30/gIQA7VroqJ_story.html Archived copy 2017-08-23 2019-09-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20190908130517/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/popocatepetl-volcano-spews-blasts-of-ash-into-sky-south-of-mexico-city/2011/08/30/gIQA7VroqJ_story.html dead September October–December October November November 13 – State elections in Michoacán. December Awards Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico 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 List of politicians killed in the Mexican drug war List of journalists and media workers killed in Mexico thumb|150px|right|Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. January 5 – Saúl Vara Rivera, politician PRI, Mayor of Zaragoza, Coahuila; shot. (body found on this date)Valencia Nick Three Mexican mayors killed so far this year http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-14/world/mexico.mayors_1_mayors-first-assassination-contingency-plan?_s=PM:WORLD 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 deadHallan muerto a edil de Zaragoza, Coahuila http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/50a22c5f90a91c7060c4a6dba2244eaa 16 June 2012 Milenio 7 January 2011 es January 11 Abraham Ortíz Rosales, politician PVEM, Mayor of Temoac, Morelos; shot.Miranda Justino Asesinan a alcalde en Temoac, Morelos http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/736374.html 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 Susana Chávez, poet and human rights activist, strangled. (death confirmed on this date) January 13 – Luis Jiménez Mata, politician, Mayor of Santiago Amoltepec; shot.Thomas Lupita Asesinan a Edil de Santiago Amoltepec, Oaxaca http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/737054.html 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 liveThomas Lupita Ejecutan a edil en Oaxaca http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/50a22c5f90a91c7060c4a6dba2557785 16 June 2012 Milenio 13 January 2011 es February 4 – Juan Carlos Guardado Méndez, politician PT, former municipal president of Fresnillo, Zacatecas; murdered.Guardado Méndez was abducted on 4 February 2011 and is currently disappeared. He is not reported as dead.Valadez Alfredo Levantan a ex edil de Fresnillo http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/02/04/politica/011n3pol 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 February 9 – Rodolfo Ochoa Moreno, journalist (Grupo Multimedios Laguna), Torreón, Coahuila; killed.Rodolfo Ochoa Moreno http://cpj.org/killed/2011/rodolfo-ochoa-moreno.php 19 July 2013 Committee to Protect Journalists https://web.archive.org/web/20130613081025/http://cpj.org/killed/2011/rodolfo-ochoa-moreno.php 13 June 2013 live February 12 – Saturnino Valdez Llanos, politician ||PRI, municipal president of Tampico Alto, Veracruz; murdered.Valdez Llanos was intercepted by gunmen and has not been found. He is not reported as dead.Zamudio Ismael Desaparece alcalde de Tampico Alto, Veracruz http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/c9f7284947a4566849c43f3011c47b1b 18 June 2012 Milenio 25 February 2011 esTorres Mauricio El alcalde de Tampico Alto, Veracruz, cumple dos meses desaparecido http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/04/21/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 February 13 — Manuel Esperón, composer (d. 2011)Manuel Esperón González es February 22 – José Luis Prieto Torres, politician, former president of Allende Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered.Encuentran muerto a ex alcalde de Allende, Chihuahua http://noticierostelevisa.esmas.com/nacional/262447/encuentran-muerto-ex-alcalde-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 February 28 – Enrique Chávez Gómez, politician PRD, former candidate for municipal president of Saucillo, Chihuahua; murdered.Ultiman a ex candidato de PRD en Chihuahua http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/748383.html 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 March 10 – Mario Chuc Aguilar, politician, former municipal president of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo; murdered.Meraz Fernando Ejecutan a ex alcalde de Felipe Carrillo Puerto en Quintana Roo http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/3caab1c4736e2260b6f80d90cf7ad10a 17 June 2012 Milenio 11 March 2011 esUltiman a ex alcalde de Felipe Carrillo Puerto, QRoo http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&seccion=hacker&cat=1&id_nota=721198 17 June 2012 Excélsior 10 March 2011 es March 25 – José Luis Cerda Meléndez & Luis Emanuel Ruiz Carrillo, journalists (La Prensa), Guadalupe, Nuevo León; killed.Ejecutado junto con "La Gata" recibió premio de periodismo en Coahuila http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/7124535617041c8e5402057a535d0f2b 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 April 7 – Enterbio Reyes Bello, politician, former president of Copanatoyac (municipality), Guerrero; murdered.Asesinan a ex alcalde en el estado de Guerrero http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/434f5cc48739b1e6f2b64e6cf223edd3 17 June 2012 Milenio 7 April 2011 es May 14 – Silvia Moreno Leal, politician, former president of Balleza Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered.Matan en sepelio a ex alcaldesa de Chihuahua http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&id_nota=736701 18 June 2012 Excélsior 14 May 2011 esGuillén Ruiz Lorena Se meten a templo y matan a ex alcaldesa http://www.oem.com.mx/elmexicano/notas/n2076377.htm 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 May 18 – Fernando Duarte Flores, politician, former municipal president of Hidalgo, Coahuila; murdered.Cuerpo encontrado en Nuevo Laredo, sería de ex alcalde de Hidalgo, Coahuila http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/cuerpoencontradoennuevolaredoseriadeexalcaldedehidalgocoahuila-726238.html 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 May 31 – Noel López Olguín, journalist (La Verdad de Jáltipan), Chinameca, Veracruz; killed.Noel López Olguín http://cpj.org/killed/2011/noel-lopez-olguin.php 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 June 7 – Gonzalo Amador Ortega, politician PAN, former candidate for municipal president of Huauchinango, Puebla; murdered.Matan a Gonzalo Amador, excandidato del PAN a la alcaldía de Huauchinango http://puebla.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/b6b781f370a6a65d68634695ab972fee 16 June 2012 Milenio 24 June 2011 es June 14 – Pablo Ruelas Barraza, journalist (Diario del Yaqui & El Regional de Sonora), Huatabampo, Sonora; killed.Acapulco daily's news editor missing for past three days http://en.rsf.org/mexico-acapulco-daily-s-news-editor-10-06-2011,40440.html 24 June 2012 Reporters Without Borders 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 dead Montoya Patricia Asesinan a periodista en Sonora http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/772334.html 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 June 20 – Miguel Ángel López Velasco, journalist (Notiver), Veracruz; killed.Miguel Ángel López Velasco http://cpj.org/killed/2011/miguel-angel-lopez-velasco.php 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 June 24 – Gonzalo Amador Ortega, politician PAN, former candidate for municipal president of Huauchinango, Puebla; murdered.Matan a Gonzalo Amador, excandidato del PAN a la alcaldía de Huauchinango http://puebla.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/b6b781f370a6a65d68634695ab972fee 16 June 2012 Milenio 24 June 2011 es July to December July 3 – Ángel Castillo Corona, journalist (Puntual and Diario de México), Ocuilan State of Mexico; killed.Director-General condemns killing of Mexican journalist Angel Castillo Corona http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/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 July 21 – Ernesto Cornejo Valenzuela, politician PAN, former candidate for deputy; state delegate for the PAN in Benito Juárez Municipality, Sonora; murdered.Larios Felipe Ejecutan a delegado del Comité Estatal del PAN en Sonora http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/cfefc2336f9f052e7d8d3c586b902432 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 July 26 – Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz, journalist (Notiver), Veracruz, Veracruz; killed.Mexico: Missing journalist Yolanda Ordaz found killed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14305364 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 July 28 – Fortino Cortés Sandoval, politician, municipal president of Florencia de Benito Juárez, Zacatecas; murdered.Espinosa Verónica Hallan el cadáver del edil zacatecano secuestrado el miércoles http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=277263 16 June 2012 Proceso 28 July 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110901014807/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=277263 1 September 2011 liveCastillo E. Eduardo Study: Mexico homicides rose 23 percent in 2010 http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_18571850?source=pkg 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 August 20 – José Eduviges Nava Altamirano, politician PT, municipal president of Zacualpan, State of Mexico; murdered.Policía de Guerrero encuentra el cadáver de alcalde desaparecido de Edomex http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/08/20/un-grupo-armado-se-lleva-a-un-alcalde-del-edomex-y-mata-a-su-escolta 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 August 24 – Luz María García Villagrán, politician, president of Gran Morelos Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered.||Fue alcaldesa la mujer asesinada por esposo http://www.oem.com.mx/elheraldodechihuahua/notas/n2198801.htm 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 September 1 Ana María Marcela Yarce Viveros, journalist (Contralínea), Iztapalapa, Mexico City; killed.Dos periodistas son asesinadas en la Ciudad de México http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/09/01/dos-periodistas-son-asesinadas-en-la-ciudad-de-mexico 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 Rocío González Trápaga, journalist (Televisa Mexico City), Iztapalapa, Mexico City; killed. September 15 – Gustavo Pacheco Villaseñor, politician PRI, former municipal president of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, Oaxaca; murdered.Asesinan a exalcalde de Tuxtepec en Oaxaca http://www.animalpolitico.com/2011/09/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 September 17 – Moisés Villanueva de la Luz, politician PRI, Deputy from Tlapa de Comonfort (municipality), Guerrero; murdered.Hallan muerto a diputado federal plagiado http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=281658 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 September 24 – María Elizabeth Macías Castro, journalist (Primera Hora), Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas; killed.La editora de un periódico fue encontrada decapitada en Tamaulipas http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/09/25/la-editora-de-un-periodico-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 August 25 – Humberto Millán Salazar, journalist (A Discusión and Radio Fórmula Culiacán), Culiacán, Sinaloa; killed.Mexican journalist Humberto Millan Salazar found dead https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14658450 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 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.Mexican mayor killed while campaigning http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/11/03/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 liveEl alcalde de La Piedad, Michoacán, muere por un ataque de un grupo armado http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/11/02/el-alcalde-de-la-piedad-michoacan-muere-tras-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 November 19 – Roberto Miguel Galván, politician, former municipal president of Tepetzintla, Veracruz; murdered.Cartel members broke into Galván's house and kidnapped him. He remains disappeared.Cortina Rodolfo Secuestran a exalcalde de Tepetzintla http://www.oem.com.mx/diariodexalapa/notas/n2315209.htm 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 December 3 – Hugo César Muruato Flores, journalist (La Caliente 90.9), Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed.Chihuahua: ejecutan a locutor de radio http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/9073046 3 September 2012 Milenio 3 December 2011 https://archive.today/20130128161717/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/9073046 28 January 2013 live es December 12 – Fortunato Ruiz Blázquez, politician, former municipal president of Ixhuacán, Veracruz; murdered.Martínez Regina Ejecutan a exedil veracruzano, a su esposa, hija y sobrino http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=290985 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 December 21 – José Martínez Mendoza, politician, former municipal president of Cosalá, Sinaloa; murdered.Ejecutan a ex alcalde de Cosalá, Sinaloa http://eleconomista.com.mx/economia-global/2011/12/21/ejecutan-ex-alcalde-cosala-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 December 24 – José Andrés Corral Arredondo, 65, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Parral (1992-2011); heart attack. (Spanish) December 26 – Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., 71, actor (Zorro series); cancer, died in New York City, United States.http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/mexican-actor-pedro-arendariz-jr.-dies-in-new-york-from-his-cancer-battle/12872/ 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 usurped December 31 – Porfirio Flores Ayala, politician PRI||former president of Cuernavaca Municipality, Morelos; murdered.Miranda Justino Reportan "extraña" muerte de ex alcalde http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/83789.html 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 See also 2011 Mexican fire season List of Mexican films of 2011 Notes nb References 30em External links 2011 in 2011 in Category:2010s in Mexico Category:Years of the 21st century in Mexico Mexico