2002 in Mexico

Events in the year 2002 in Mexico. == Incumbents == === Federal government === President: Vicente Fox PAN === Supreme Court === President of the Supreme Court: Genaro David Góngora Pimentel === Governors === == Events == January 23 – La Espuela Coal Mine disaster caused the death of 13 miners February 28 – The El Heraldo de Mexico Awards took place. March 18 – The Monterrey Consensus from the International Conference on Financing for Development begins in Nuevo Leon. September 20 – Hurricane Isidore (category 3) reaches the Yucatán Peninsula October 25 – Hurricane Kenna (category 5) reaches Puerto Vallarta October 30 – Banco Azteca begins operations November 10 – The ITU World Triathlon Series take place in Cancún. == Awards == == Popular culture == March 3 – Beginning of the reality show Big Brother May 15 – The Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2002 take place in Mexico City June 30 – The reality show La Academia begins. July 4 – The TV y Novelas Awards take place in Mexico City. === Sports === Primera División de México Verano 2002 Primera División de México Apertura 2002 === Film === ==== Documentaries ==== Gabriel Orozco Niños de la calle Los últimos zapatistas, héroes olvidados Acosada (De piel de víbora) ==== Fiction ==== Amar te duele Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino Dark Cites (Ciudades oscuras) El crimen del padre Amaro eXXXorcismos Francisca (... De qué lado estás?) El gavilán de la sierra La habitación azul Seres humanos El tigre de Santa Julia Una de dos La virgen de la lujuria == Births == February 5 – Paulina Villarreal, drummer == Deaths == January 3 – Juan García Esquivel (84), musician February 10 – Ramón Arellano Félix (37), drug lord April 8 – María Félix, 88, Mexican actress (b. April 8, 1914) October 11 – Emilio García Riera, 70, actor, writer and cinema critic (b. 1931) October 19 – Manuel Alvarez Bravo (100), photographer November 6 – Alfonso Martínez Domínguez (80), politician November 21 – Arturo Guzmán Decena December 2 – Ivan Illich, Austrian Catholic priest and philosopher who co-founded the Centro Intercultural de Documentación in Cuernavaca (b. 1926). == References ==