# 2017 in Mexico

This is a list of events that happened in 2017 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: Enrique Peña Nieto, Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI
* Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong
* Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):
** Claudia Ruiz Massieu, until January 4
** Luis Videgaray Caso, starting January 4
* Communications Secretary (SCT): Gerardo Ruiz Esparza
* Education Secretary (SEP): Aurelio Nuño Mayer
* Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda
* Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz
* Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): Alfonso Navarrete Prida
* Secretary of Welfare (BIENESTAR): Luis Enrique Miranda Nava
* Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Enrique de la Madrid Cordero
* Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Rafael Pacchiano Alamán
* Secretary of Health (SALUD): José Narro Robles
* Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, (SHCP)
** Luis Videgaray Caso, until November 27
** José Antonio González Anaya, starting November 27

### Governors

* Aguascalientes: Martín Orozco Sandoval PAN
* Baja California: Francisco Vega de Lamadrid PAN
* Baja California Sur: Carlos Mendoza Davis PAN
* Campeche: Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas PRI
* Chiapas: Manuel Velasco Coello PVEM
* Chihuahua: Javier Corral Jurado PAN.
* Coahuila
** Rubén Moreira Valdez PRI, until November 30
** Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís PRI, starting December 1
* Colima: José Ignacio Peralta PRI
* Durango: José Rosas Aispuro PAN
* Guanajuato: Miguel Márquez Márquez PAN
* Guerrero: Héctor Astudillo Flores PRI
* Hidalgo: Omar Fayad PRI.
* Jalisco: Aristóteles Sandoval PRI
* State of Mexico
** Eruviel Ávila Villegas PRI, until September 15
** Alfredo del Mazo Maza PRI, starting September 16
* Michoacán: Silvano Aureoles Conejo PRD
* Morelos: Graco Ramírez PRD.
* Nayarit
** Roberto Sandoval Castañeda PRI, until September 18
** Antonio Echevarría García PAN, starting September 19
* Nuevo León: Jaime Rodríguez Calderón ("El Bronco") Independent, until December 31.
* Oaxaca: Alejandro Murat Hinojosa PRI.
* Puebla
** Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas PAN, until January 31.
** José Antonio Gali Fayad PAN, starting February 1.
* Querétaro: Francisco Domínguez Servién PAN
* Quintana Roo: Carlos Joaquín González PRI.
* San Luis Potosí: Juan Manuel Carreras PRI
* Sinaloa: Quirino Ordaz Coppel PRI
* Sonora: Claudia Pavlovich Arellano PRI
* Tabasco: Arturo Núñez Jiménez PRD
* Tamaulipas: Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca PAN
* Tlaxcala: Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez PRI
* Veracruz: Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares PAN
* Yucatán: Rolando Zapata Bello PRI
* Zacatecas: Miguel Alonso Reyes PRI
* Head of Government of the Federal District/Mexico City: Miguel Ángel Mancera, Independent

## Events
### January to March

* 1 January – Consumers are concerned about abrupt increases in gasoline prices, known as el gasolinazo.
* 18 January – Colegio Americano del Noreste shooting; a 15-year-old student shoots a teacher and three classmates in Monterrey.
* 12 March – Former Interim governor Flavino Ríos Alvarado of Veracruz is arrested for covering up his predecessor's, Javier Duarte de Ochoa, crimes and helping him escape.
* 13 March – SEP announces educational reform measures.
* 14 March – A mass grave site of more than 250 people is discovered in Palmas de Abajo, Veracruz.
* 16 March – Prison escape in Culiacán.
* 31 March – A driver crashes after driving his car 200 kilometres (120 mi) per hour on Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City.

### April to June

* 10 April – Former Tamaulipas governor Tomás Yarrington, (PRI), is arrested in Italy, charged with plotting the murder of gubnatorial candidate Rodolfo Torre Cantú in 2010.
* 15 April – Former Veracruz governor Javier Duarte, (PRI, 2010–2016) is arrested in Panajachel, Sololá Department, Guatemala.
* 21 May – A 42-year-old Russian Nazi kills a 19-year-old man in Cancun after a mob tries to lynch the Russian. He had earlier posted anti-Mexican racist comments on YouTube, but authorities refused to deport him.
* 4 June – Elections
** Gubnatorial election in the State of Mexico, won by Alfredo del Mazo Maza (PRI).
** General elections in CoahuilaNayarit; Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís (PRI), elected governor.
** General elections in Nayarit; Antonio Echevarría García (PAN), elected governor.
** Municipal elections in Tlaxcala and Veracruz.

### July to September

* August – Hurricanes Franklin and Katia; the latter kills two in Veracruz.
* 21 August – A partial solar eclipse is visible.
* 7 September
** A magnitude 8.1 earthquake hit off southern Mexico coast, 300 injuries, 98 people killed, and tsunami have surrounding warning issue.
** The Chamber of Deputies ends a logjam.
* 19 September – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes central Mexico, killing more than 200 people.

### October to December

* 10 November — At 7:25 local time, eruption of Popocateptl continues.
* 18 to 20 November – Sales for El Buen Fin are less than anticipated.
* 25 December – An earthquake in Acapulco of 5.0 magnitude triggers the alarm in Mexico City, but no injuries or damages are reported.

## Holidays, and observances

* January 1 – New Year's Day, statutory holiday
* January 6 – Feast of the Epiphany
* February 2 – Feast of Candlemas
* February 6 – Constitution Day, statutory holiday
* February 14 – Day of Love and Friendship
* February 20 – Mexican Army Day, civic holiday
* February 23 to 28 – Carnival in Mexico
* February 24 – Flag Day, civic holiday
* March 8 – International Women's Day
* March 18 – Anniversary of the Mexican oil expropriation, civic holiday
* March 20 – March equinox
* March 21 – Benito Juárez's Birthday, statutory holiday
* April 9 to 15 – Holy Week
* March 13 – Holy Thursday
* March 14 – Good Friday
* April 21 – Heroic Defense of Veracruz, civic holiday
* April 30 – Children's Day
* May 1 – Labour Day, statutory holiday
* May 5 – Cinco de Mayo, civic holiday
* May 8 – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla's Birthday, civic holiday
* May 10 – Mother's Day
* May 15 – Teachers' Day
* June 1 – Mexican Navy Day, civic holiday
* June 18 – Father's Day
* June 20 – June solstice
* September 13 – Anniversary of the "Heroic Cadets", civic holiday
* September 15 – Cry of Dolores, civic holiday
* September 16 – Independence Day, statutory holiday
* September 30 – José María Morelos's Birthday, civic holiday
* October 12 – Day of the Race, civic holiday
* November 1 – All Saints' Day
* November 2 – Day of the Dead
* November 20 – Revolution Day, statutory holiday
* November 26 – Feast of Christ the King
* December 12 – Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
* December 16 to 24 – Las Posadas
* December 21 – December solstice
* December 24 – Christmas Eve
* December 25 – Christmas Day, statutory holiday

## Awards

* Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Julia Carabias Lillo
* Order of the Aztec Eagle
** David Drier, U.S. Congressman (R-CA).
** Stuart Gulliver, HSBC
** Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal
* National Prize for Arts and Sciences
** Linguistics and literature – Alberto Ruy Sánchez Luy
** Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences – María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces
** Technology and Design – Emilio Sacristan Rock
** Popular Arts and Traditions – Francisco Barnett Astorga
** Fine arts – Nicolás Echevarría
** History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy – Mercedes de la Garza Camino
* National Public Administration Prize
* Ohtli Award
** Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca
** Joseph I. Castro

## Deaths
### January

* January 1
** Edson Tadeo Cárdenas Huerta (17), soccer player (Tigres UANL) (b. 1999).
** Martha Patricia Figueroa Juárez (53), social activist, businesswoman, politician in Cordoba, Veracruz; cáncer.
** Serafín Espinal (65), músician.
* January 2
** Ernesto Franco Cobos, cultural promoter and writer in Tuxpan.
** Olegario Contreras Rubio, radio announcer in Sinaloa; heart problems.
** Analy Loera, businesswoman and cultural promoter; brain and lung cancer.
* January 3
** Cecilia González Gómez, 55, politician, Deputy (2012-2915); heart attack (b. 1961).
** Lucía Eugenia Torres Pereda, journalist.
* January 5
** Marco Francisco González Meza, public servant, accidente de tráfico.
** Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota, Roman Catholic bishop of Tepic (b. 1931).
** Cesáreo Víctor Santiago López, polítician from Oaxaca; murdered.
** Carmen Sánchez Galán (45), public servant; complicaciones post-operative complications.
* January 15
** Isidro Baldenegro López, environmental activist, murdered.
** Gorky González Quiñones, ceramist (b. 1939).
* January 16 – Romeo Gómez Aguilar (97), músician and academic (b. 1919).
* January 17 – Martín Barrón Félix (52), physicist and meteorologist; liver failure and anemia (b. 1964).
* January 18 – Raúl Muñoz Popoca (77), businessman in tourist industry.
* January 19
** David Contreras, polítician (PRI) and public servant; diabetes.
** Fernando Soto (17), músician from Jalisco; drowning.
* January 20 – Abraham Ibarra Robles, public servant from Santa María Colotepec, Oaxaca; murdered.
* January 21 – Fernando Maiz Garza (57), businessman, builder, and philanthropist; airplane crash (b. 1959).
* January 22
** Jesus Garcia, 72, boxer.
** Juan Huerta Ortega (67), businessman and rancher from Puebla; heart attack (b. 1949).
** Isidro Patrón Lara, musician.
* January 23 – Giovanni Arturo Amparan Zaragoza (30), businessman; shot.
* January 24
** Ismael Gutiérrez (79), boxer (b. 1937).
** Antolín Vital Martínez, polítician, mayor of Tepexco, Puebla; murdered.
* January 25
** Adalberto Rosas López, polítician from (Ciudad Obregón), Sonora; thrombosis.
** Agustín Sauret (85), voice actor ("Ned Flanders" in The Simpsons).
** Raúl Valerio, 90, actor (Por tu amor (telenovela), Clase 406, La Verdad Oculta, Imperio de Cristal).
* January 26 – Javier García Narro, businessperson and leader of Coparmex (a business association) in Saltillo, Coahuila.
* January 27
** Fredman Cruz Maldonado, singer; lung problems.
** Mario Palestina Moreno (45), baseball player; heart attack (b. 1971).
* January 28
** Benjamín Cabral, filmmaker.
** Víctor Hugo Saldaña Gutiérrez (22), soccer player; murdered (b. November 8, 1994).
* January 29
** Omar Jair Canepa Polanco, public servant; murdered.
** Ángel García Cook (79), anthropologist and researcher (INAH) (b. 1937).
** Jorge Robles, músician and singer; cáncer.
* January 30 – Fidel Briano (72), lawyer and journalist.
* January 31
** Pedro Koh Cimé, Yucatan polítician; murdered.
** José Luis Lagunes López, public servant; cáncer.

### February

* February 3 – Lorenzo Servitje, 98, businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Grupo Bimbo (b. November 20, 1918.
* February 7 – Eusebio Ruvalcaba (65), writer (Un hilito de sange), journalist, essayist, playwright (b. 1951).
* February 9 – Josefina Leiner, actress (b. 1929).
* February 15 – José Solé, 87, stage actor and director (Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes) (b. July 28, 1929).
* February 16 – Teresa del Conde, art historian and critic (b. 1935).
* February 21 – Neus Espresate Xirau (83), Spanish-born Mexican editor (founder of Ediciones Era); complicaciones respiratorias (n. 1934).
* February 22
** David Bárcena Ríos, equestrian and modern pentathlete (b. 1941).
** Ricardo Domínguez, 31, welterweight wrestler; colon cancer (b. 1985).
* February 27 – Eva Maria Zuk, 71, Polish-born Mexican pianist; lung problems.

### March

* March 3
** Rolando Arellano Sánchez (22), músician and singer ("Grupo Contacto"), murdered.
** Miguel Guzmán Rosales (66), painter.
* March 5
** Abril Campillo (58), actress; breast cancer (b. 1958).
** Tony Flores (67), comedian; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
** Alejandro Rosales (49), television star (El Sibidibidi); heart attack.
** José Ignacio Rosillo Rodríguez (85), journalist.
* March 6 – Jesús Silva Herzog Flores, 81, economist and politician (PRI) (b. 1935)
* March 9
** Enrique Ortiz Rivas, mathematician, politician, and labor leader; surgical complications.
** Raquel Parot (92), actress
** Juan Gabriel Sánchez Gómez (43), leader of taxi drivers in Tizayuca, Hidalgo; murdered.
** Zorro (62), singer and politician, stroke.
* March 12
** Mario Agredano Brambila (88), radio and television announcer, reporter, and commentator in Nuevo Leon.
** Joaquín Arizpe de la Maza, businessman and philanthropist.
** Refugio Arturo García Moreno (63), education leader ("Conalep"); heart attack.
** Raúl Maldonado Mendoza, poet and orator from Oaxaca; heart attack.
* March 13 – Sarah Jiménez, engraving artist, member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana; respiratory problems (b. 1927).
* March 14 – José Iván Ponce, labor leader in Tizayuca, Hidalgo; murdered.
* March 15 – Armando Garza Sada (84), engineer, businessman (Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery), and banker (Banco de Londres y México and Banpais).
* March 18
** Juan Miguel de Mora Vaquerizo (96), member of the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War, university professor, and writer (b. October 18, 1921).
** Santiago Vela, reporter for "Radio Formula" in Fortín de las Flores, Veracruuz; murdered.
* March 19 – José Reza Fernández (61), polítician in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila; suicide.
* March 20
** Arturo Cruz Bárcenas (58), journalist (La Jornada); renal disease.
** Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga, 39, politician (PRI), Deputy (2015-2018) and public servant in Chihuahua; auto accident (b. 1977).
** Antonio Riviello Bazán (90), former Secretary of National Defense (1988) (b. Nov 21, 1926).
** Humberto Romo Medina, radio and television announcer in Nuevo Leon.
* March 21
** Víctor Bartoli (65), writer (Mujer Alabastrina) from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.
** Marco Villafán (64), translator and adaptor of theatrical productions.
* March 23 – Miroslava Breach, 54, journalist (La Jornada and El Norte de Chihuahua); murdered (b. August 7, 1962).
* March 29
** Felipe Altamirano Carrillo, Indigenous priest from Nayarit; murdered.
** Dennis Palomo (21), comedian; suicide.
** Aurelio Prado Flores (68), Roman Catholic social activist and columnist (La Voz) (B. 1949).
** Leodegario Varela González, polítician from Zacatecas; cáncer.
* March 30 – Six murders in Oaxaca:
** Juan José Hernández Alchino, 38, teacher from Pinotepa Nacional.
** Rutilio Quirino Barragán Andrade, 75, former mayor of Santiago Tamazola (PRD).
** Amada Berenice H. V., a high school student from Santiago Jocotepec.
** Abel Rivera Roque, 31, called El Tortilla, from Tuxtepec.
* March 31 – Rubén Amaro Sr., 81, baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees) and coach, World Series champion (1980); natural causes (b. 1936).

### April

* April 2 – Alma Delia Fuentes, actress (Los Olvidados (1950) A toda máquina (1951), and Historia de un corazón (1951)) (b. 1937).
* April 7 – Arturo García Bustos, 90, painter (b. 1926).
* April 8 – José Ángel Nájera Sánchez Fisherman, professional wrestler (b. 1951)
* April 9
** Roger Arellano Sotelo, polítician, former mayor of Acapetlahuaya, Guerrero; murdered.
** Fidencio Escamilla Cervantes (65), poet and playwright from Tonala, Jalisco; heart attack (n. 1951).
** Margarita Isabel, 75, Mexican actress (Cronos), emphysema.
** Alicia Rivas Lombera, high school theater teacher; cáncer.
** José Alberto Toledo Villalobos, anti-mining activist in San Pedro Tapanatepec, Oaxaca; murdered.
* April 11 – Teresa Moran, 78, painter from Puebla (b. September 15, 1939).
* April 12
** Rafael Junquera Maldonado, writer and activist (Student movement of 1968) from Xalapa, Veracruz (b. 1941 or 1942).
** Rubén Morales Rodríguez, 79, public accountant from Veracruz (city).
* April 13 – Antonio Xiu Cachón (76), Maya Indigenous leader.
* April 14 – Max Rodríguez Palacio, journalist and reporter ("Colectivo Pericú"); murdered.
* April 19 – Demetrio Saldivar Gómez, politician (founder of Party of the Democratic Revolution in Guerrero); murdered.
* April 21 – Rogerio César Armenta Ramírez, journalist (El 10 de Guerrero).
* April 22 – Leobardo Flores Ávila, 102, co-founder of the Confederation of Mexican Workers in Torreón, Coahuila.
* April 24
** Evangelina Villegas, 92, biochemist.
** Juan José Flores Lira, polítician, mayor of Ignacio de la Llave, Veracruz; heart attack.
* April 28
** Brazo de Oro, wrestler; heart attack (b. 1959).
** Alejandro Hernández Santos, polítician, mayor of San Bartolomé Loxicha, Oaxaca; murdered.
* April 29 – Filiberto Álvarez Landeros, journalist and radio announcer in Jojutla, Morelos (Poemas y cantares and La Señal); murdered.

### May

* May 1 – Santos Vega Camargo (73), actor and theater director ("El Confesionario") from Torreón (b. November 1, 1943.
* May 3 – José Herrera Aispuro (51), director of the College of Accounting and Administration of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa; murdered.
* May 4 – Guadalupe González Saíno (30), polítician from Jopala, Puebla; murdered.
* May 7 – Gran Apache, 58, professional wrestler (AAA), intestinal cancer.
* May 11
** José Manuel Amarillas Monjardín, polítician from Novolato, Sinaloa; murdered.
** Andrea Romero Rojas, food propomoter (cacao) from Zacatelco, Tlaxcala (b. 1953).
* May 12
** Miguel Ángel Sánchez Morán, public servant and criminal lawyer from Mazatlán; murdered.
* May 13
** Hermenegildo Aké Sarabia, labor leader and politician from Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo.
* Enrique Barrera Chávez (86), form tresurer of Coahuila.
* May 15
** Felipe Ehrenberg, 73, artist, professor and publisher (b. June 27, 1943).
** Javier Valdez Cárdenas, journalist (Ríodoce, La Jornada), shot and killed by unidentified gunmen (b. April 14, 1967).
** Ángel Noé Mercado Carrillo (43), physician and public servant (director is ISSSTE in Tehuacan, Puebla); murdered (b. 1974).
** Jonathan Rodríguez Córdova (26), journalist and reporter (El Costeño de Autlán) from Autlán, Jalisco; he and his mother were murdered.
* May 16 – Mario Moreno Ivanova (57), comedian, son of Cantinflas (b. 1960).
* May 17 – Raúl Córdoba, 93, soccer player (Club Atlas, national team) (b. March 13, 1924).
* May 18
** Armando Arce Serrano (57), camera operator and video journalist (Televisa) (b. 1959).
** Oscar González Guerrero (91), comic book writer and illustrator.
** José Mercado Luna (89), soccer player (1948 Olympic Team) (b. August 6, 1928).
** Enrique Soto Gonzáles, chronicler, historian, and public servant from Pátzcuaro, Michoacan; heart attack.
* May 19 – David Sánchez, 25, flyweight boxer, traffic collision.
* May 20 – Miguel Vázquez Torres, Indigenous Huichol leader; murdered.
* May 22 – Santiago Salas de León, académic, writer, and rector of open university.
* May 24 – Miguel Ángel Camacho Zamudio, physician and public servant (director of ISSSTE in Mazatlan); murdered.
* May 25 – Juan Carlos Zamarripa Fernández, polítician, mayor of Pánuco, Veracruz; murdered.
* May 27 – Jaasiel Hernán Contreras Vega, photographer; murdered.
* May 31 – Fernando Sarabia Beltrán (108), académic and activist.

### June

* June 2 – Armando Mendoza Duarte (48), polítician; murdered (b. 1969).
* June 3
** Juan Robinson Bours, businessman from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora; Alzheimer's disease (b. December 25, 1928)
** Antonio Sarabia (72), writer (Tres pies al gato) (b. June 10, 1944).
* June 5
** Eduardo Catarino Dircio, politician (Morena) from Tixtla de Guerrero municipality, Guerrero; killed by state police.
** Eleazar Vargas Lara, community leader and politician from Iguala, Guerrero; murdered.
** Ana Winocur (44), journalist; pancreatitis (b. October 1972).
* June 6 – Jorge Ortiz Murray, leader of fishermen in Mazatlan; heart attack.
* June 8
** Antonio Medellín, 75, Mexican actor (Tres veces Ana, Porque el amor manda, Cuando me enamoro).
** Elmer Arias Gutiérrez (24), músician; murdered.
** Crisóforo Otero Heredia, politician (PRD), former mayor of Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero (2012-2015); murdered.
* June 30 – Ramiro Alejandro Celis, 25, bullfighter, gored.
* June 10 – Luis Fuentes Molinar, 89, journalist and politician (PRI), former mayor of Chihuahua (1977-1980) and federal Deputy (1973-1976).
* June 11 – Radamés Díaz Meza, Culiacán, Sinaloa, businessman; murdered.
* June 15 – Raúl Miranda Valencia, 48, lawyer and public servant from Michoacan; murdered.
* June 17 – Luis Rey Sifuentes, politician (Morena) from Chihuahua; shot.
* June 21 – Ulises Hueto Elizalde ("El Chispa") (33), boxer from Mexico City; murdered.
* June 23 – Eva Castañeda Cortés (87), social activist (Unión de Comuneros Emiliano Zapata) from Morelia, Michoacan.
* June 24
** Camilo Juan Castagne Velazco, police commissioner of La Antigua, Veracruz; murdered alongside another police officer.
** Jorge Humberto Higareda Magaña (75), businessman and leader of truckers in Puebla (b. 1942).
* June 26
** Salvador Adame, journalist from Gabriel Zamora, Michoacan; murdered (found dead this date).
** Alejandro Zepeda Ortiz (27), journalist and reporter from Chiapas; suicide.
* June 27
** Pablo Martín Obregón, journalist (Televisa) from Chilpancingo, Guerrero; suicide (hanging).
** Valentín Pimstein 91, Chilean-born television producer (Televisa) who lived in Mexico (b. August 9, 1925).
* June 29
** Rodolfo Díaz ("Chivo") (78), boxer and trainer; diabetes.
** Vinicio Ferrer Merino, polítician, mayor of San Mateo Sindihui, Oaxaca; killed during agrarian conflict.
** Demetrio Jaime Martínez Benítez, politician, former mayor of San Francisco Cahuacúa, Oaxaca; killed during agrarian conflict.
** Meztli Sarabia Reyna, activist (Unión Popular de Vendedores Ambulantes (UPVA) “28 de Octubre”) from Puebla; murdered.
* June 30 – Ramiro Alejandro Celis, 25, bullfighter, gored.

### July

* July 1
** Gregorio Delgadillo Santos (38), polítician (Morena) from Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl; murdered.
** Simón Flores Ramón, polítician and government worker from Atlacomulco, State of Mexico; electrical discharge.
* July 2
** Martín Feregrino Quiróz (27), lawyer and educator (Autonomous University of Queretaro); breathing problems.
** Rodrigo D Garay, actor.
* July 3 – José Luis Cuevas, 83, artist.
* July 4 – Walter González Arriaga, polítician; murdered.
* July 5 – Luis López Villa (71), Catholic priest from Los Reyes La Paz, State of Mexico; throat slit.
* July 6
** David Alonso López, 39, boxer, shot.
** Mariano Herrán Salvatti (68), lawyer and civil servant; liver condition.
** Héctor Villasana Rosales (78), lawyer and académic; anemia.
* July 7
** Sergio Fuentes Gutiérrez, lawyer and researcher.
** Jorge Juan Rodriguez Reyes, labor leader; automobile accident.
* July 8 – Guadalupe Baltazar Rojas, chronicler and craftswoman from Ixtenco, Tlaxcala.
* July 9 – Diego Zavala Pérez (85), lawyer, académic, and polítician, father of Margarita Zavala; heart attack.
* July 10 – Pedro Joaquín Alberto Cárdenas Segura, músician, composer, and orquestra director.
* July 13 – Héctor Lechuga, 88, comedian, actor and radio personality (México 2000), heart attack.
* July 14
** René Chávez (69), baseball player.
** Carlos Torres González, UANL High School principal; murdered.
** Elías Sergio Treviño Earnshaw, former mayor of Monclova, Coahuila.
* July 17 – Martha Nava (75), Mexico's best female basketball player.
* July 18
** Irma Camacho García (67), polítician (substitute mayor of Temixco, Morelos, 2016–2017); cardiorespiratory arrest.
** Erika Mireles, voice actress ("The Simpsons" and "Doña Clotilde").
* July 19 – Hortensia de la Concepción Orozco Tejada, polítician; stroke.
* July 20 – Felipe de Jesús Pérez Luna (48), criminal; shot by police.
* July 21 – Ángel Padilla, músician (harp player).
July 22
** Juan Bernardo Ruvalcaba, boxer and trainer; killed during robbery.
** José Arturo Tolosa Campos (59), Sinaloa photojournalist (El Debate); accidente de tránsito.
* July 23 – Erwin Trejo (47), singer (Juan Gabriel's twin); murdered.
* July 24
** Juan Figueroa Fuentes, polítician (PRD) and public official; heart attack.
** Luis Gimeno, Uruguayan emigrant actor (Mañana es para siempre) (b. 1927).
* July 25
** Gerardo Gallardo (49), actor ("Chef Ornica") (b. 1967).
** David Vera Jiménez (54), public servant in Mexico City; heart attack.
* July 26
** Saúl Escudero Pozos (48), polítician and public servant; cáncer.
** Ramón Xirau, 93, Spanish-born Mexican poet, philosopher and literary critic.
* July 28 – Luis Arturo Porras Aceves (78), journalist and reporter (El Heraldo de Chihuahua) (b. 1939).
* July 31
** Lorenzo Arroyo, immigration activist; amyloidosis.
** Baltazar Maldonado Rosales (55), polítician (former mayor of Apizaco Municipality, Tlaxcala; renal insufficiency and cáncer (b. 1961).
** Luciano Rivera, journalist and reporter ("Dictamen" and TV channel CNR (176)) in Mexicali; murdered.
** José Trinidad Ventura González (42), Presbyterian Church elder in Orizaba.

### August

* August 2
** José Miguel Machorro Alcalá, Catholic priest; stabbed in Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.
** Edmundo Ortega, músician (bass player) and composer; heart attack.
* August 4 – Roberto Corvera Guzmán, rector of Universidad Angelópolis in Angelópolis, Puebla; shot.
* August 5 – Marcelino Perelló Valls (73), matemátician, académic, and former student activist (b. 1944).
* August 6
** Víctor Manuel Cárdenas Morales (65), writer and poet; stroke (b. 1952).
** Pedro Manterola Sáinz (52), psychologist, politician, and public official from Veracruz; heart attack (b. 1965).
** Virgilio Ruiz García, musician from Oaxaca; murdered.
* August 8
** Ramón Ángulo Santos (70), polítician former mayor of Angostura Municipality, Sinaloa; cardiac arrest.
** Jaime Avilés Iturbe (63), journalist (Unomásuno) and columnist (La Jornada and Proceso); lung cancer.
** Rius, 83, political cartoonist (b. June 20, 1934)
* August 11 – Eugenio Polgovsky, 40, filmmaker (winner of 4 Ariel Awards).
* August 12 – César Osuna Aguirre, baseball player (Venados de Mazatlán); murdered.
* August 15 – Rafael Ramírez Sánchez, polítician, former mayor of Sahuayo, Michoacán; kidnapped and murdered.
* August 16 – Jesús Aranda, journalist (La Jornada) (b. 1963).
* August 20
** Jerónimo González Huerta (71), artist (b. 1946).
** Valdemar Jiménez Solís (90), poet, académic, and cultural journalist (b. 1926).
** Aurora Meza Calles (54), Kumeyaay social activist and translator; pancreatitis.
** Martín Rocha Hernández (56), Durango physician and labor leader; lung cáncer.
* August 21
** Miguel Mike" Orpinel Mendoza, sportscaster; heart attack.
** Salomon Robbins (71), athlete and trainer.
* August 22
** Luis Muruato Puente (88), baseball player (Algodoneros de Unión Laguna).
** Cándido Ríos Vásquez, journalist from Veracruz; murdered.
* August 23
** Mauricio Delfín Domínguez, polítician from Córdoba, Veracruz; suicide.
** Ricardo Murguía (68), singer (Yo soy tu amigo fiel), músician, and voice actor (b. 1949).
* August 24
** Jorge Estrada Álvarez, architect and director or School of Architecture at Autonomous University of Sinaloa.
** Genaro Moreno, children's television broadcaster.
* August 26
** Edgar Gil Yoguez (55), polítician, former mayor of Venustiano Carranza, Michoacán; heart attack.
** Alicia Juárez (67), singer; heart attack (b. 1950).
** Bertha Elisa Medina Parra, polítician and public servant, former mayor of Mocorito Municipality, Sinaloa.
* August 27
** Bernardino Cruz Rivas, polítician; cardiac arrest.
** Juan Santos Vásquez, polítician, former mayor of San Esteban Amatlán, Oaxaca; run over by a car.
* August 29 – Hugo Castro Rosado, businessperson and politician, former mayor of La Antigua, Veracruz; liver failure.
* August 30
** Efrain Loza, 78, 1964 Summer Olympics soccer player.
** José Manuel García León, Tabasco músician; pulmonary emphysema.
* August 31 – Nadia Stankovitch (93), Serbian-born Mexican pianist; heart attack (b. 1924).

### September

* September 2
** Gabriela del Valle, actress (Maten a la hiena).
** Alejo García García, académic (Instituto Universitario Londres), public servant, and chef.
** Oscar Javier González Torres ("El Espectaculo"), 62, músician, actor y comedian; cáncer of the páncreas.
** Marisela Ortega Lozano, journalist ("El Paso Times," "El Diario de El Paso," and Reforma); cáncer.
* September 3 – Sugar Ramos, 75, Cuban-Mexican Hall of Fame boxer, WBA/WBC featherweight champion (1963–1964), cancer (b. December 2, 1941).
* September 4 – José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco, 96, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tuxtla (1965–1988) and San Juan de los Lagos (1988–1999), respiratory complications (b. March 30, 1921).
* September 5 – José Durán González, 67, polítician, former mayor of Pueblo Nuevo, Guanajuato; murdered.
* September 6 – Raúl Castañeda (34), boxer; murdered (b. 1982).
* September 11
** Carlos Galván Tello (63), agronomy engineer and public servant (National Forestry Commission of Mexico in Coahuila; cáncer.
** Carlos Muñoz Portal (37), assistant television producer ("Narcos" on Netflix); murdered.
* September 12 – Álvaro Matute Aguirre (74), historian (UNAM) (b. April 19, 1943).
* September 27 – Hiromi Hayakawa, 34, Japanese-born Mexican actress (El Chema) and singer (La Academia), liver hemorrhage during childbirth.
* September 28 – Karla Luna (38), actress (Las Lavanderas) and singer; cancer (b. September 25, 1979).

### October

* October 2 – Evangelina Elizondo, 88, actress (Premio Arlequín 2014; voice of Cinderella in the Walt Disney film), natural causes (b. 1929).
* October 4 – Luis de la Hidalga y Enríquez (93), lawyer, public servant, writer ("El Violador de la Rosa", "La Venganza de Lady Wilshire"), and académic (b. December 12, 1923).
* October 5 – Édgar Esqueda, journalist (Vox Populi); murdered.
* October 6 – Stalin Sánchez, mayor of Paracho de Verduzco, Michoacan; murdered.
* October 10 – Manuel Hernández Pasión, mayor of Huitzilan de Serdán, Puebla; murdered along with his wife and a security guard.
* October 15 – Gonzalo Martínez Corbalá, engineer, ambassador, politician (PRI), Senator (1982–1988), governor of San Luis Potosi (1991-1992); (b. March 10, 1928).
* October 16 – Cecilia Méndez, 60, radio announcer in Zapopan, Puebla; murdered.
* October 19
** Gaspar Jesús Azcorra Alejos (75), Yucatan priest, writer, and poet (b. 1942).
** Julio Chávez Hernández, polítician (PT) and social activist in Veracruz.
* October 20 – Crispín Gutiérrez Moreno, politician (PRI), rancher, and mayor of Ixtlahuacán, Colima; murdered.
* October 21 – Rosaura Barahona, 75, journalist (El Norte) and feminist writer, pulmonary disease.

### November

* November 1 – Ignacio Villanueva (86), priest from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Juárez.
* November 6 – Miguel Espinosa "Armillita" (59), bullfighter from Aguascalientes City (b. September 19, 1958).
* November 11
** Maru Dueñas (50), actress, director, and theater producer; auto accident (b. October 3, 1967).
** Claudio Reyes Rubio, 53, TV director (Televisa); auto accident; (b. August 5, 1964).
* November 13 – Miguel Hernández Urbán, painter and sculptor from Tultepec, State of Mexico
* November 19 – Claudio Báez, 69, actor and singer.
* November 20 – Silvestre de la Toba Camacho, 47, Ombudsman of the Human Rights Commission in Baja California Sur; murdered alongside his son Fernando de la Toba Lucero.
* November 25
** Jesús Gómez, 76, equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist (1980).
** Rosario Green, 76, economist, diplomat and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1998–2000) and Senator (2006–2012).
** Rosendo Huesca Pacheco, 85, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (1977–2009).
* November 26
** Vicente García Bernal, 88, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (1988–2005).
** Óscar Lara Aréchiga, 65, politician.
* November 28 – Rafael Llano Cifuentes, 84, Mexican-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nova Friburgo (2004–2010).
* November 29
** Evelia Lopez Vassallo (82), social activist (Frente Cívico) from Tonalá, Chiapas; long-time illness.
** María Angélica Luna Parra, polítician, public servant ("Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Social"), and social activist.

### December

* December 5 – Iliana Godoy Patiño (65), narrator, researcher, and poet ("Contralianza" and "Mastil en Tierra") (b. January 22, 1952).
* December 8 – Juan Celada Salmón, 101, engineer (Ternium) and inventor (Proceso HYL) (b. February 14, 1916).
* December 11 – Jorge Schiaffino Isunza, 70, politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1988–1991) (b. April 10, 1947).
* December 14 – Javier Villalobos Jaramillo (76), architect, restaurer and académic (b. April 30, 1941).
* December 15 – Rubén Pato Soria, 75, professional wrestler.
* December 18
** Emilio Alvarado Badillo (56), photographer, civil engineer, public servant and académic (ITESM, State of Mexico) (b. 1951).
** Ricardo Miledi (90), neuro-scientist (Academia Mexicana de Ciencias y de la Academia Nacional de Medicina de México) (b. September 15, 1927).
** Ricardo Suriano (67), journalist (Charamupa) from Tonalá, Chiapas.
* December 19
** Gumaro Pérez Aguilando (34), journalist and reporter (La Voz del Sur) in Acayucan, Veracruz; murdered.
** Fernando Villares Moreno ("Zorro"), 62, singer ("Fugitivo"); stroke.
* December 20 – Jesús Castillo Rangel (121), Revolutionary and farmer, Mexico's oldest man; respiratory insufficiency and pneumonia.(b. October 24, 1896).
* December 24
** Alejandro León Cázarez, baseball journalist and columnist (La Aficion).
** Salvador Magaña Martínez, social leader and activist in La Huerta, Jalisco, polítician (Citizens' Movement); murdered.
** Sergio Magaña Martínez, 68, polítician (PRI), Senator (1994–2000), businessman, former mayor of Morelia, Michoacan (1993); heart attack (b. December 2, 1949).
** José Miguel Rodríguez Asaf (54), businessman (Grupo de Apoyo al Desarrollo de IZAMAL y sus Comisarias), polítician, former mayor of Izamal Municipality.
** Juan Silveti Reynoso (88), bullfighter; lung disease (b. October 5, 1929).
* December 25
** Rudy Casanova (50), Cuban-born Mexican actor (Amores con trampa and Hasta el fin del mundo); breathing problems (b. November 3, 1967).
** Alfredo Guzman Guzman, former mayor of Purísima del Rincón, Guanajuato (1977-1979).
** José Luis Sánchez Camacho (85), músician.
* December 28
** David Antón (93), scenographer and costume designer (b. 1924).
** Saúl Galindo Plazola, polítician (PRD), former mayor of Tomatlán (2013-2015), Jalisco; murdered.
** Arturo Gómez Pérez, polítician mayor of Petatlán, Guerrero; murdered.
** Luis Abraham González Contreras (31), photographer y reporter; murdered.
** Gerardo Olavarrieta León, hotel owner ("Suites Kokai", "Plaza Kokai", and "Condominios Kokai") in Cancun, Quintana Roo.
** Mario Stern (81), composer and académic (b. 1936).
* December 31
** Regino Díaz Redondo, journalist (Excélsior).
** Juan González Gómez ("Juan Cotz"), 63, painter from San Juan Chamula, Chiapas (b. June 24, 1954).