2002 in Mexico

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See also:	Other events of 2002 List of years in Mexico

Events in the year 2002 in Mexico.

Incumbents

• President: Vicente Fox

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.

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

Notable deaths

• January 3 – Juan García Esquivel (84), musician
• February 10 – Ramón Arellano Félix (37), drug lord
• October 19 – Manuel Alvarez Bravo (100), photographer
• January 8 – María Félix (84), actress
• November 6 – Alfonso Martínez Domínguez (80), politician
• November 21 - Arturo Guzmán Decena

References