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            "name": "Pablo Garrido dead at age 88, Mexican athlete",
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            "name": "Alfonso Sánchez Anaya dead at age 85, Politician",
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            "name": "Juan Frausto Pallares dead at age 84, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate",
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            "name": "Joshua Gil dead at age 50, American restaurateur",
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        {
            "name": "Alan Riding dead at age 82, Journalist, author",
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            "name": "Billy Álvarez dead at age 80, Mexican footballer and convicted criminal",
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            "name": "Arturo Herviz Reyes dead at age 71, Politician",
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            "name": "Ulises Schmill Ordóñez dead at age 89, Mexican judge, minister and president of the supreme court",
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            "sources": [],
            "age": 89,
            "death_date": "2026-05-18",
            "reported_date": "2026-05-18",
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        {
            "name": "Luis de la Peña dead at age 95, Mexican physicist",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 95,
            "death_date": "2026-05-17",
            "reported_date": "2026-05-17",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_de_la_Pe%C3%B1a"
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        {
            "name": "Dai-won Moon dead at age 83, South Korean-born Mexican taekwondo practitioner",
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            "sources": [],
            "age": 83,
            "death_date": "2026-05-16",
            "reported_date": "2026-05-16",
            "published_at": "2026-05-16T00:00:00+01:00",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Antonio Becerra Gaytán Mexican politician, deputy, member of the Congress of Chihuahua dead at age 93",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/antonio-becerra-gaytan",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 93,
            "death_date": "2026-05-09",
            "reported_date": "2026-05-09",
            "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Becerra_Gayt%C3%A1n"
        },
        {
            "name": "Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz dead at age 83, Mexican veterinarian",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/miguel-angel-j-marquez-ruiz",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 83,
            "death_date": "2026-05-04",
            "reported_date": "2026-05-04",
            "published_at": "2026-05-04T00:00:00+01:00",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_J._M%C3%A1rquez_Ruiz"
        },
        {
            "name": "Rossana Reguillo Mexican sociologist dead at age 70",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/rossana-reguillo",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 70,
            "death_date": "2026-04-25",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-25",
            "published_at": "2026-04-25T00:00:00+01:00",
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            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
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            "description": "Rossana Reguillo, a Mexican sociologist, died on April 25, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Guadalajara in 1955, she was a Mexican academic known for researching social norms, human emotions, and the relationship between communication, culture, and politics in Latin America, including how drug trafficking affected those areas. She held professorial posts at ITESO University and the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education. Her work also examined the 1992 drainage explosions in Guadalajara and youth involvement in the Mara Salvatrucha.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Rossana_Reguillo.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossana_Reguillo"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gran Markus Jr. Mexican wrestler dead at age 72",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gran-markus-jr",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 72,
            "death_date": "2026-04-24",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-24",
            "published_at": "2026-04-24T00:00:00+01:00",
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            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Gran Markus Jr., a Mexican wrestler, died on April 24, 2026.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Gran_Markus_Jr..jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Markus_Jr."
        },
        {
            "name": "Tommy Nuñez American basketball referee dead at age 88",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tommy-nunez",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 88,
            "death_date": "2026-04-24",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-24",
            "published_at": "2026-04-24T00:00:00+01:00",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Nu%C3%B1ez"
        },
        {
            "name": "Karina Duprez Mexican actress and television director dead at age 79",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/karina-duprez",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 79,
            "death_date": "2026-04-22",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-22",
            "published_at": "2026-04-22T00:00:00+01:00",
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            "description": "Karina Duprez, a Mexican actress and television director, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 79. Born Karina Julia Descalzó Guzmán in Mexico City on December 23, 1946, she worked as an actress from the 1960s to 1990 and as a director from 1989 to 2026. Duprez was the daughter of actress Magda Guzmán and Julián Duprez. She was the mother of actress Magda Karina and married actor Carlos Ancira in 1979; the marriage lasted until his death in 1987.",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karina_Duprez"
        },
        {
            "name": "José Ulises Macías Salcedo Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Mexicali archbishop of Hermosillo dead at age 85",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jose-ulises-macias-salcedo",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 85,
            "death_date": "2026-04-22",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-22",
            "published_at": "2026-04-22T00:00:00+01:00",
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            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate and archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo, died on April 22, 2026, at age 85. He served as bishop of Mexicali from 1984 to 1996 and as archbishop of Hermosillo from 1996 to 2016. Born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico, on October 29, 1940, he studied humanities in the seminary of his native city and later studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he received a licentiate in philosophy. He was ordained a priest in León on April 10, 1966.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Jos_Ulises_Mac_as_Salcedo.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ulises_Mac%C3%ADas_Salcedo"
        },
        {
            "name": "Ricardo de Pascual Mexican actor dead at age 85",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ricardo-de-pascual",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 85,
            "death_date": "2026-04-21",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-21",
            "published_at": "2026-04-21T00:00:00+01:00",
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            ],
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                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Ricardo de Pascual, a Mexican actor and comedian known for roles in El Chavo del Ocho, Senda de gloria and Camaleones, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Mexico City on August 21, 1940, he began his acting career in 1958 under the auspices of Chucho Salinas and Héctor Lechuga and later worked in theatre. In 1972, he joined Roberto Gómez Bolaños’s productions and became a recurrent performer in the Chespirito shows, where he was remembered for multiple roles, including a rich businessman in El Chavo del Ocho.",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_de_Pascual"
        },
        {
            "name": "Miguel Canto Mexican boxer dead at age 78",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/miguel-canto",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 78,
            "death_date": "2026-04-16",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-16",
            "published_at": "2026-04-16T00:00:00+01:00",
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            "description": "Miguel Canto, a Mexican boxer, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Miguel Angel Canto Solis in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, on January 30, 1948, he was a former world boxing champion who held the WBC and lineal flyweight titles. He began his professional career on February 5, 1969, losing his first bout to Raul Hernandez in Mérida before later becoming a champion. Canto was known for relying on technique and ring knowledge rather than seeking knockouts, winning 15 of more than 70 professional fights by knockout.",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Canto"
        },
        {
            "name": "Lucha Moreno Mexican singer and actress dead at age 86",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lucha-moreno",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 86,
            "death_date": "2026-04-15",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-15",
            "published_at": "2026-04-15T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
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            "description": "Lucha Moreno, a Mexican singer and actress, died on April 15, 2026, at age 86. Born Irma Gloria Ochoa Salinas in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico, on April 23, 1939, she debuted in film singing \"La noche de mi mal\" in Asesinos, S.A. (1957). She later appeared in No soy monedita de oro (1959), El gato (1961), Las hijas del Amapolo (1962), and Aquí está tu enamorado (1963). With her husband, singer José Juan, she formed the duet Lucha Moreno y José Juan and recorded in the 1960s and 1970s.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Carolina Flores Gómez Mexican beauty queen, shot dead at age 27",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/carolina-flores-gomez",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 27,
            "death_date": "2026-04-15",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-15",
            "published_at": "2026-04-15T00:00:00+01:00",
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            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
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            "description": "Carolina Flores Gómez, a Mexican beauty queen and content creator, died on April 15, 2026, after being shot in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City. She was 27. A former beauty queen from Baja California, Flores Gómez was crowned Miss Teen Universe Baja California 2017 at age 17 and later represented her home state in national pageants. She was born on April 4, 1999, in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Flores_G%C3%B3mez",
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                "label": "Shot",
                "status": "reported",
                "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-shot"
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        },
        {
            "name": "Juan José Cruz Martínez Mexican politician, deputy dead at age 73",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/juan-jose-cruz-martinez",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 73,
            "death_date": "2026-04-13",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-13",
            "published_at": "2026-04-13T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
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            "description": "Juan José Cruz Martínez, a Mexican politician and agronomic engineer who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2000, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 73. Born on September 1, 1952, in Monclova, Mexico, he was a member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution and served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1997 to 2000.",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Jos%C3%A9_Cruz_Mart%C3%ADnez"
        },
        {
            "name": "Juan Cruz Martínez Mexican politician, deputy dead at age 73",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/juan-cruz-martinez",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 73,
            "death_date": "2026-04-13",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-13",
            "published_at": "2026-04-13T00:00:00+01:00",
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            ],
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            "description": "Juan Cruz Martínez, a Mexican politician and agricultural engineer who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2000, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Monclova, Coahuila, on September 1, 1952, he was elected in the 1997 mid-term election to a plurinominal seat in the Chamber of Deputies for the Labour Party, serving in the 57th Congress. During his political career, he was affiliated with the Labour Party, the Party of the Democratic Revolution and later National Regeneration Movement.",
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        {
            "name": "Anita Martinez public figure dead at age 100",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/anita-martinez",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 100,
            "death_date": "2026-04-13",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-13",
            "published_at": "2026-04-13T00:00:00+01:00",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Martinez"
        },
        {
            "name": "Benjamín Castillo Plascencia Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Guadalajara, bishop of Tabasco and Celaya dead at age 80",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/benjamin-castillo-plascencia",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 80,
            "death_date": "2026-04-13",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-13",
            "published_at": "2026-04-13T00:00:00+01:00",
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            "description": "Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, died on April 13, 2026, at age 80. He served as auxiliary bishop of Guadalajara from 1999 to 2003, bishop of Tabasco from 2003 to 2010, and bishop of Celaya from 2010 to 2021. Born in Ixtlahuacán del Río, Jalisco, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Guadalajara in 1974. He later studied catechetical theology in Spain, earning degrees from the Comillas Pontifical University and the University of Salamanca. In 1999, Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of Guadalajara and titular bishop of Sufasar, and he received episcopal consecration in January 2000.",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjam%C3%ADn_Castillo_Plascencia"
        },
        {
            "name": "Manuel Gurría Ordóñez Mexican politician, two-time deputy, senator, governor of Tabasco dead at age 94",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/manuel-gurria-ordonez",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 94,
            "death_date": "2026-04-11",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-11",
            "published_at": "2026-04-11T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            "nationality": [
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Gurr%C3%ADa_Ord%C3%B3%C3%B1ez"
        },
        {
            "name": "Magaly Achach Solís Mexican politician, mayor of Benito Juárez Municipality, member of the Chamber of Deputies and twice of the Congress of Quintana Roo dead at age 71",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/magaly-achach-solis",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 71,
            "death_date": "2026-04-10",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-10",
            "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00",
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            ],
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            "description": "Magaly Achach Solís, a Mexican politician and former mayor of Benito Juárez Municipality, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 71. She served as mayor from 1999 to 2002 and was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 1994. Achach also served twice in the Congress of Quintana Roo. A teacher by occupation, she was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and died in Cancún.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Magaly_Achach_Sol_s.jpg",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magaly_Achach_Solís"
        },
        {
            "name": "Melchor Peredo Mexican muralist dead at age 99",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/melchor-peredo",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 99,
            "death_date": "2026-04-08",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-08",
            "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "nationality": [
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            "description": "Melchor Peredo, a Mexican muralist, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 99. Born Oscar Melchor Peredo in Mexico City on January 6, 1927, he was a representative of the social realist school of mural painting in Mexico. His murals depicted historical scenes from Mexican history, with an emphasis on revolutionary subjects, and his work appeared in public and government buildings across Mexico as well as in the United States and Europe. He was also associated with the Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas.",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchor_Peredo"
        },
        {
            "name": "Salvador Castañeda Álvarez Mexican writer dead at age 79",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/salvador-castaneda-alvarez",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 79,
            "death_date": "2026-04-01",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-01",
            "published_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            ],
            "nationality": [
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            "description": "Salvador Castañeda Álvarez, a Mexican writer and cultural functionary, died on April 1, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on an ejido in the municipality of Matamoros, Coahuila, on July 31, 1946, he studied geological engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and agronomy at Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow. After returning to Mexico, he helped found the Movimiento de Acción Revolucionaria guerrilla group and was later incarcerated for seven years in Lecumberri Prison. He discovered his vocation as a writer during his imprisonment. In 1978, he received an INBA scholarship for narrative writing, and his first published work, ¿Por qué no dijiste todo?, won the Juan Grijalbo Novel Prize in 1979.",
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        {
            "name": "Deborah Dultzin Mexican astrophysicist dead at age 80",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/deborah-dultzin",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 80,
            "death_date": "2026-03-30",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-30",
            "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "nationality": [
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            "description": "Deborah Dultzin, a Mexican astrophysicist and professor and researcher at the Institute of Astronomy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), died on March 30, 2026. Born in Monterrey on October 9, 1945, Dultzin Kessler, also published as Deborah Dultzin-Hacyan, specialized in quasars, blazars, active galactic nuclei and supermassive black holes. She completed a degree in physics and later continued her studies in the Soviet Union with support from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. She was the daughter of Arieh Dulzin and Fredzia Kessler.",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Dultzin"
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        {
            "name": "Rodolfo Acuña Occupied America and Chicana/o Studies dead at age 93",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/rodolfo-acuna",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 93,
            "death_date": "2026-03-23",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-23",
            "published_at": "2026-03-23T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "description": "Rodolfo Acuña, an American historian and educator, died on March 23, 2026, at age 93. He was a professor at California State University, Northridge, and a scholar of Chicano studies. Acuña wrote the 1972 book \"Occupied America: A History of Chicanos,\" a foundational survey of Mexican American history. Born in Los Angeles on May 18, 1932, he earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Los Angeles State College, now California State University, Los Angeles, and later received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Southern California.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Rodolfo_Acu_a.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Acu%C3%B1a"
        },
        {
            "name": "Alicia Caro Actress dead at age 95",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alicia-caro",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 95,
            "death_date": "2026-03-17",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-17",
            "published_at": "2026-03-17T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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                "actors"
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            "description": "Alicia Caro, a Colombian-Mexican actress, died on March 17, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Bogotá, Colombia, on July 8, 1930, she settled in Mexico and appeared in films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Her credits included My Wife Is Not Mine, Daughter of Deceit and Chucho the Mended. Caro worked as an actress from 1947 to 1994 and died in Mexico City.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Caro"
        },
        {
            "name": "Pedro Friedeberg Italian-born Mexican artist dead at age 90",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/pedro-friedeberg",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 90,
            "death_date": "2026-03-05",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-05",
            "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "artists"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Italy",
                "Mexico"
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            "description": "Pedro Friedeberg, the Italian-born Mexican artist and designer known for his surrealist work, died on March 5, 2026. He was best known for the “Hand-Chair,” a sculpture-chair designed for people to sit on the palm, with the fingers serving as back and arm rests. Friedeberg began studying architecture but did not complete his studies, instead drawing designs that challenged conventional forms in the 1950s. His work drew the attention of artist Mathias Goeritz, who encouraged him to continue as an artist. He became part of a group of surrealist artists in Mexico that included Leonora Carrington and Alice Rahon.",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Friedeberg"
        },
        {
            "name": "Ana Luisa Peluffo Actress dead at age 96",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ana-luisa-peluffo",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 96,
            "death_date": "2026-03-04",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-04",
            "published_at": "2026-03-04T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actress",
                "actors"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Ana Luisa Peluffo, a Mexican actress, died on March 4, 2026, at the age of 96. Born Ana Luisa de Jesús Quintana Paz Peluffo in Querétaro in 1929, she worked as an actress from 1948 to 2014 and appeared in more than 200 films and television shows. She made her debut as an extra in Tarzan and the Mermaids in 1948. Peluffo died on her ranch in Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Luisa_Peluffo"
        },
        {
            "name": "Marco Tolama",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/marco-tolama",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": -1,
            "death_date": "2026-02-28",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-28",
            "published_at": "2026-02-28T01:45:02+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "athletes"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Mexican racing driver and sportscaster",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Tolama"
        },
        {
            "name": "Carmen Ochoa",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/carmen-ochoa",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 80,
            "death_date": "2026-02-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-27",
            "published_at": "2026-02-27T23:00:04+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Mexican television director and producer (El Chavo del 8",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Ochoa"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gregorio Luque Mexican baseball catcher and manager dead at age 83",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gregorio-luque",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 83,
            "death_date": "2026-02-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-27",
            "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00",
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Gregorio Luque, a Mexican baseball catcher and manager, died on February 27, 2026. Born in Nogales, Sonora, on May 9, 1942, he played and managed in the Mexican League during a career that spanned from 1961 to 1980 as a player and from 1976 to 1994 as a manager. He made his Mexican League debut with the Tigres de México in 1963 and later joined the Saraperos de Saltillo in 1971, where he remained until his retirement in 1980. Luque served as player-manager from 1976 to 1980 and as manager in 1981, and he was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Gregorio_Luque.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_Luque"
        },
        {
            "name": "La Academia Mexican singer dead at age 47",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/la-academia",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 47,
            "death_date": "2026-02-25",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-25",
            "published_at": "2026-02-25T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "musicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "La Academia, the Mexican reality musical talent television series shown on TV Azteca, died on February 25, 2026. The program premiered in June 2002 and was in its thirteenth installment. It shared the competition format of many versions of the global \"Star Academy\" franchise, though it was not affiliated with Endemol. In its early seasons, La Academia was a strong ratings performer and outpaced Televisa's Operación Triunfo Mexico in several countries, including Chile, Peru and Venezuela. The series was later franchised to Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Indonesia, the United States, Paraguay, Singapore, Thailand, Central America and Greece.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/H_ctor_Zamorano.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Zamorano"
        },
        {
            "name": "2026 Jalisco operation Mexican cartel member dead at age -1",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/2026-jalisco-operation",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": -1,
            "death_date": "2026-02-24",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-24",
            "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00",
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
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            "description": "2026 Jalisco operation, a Mexican cartel member associated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, died on February 24, 2026. According to reports, he was among those killed in an operation by the Mexican Armed Forces in Tapalpa, Jalisco, on February 22, 2026. The operation triggered clashes in the area, including shootouts, explosions, and the burning of vehicles and stores across Jalisco and other parts of the country. The violence resulted in dozens of casualties among National Guard personnel and cartel members, as well as at least one civilian death.",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_C%C3%A9sar_Mac%C3%ADas_Ure%C3%B1a",
            "cause_of_death": {
                "label": "Killed in operation",
                "status": "reported",
                "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-killed-in-operation"
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        },
        {
            "name": "El Mencho Mexican drug lord dead at age 59",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/el-mencho",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 59,
            "death_date": "2026-02-22",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-22",
            "published_at": "2026-02-22T12:00:00+01:00",
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the Mexican drug lord known as El Mencho and head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, died on February 22, 2026, at age 59. He led the Jalisco-based criminal organization from its rise after several of his bosses were arrested or killed, and was wanted in both Mexico and the United States at the time of his death. Authorities had offered rewards of up to US$15 million and MXN$300 million for information leading to his arrest. Born in Aguililla, Michoacán, he was active in organized crime from 1986 until 2026.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/El_Mencho.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Mencho"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gustavo Amador Santiago",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gustavo-amador-santiago",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 91,
            "death_date": "2026-02-20",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-20",
            "published_at": "2026-02-20T22:40:03+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "musicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Mexican composer and music arranger",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Amador_Santiago"
        },
        {
            "name": "Arturo León Lerma Politician dead at age 88",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/arturo-leon-lerma",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 88,
            "death_date": "2026-02-19",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-19",
            "published_at": "2026-02-19T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "politician",
                "politicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Arturo León Lerma, a Mexican Hall of Fame baseball executive with Naranjeros de Hermosillo and politician, died on February 19, 2026, at age 88. Born in Álamos, Sonora, in 1937, he was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and served as a federal deputy in the 58th Congress from 2000 to 2003, representing Sonora's seventh district. He began in the front office of the Mayos de Navojoa in the 1970s and later served as president of the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico from 1981 to 1985 and again from 1989 to 2000. He completed his executive career with a 14-year stint with the Naranjeros de Hermosillo and was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011 as an executive.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Le%C3%B3n_Lerma"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gustavo Amador Santiago Fernández",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gustavo-amador-santiago-fernandez",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 91,
            "death_date": "2026-02-18",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-18",
            "published_at": "2026-02-18T23:05:03+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "musicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Mexican composer and music arranger",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Amador_Santiago_Fern%C3%A1ndez"
        },
        {
            "name": "Roger von Gunten Artist dead at age 92",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/roger-von-gunten",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 92,
            "death_date": "2026-02-18",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-18",
            "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "artist",
                "artists"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico",
                "Switzerland"
            ],
            "description": "Roger von Gunten, a Swiss-born Mexican painter and artist, died on February 18, 2026, at age 92. Born in Zurich in 1933, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule under Johannes Itten and held his first solo show in Switzerland in 1956. He came to Mexico in 1957 and became part of the Breakaway Generation that emerged after World War II and moved away from Mexican muralism. Over a career that lasted from 1956 to 2026, von Gunten took part in more than 200 national and international exhibitions, was the subject of a 1978 essay by Jomí García Ascot, and received Mexico’s 2014 Fine Art Medal.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Roger_von_Gunten.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_von_Gunten"
        },
        {
            "name": "Alejandro Ostoa",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alejandro-ostoa",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 64,
            "death_date": "2026-02-16",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-16",
            "published_at": "2026-02-16T17:25:02+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors",
                "writers"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Mexican actor and playwright",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Ostoa"
        },
        {
            "name": "Juan de la Loza",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/juan-de-la-loza",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": -1,
            "death_date": "2026-02-15",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-15",
            "published_at": "2026-02-15T06:00:03+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Mexican actor (Los Motivos de Luz",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_la_Loza"
        },
        {
            "name": "Oscar Botello",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/oscar-botello",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": -1,
            "death_date": "2026-02-13",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-13",
            "published_at": "2026-02-13T21:40:02+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "musicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Mexican rapper",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Botello"
        },
        {
            "name": "Dolores Muñoz Ledo Voice actress dead at age 107",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dolores-munoz-ledo",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 107,
            "death_date": "2026-02-13",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-13",
            "published_at": "2026-02-13T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "voice actress",
                "actors"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Dolores Muñoz Ledo, a Mexican voice actress, died on February 13, 2026, in Mexico City at age 107. Born María Dolores Muñoz Ledo Ortega in Mexico City on April 14, 1918, she worked as a voice actress from 1944 to 1992. In 1944, she and her sister Rosario Muñoz Ledo were hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in New York City. Her notable roles included the Latin American voice of Chip in Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers, Sorceress in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and Bea Arthur in The Golden Girls.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Mu%C3%B1oz_Ledo"
        },
        {
            "name": "Josefina Aguilar clay muñecas dolls dead at age 80",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/josefina-aguilar",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 80,
            "death_date": "2026-02-13",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-13",
            "published_at": "2026-02-13T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Josefina Aguilar, a Mexican folk artist known for her small clay figurines called muñecas, died on February 13, 2026. Born Margarita Josefina Aguilar Alcántara in Ocotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, on February 22, 1945, she learned the art from her mother and grandmother. A member of the Aguilar family, she used red clay to depict village activities, religious and folkloric scenes, famous figures, and Day of the Dead figures. Aguilar said each figurine she made was unique, and after becoming blind in 2014, she continued working by touch.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefina_Aguilar"
        },
        {
            "name": "Milkman Mexican rapper dead at age -1",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/milkman-rapper",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": -1,
            "death_date": "2026-02-13",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-13",
            "published_at": "2026-02-13T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "musicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Milkman (rapper), the Mexican rapper, producer and composer known professionally as MLKMN, died on February 13, 2026. Born Óscar Botello on April 11, 1989, he was born in Monterrey, Mexico and raised in Laredo, Texas. In 2014, he released the single \"El Bajo\" through Universal Music. He also released the EPs \"Fresco\" and \"Soy Milk,\" and worked as a creative director with J Balvin on the visuals for the albums \"Energía\" and \"Vibras.\"",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkman_(rapper)"
        },
        {
            "name": "Sammy Ortiz",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sammy-ortiz",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 88,
            "death_date": "2026-02-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-12",
            "published_at": "2026-02-12T18:30:02+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Mexican stuntman actor",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Ortiz"
        },
        {
            "name": "Eladio González Garza Mexican voice actor dead at age 89",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eladio-gonzalez-garza",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 89,
            "death_date": "2026-02-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-12",
            "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Mexico"
            ],
            "description": "Eladio González Garza, a Mexican voice actor, died on February 12, 2026. Born in Monterrey on April 24, 1936, he was known for Spanish dubbing roles including Bo Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard and the first voices of Philosopher Smurf and Brainy Smurf in The Smurfs. In 2017, the ANDA awarded him a gold medal for 50 years of uninterrupted artistic career. He was 89.",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eladio_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Garza"
        },
        {
            "name": "María Elena Álvarez Bernal Politician dead at age 95",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/maria-elena-alvarez-bernal",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 95,
            "death_date": "2026-02-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-12",
            "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "politician",
                "politicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
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            "name": "Mario de la Torre Hernández",
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            "name": "Ana Victoria Jiménez",
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