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Cases in Mexico

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Cases
33
Years
683 to 2022
Region
Latin America
Main subjects
Native nations and islands, Latin America, Modern estates, Literature and art
Families
Mellon family
Updated
30 October 2026
Frida Kahlo: Frida Kahlo (gelatin silver print, 15.2 by 10.8 cm)2022 · Miami, Florida, USA; Mexico City, MexicoA Miami businessman burned a drawing he said was Frida Kahlo's to sell 10,000 NFTs, and Mexico investigated because her work is a national monumentMartín Mobarak, a Mexican businessman living in Miami, said he owned Fantasmones Siniestros, a 9-by-6-inch ink and watercolour drawing Frida Kahlo is said to have made in her diary in 1944. He valued it at $10 million.Smithsonian Magazine and 2 moreEl Chapo: Booking photo of Joaquin “El Chapo“ Guzman (front)2019 · Brooklyn, New York, USA; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Culiacán, SEl Chapo was ordered to forfeit $12.6 billion, and two of the sons who inherited his cartel faction pleaded guilty in ChicagoJoaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán led the Sinaloa cartel. He was extradited to the United States in 2017.api-prod.gothamist.com and 2 moreFrida Kahlo: Frida Kahlo, by Guillermo Kahlo1954 · Coyoacán, Mexico CityDiego Rivera locked Frida Kahlo's bathroom after she died, and her clothes and papers stayed sealed for 50 yearsFrida Kahlo died at the Casa Azul, her family home in Coyoacán.getty.edu and 3 moreGabriel García Márquez: Gabriel Garcia Marquez2014 · Mexico CityGabriel García Márquez said his last novel must be destroyed; his sons published it on his 97th birthdayGarcía Márquez left an unfinished novel in up to five drafts. After his death it was stored with his personal archive at the University of Texas. His sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo García, say he told them: "This book doesn't work.euronews.com and 3 moreJosé Carreras: 27.02.1972. Don Carlos avec José Carreras. (1972) - 53Fi4217 (cropped)2019 · Miami, Florida, USA; buried in Mexico City, MexicoJosé José's older children searched Miami hospitals and funeral homes for his body, and two wills name different heirsJosé José, the Mexican singer known as the Prince of Song, had pancreatic cancer. In February 2018 his youngest daughter, Sarita Sosa, took him to live with her in Miami.hola.com and 2 moreJenni Rivera: Jenni Rivera performing in 2009 2 (cropped)2012 · near Iturbide, Nuevo León, MexicoJenni Rivera's children sued their grandfather's label for exploiting her music, and the family split in courtJenni Rivera, the best-selling female artist in regional Mexican music, died when her chartered Learjet crashed in Mexico. Her sister Rosie Rivera ran her legacy until Jenni's children took over the estate in 2021.remezcla.com and 2 moreVicente Fernández: Vicente Fernández - Pepsi Center - 06.11.112021 · Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoVicente Fernández's widow went to court to stop Televisa using his name for a biopic, and the series aired anywayVicente Fernández died after months in hospital and was buried on his 500-hectare ranch, Los Tres Potrillos, named for his sons Vicente Jr., Gerardo and Alejandro.infobae.com and 5 moreAmbrose Bierce: Abierce1914 · Mexico, location unconfirmedAmbrose Bierce vanished in Mexico in 1913 or 1914, and a priest put a plaque in a Sierra Mojada cemetery in 2004 for the grave a witness describedAmbrose Bierce, 71, left Washington in October 1913 to tour his old Civil War battlefields and crossed into Mexico by December. His last known letter is dated 26 December 1913 from Chihuahua.donswaim.com and 1 morePancho Villa: General Francisco Villa (cropped)1923 · Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, MexicoPancho Villa's grave was opened in 1926 and his head taken, and his widows' court fight ended with the government seizing his haciendaIn the 1920 Sabinas agreement Francisco "Pancho" Villa laid down arms in return for the Canutillo hacienda in Durango, given to him in full ownership, and an escort of 50 men.revistabicentenario.com.mx and 2 moreEmiliano Zapata: Emiliano Zapata41919 · Anenecuilco, Morelos, MexicoAnenecuilco gave Zapata its colonial land titles in 1909; the man he left them to was killed in a land fight with Zapata's sonIn 1909 the elders of Anenecuilco elected Emiliano Zapata, then 30, president of the village council. The village kept colonial-era papers on its land to use against the sugar haciendas.inehrm.gob.mx and 2 morePedro Infante: Pedro Infante en 1954 (cropped)1957 · Mérida, Yucatán, MexicoMexico's Supreme Court annulled Pedro Infante's second marriage six days before he died in a plane crashPedro Infante married María Luisa León on 19 June 1939, in a civil ceremony and then in Mexico City's cathedral. She had paid his early way by selling jewelry and spending her savings.infobae.com and 2 moreLuis Barragán House and Studio Street view: Luis Barragán House and Studio Street view1988 · Mexico City, MexicoLuis Barragán's archive was sold in 1995 and kept closed in Switzerland, and an artist made a diamond from his ashes to trade for itBarragán won the Pritzker Prize in 1980 and died in Mexico City on 22 November 1988. His house and studio became a museum co-owned by the State of Jalisco and a private foundation, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.barragan-foundation.org and 4 moreOffering from Sacred Cenote of Chichen Itza: Maya Gallery, INAH, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.1935 · Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, MexicoA US consul bought Chichén Itzá for 200 pesos and shipped the Sacred Cenote's offerings to Harvard; his heirs won the land back in Mexico's Supreme CourtThe Maya threw gold, carved jade, pottery and people into the Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá. In 1894 Edward H. Thompson, US consul in Yucatán, bought the Hacienda Chichén, which included most of the ruins, for 200 pesos.research.cgu.edu and 4 moreFour generations of the Mellon family: Four generations of the Mellon family. From left to right: Judge Thomas Mellon, holding his great grandson Matthew Mellon; William Larimer Me2018 · Cancún, Quintana Roo, MexicoBanking heir Matthew Mellon died with $193 million in XRP, the keys hidden under other people's names, and a deal that let his estate sell only a little each dayMatthew Mellon came from the Mellon and Drexel banking families. His first wife was Tamara Mellon, co-founder of Jimmy Choo; they married at Blenheim Palace in 1999. In late 2017 he put $2 million into the cryptocurrency XRP.dailydot.com and 2 moreCantinflas: Cantinflas en 1967 (cropped)1993 · Mexico City, MexicoCantinflas's son and nephew fought over his films on the strength of a deathbed paper, and the family crypt was broken open in 2018Mario Moreno, known as Cantinflas, died in Mexico City on 20 April 1993, aged 81. His ashes went to the family crypt at the Panteón Español.eltiempo.com and 2 moreEugenio Garza Sada (cropped): The Eugenio Garza Sada Memorial at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.1973 · Monterrey, Nuevo León, MexicoGuerrillas killed Eugenio Garza Sada in a kidnapping attempt in 1973, and his family split the Monterrey Group into fourEugenio Garza Sada led the Monterrey Group, the industrial holdings of the extended Garza Sada family, and founded the Tecnológico de Monterrey in 1943.excelsior.com.mx and 2 moreTrotsky Memorial in Garden - Leon Trotsky Museum - Coyoacan - Mexico City - Mexico (15333660737): Trotsky Memorial in Garden - Leon Trotsky Museum - Coyoacan - Mexico City - Mexico1940 · Coyoacán, Mexico City, MexicoStalin's agents killed Trotsky and members of his family; he sealed his exile papers at Harvard until 1980, and the grandson who survived kept his house as a museumLeon Trotsky lived in exile from 1929 and was granted asylum in Mexico in 1937. Stalin's purge reached his family. His son Sergei Sedov, an engineer, was arrested in 1935 and is believed to have been shot on 29 October 1937.guides.library.harvard.edu and 5 morePresidente Lázaro Cárdenas reunido con Sindicato obrero veracruzano en 1938: Banquete ofrecido al Presidente de México Lázaro Cárdenas por el Sindicato de Santa Rosa (hoy Ciudad Me1938 · Mexico City, MexicoMexico expropriated the foreign oil companies in 1938, crowds brought chickens and jewelry to help pay, and Mexico paid the companies in fullIn 1937 Mexican oil workers went on strike. On 18 December 1937 an arbitration board ordered the foreign companies to pay 26 million pesos in lost wages.history.state.gov and 2 morePancho Villa: General Francisco Villa (cropped)1923 · Chihuahua, MexicoVilla's soldiers took Luis Terrazas's son from the British consulate for ransom, and Mexico bought the family's estates for 13.6 million pesos in 1922Luis Terrazas bought large tracts in Chihuahua at low prices during the Apache wars and built them into one of Mexico's largest estates in the 1870s and 1880s.history.state.gov and 5 moreMap of Mexico, marked on the globe1560 · Xilotepec (Jilotepec), State of Mexico, MexicoMalinche's daughter sued her father's widow for the encomienda of Xilotepec, citing her mother's service to the Crown in the conquestMalinche, whom the Spaniards called Doña Marina, was an Indigenous woman given to Hernán Cortés in 1519 who became his interpreter through the conquest of Tenochtitlan.cambridge.org and 2 moreMap of Mexico, marked on the globe1596 · Mexico City, MexicoThe Inquisition burned the heir to Nuevo León's governorship with his mother and three sisters in 1596, and his stolen memoir went back to Mexico in 2017Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva, born to converso parents in Portugal, obtained a royal patent on 31 May 1579 to govern and colonise the New Kingdom of León at his own expense.tshaonline.org and 3 moreAntonio López de Santa Anna: Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna c18531876 · Mexico CitySanta Anna sold La Mesilla to the United States for $10 million, mortgaged his estates from exile, and Illinois keeps his legAntonio López de Santa Anna was president of Mexico several times. He lost a leg in the French attack on Veracruz in 1838 and buried it with military honors.history.state.gov and 3 moreMaximilian I of Mexico: Maximilian of Mexico bw1867 · Querétaro, MexicoJuárez refused to hand over Emperor Maximilian's body after the 1867 execution, and his widow's fortune went home to Belgium with her under her brother's controlArchduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria took the Mexican crown in 1864 with French troops behind him. His wife Charlotte, daughter of King Leopold I of Belgium, brought a dowry that paid for their castle of Miramare near Trieste.history.state.gov and 4 moreMaximilian I of Mexico: Maximilian of Mexico bw1867 · Mexico City, MexicoMaximilian made the two-year-old grandson of Mexico's first emperor a prince and his ward, and the boy died a Georgetown language teacher with no childrenAgustín de Iturbide was crowned Mexico's first emperor in 1822, overthrown in 1823 and shot in 1824. His son Ángel married an American, Alice Green, and their son Agustín was born in Mexico City on 2 April 1863.es.wikisource.org and 2 moreMoctezuma II: Moctezuma Mendoza1520 · TenochtitlanSpain and then Mexico paid Moctezuma's heirs for Tacuba lands until a 1934 decree, and a Spanish dukedom still carries his nameAfter Tenochtitlan fell, Spain granted Moctezuma II's daughter Isabel perpetual ownership of lands that included Tacuba. Chroniclers counted more than 300 towns there.boe.gob.es and 4 moreMaya Jade Mask & Burial Artifacts of Kinich Hanab Pakal, Ruler of Palenque, 615-683 AD: Maya Gallery, INAH, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City. Complete indexed photo col683 · Palenque, Chiapas, MexicoPakal took Palenque's throne at 12 after an enemy sacked the city and the king died, and his son cut three rulers out of the official king listK'inich Janaab Pakal was born on 23 March 603. Palenque's House C stairway records an attack by the Snake kingdom of Kaan in 599. On 4 April 611, when Pakal was eight, Kaan sacked the city again.mesoweb.com and 2 moreLibellus de medicinalibus Indorum herbis ff. 38v-39r: Libellus de medicinalibus Indorum herbis ff. 38v-39r1552 · Tlatelolco, Mexico City, MexicoA Nahua healer's 1552 herbal was sent to Spain, passed through a royal pharmacist and a cardinal to the Vatican, and a pope returned it to Mexico in 1990In 1552, at the Franciscan College of Santa Cruz in Tlatelolco, the Nahua healer Martín de la Cruz wrote a book of Mexican medicinal plants in Nahuatl. His classmate Juan Badiano translated it into Latin.library.csun.edu and 2 moreOztoticpac Lands Aztec 1540 milcocolli tlahuelmantli: Otzoticpac Palace inside of the lands description in a milcocolli tlahuelmantli codex in Texcoco Mexico1539 · Texcoco and Mexico City, MexicoThe Inquisition burned a lord of Texcoco in 1539 after his own relatives testified against him, and the map drawn for the fight over his land is in the Library of CongressDon Carlos Ometochtzin Chichimecatecuhtli belonged to the ruling family of Texcoco, one of the three cities of the Aztec Triple Alliance. In 1539 Juan de Zumárraga, first bishop of Mexico, tried him under his inquisitorial powers.Library of Congress and 4 moreMural room 1 bonampak: scene of a feast, Bonampak, Maya site.790 · Bonampak, Chiapas, MexicoBonampak's king had his heir presented on the painted walls of his temple, and the heir never ruledBonampak, about 30 km south of Yaxchilan, was its dependency. Structure 1 at Bonampak has three rooms covered with murals. INAH says the ruler Chan Muwan II took power in 776 and governed until about 800.lugares.inah.gob.mx and 2 moreNezahualcoyotl Codex Ixtlilxochitl: Nezahualcoyotl Codex Ixtlilxochitl facsimile 115-1301472 · Texcoco, State of Mexico, MexicoThe chronicles say Nezahualcóyotl had his bride's betrothed killed in battle, executed their son for treason, and named a 7-year-old heir on his deathbedThis is the account of the 17th-century chroniclers Alva Ixtlilxóchitl and Torquemada, as assembled by José Luis Martínez. Nezahualcóyotl ruled Texcoco from 1431.docs.enriquedussel.com and 2 moreTezozomoc funeral: The funeral for the Tepanec ruler Tezozomoc.1426 · Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, MexicoTezozómoc named one son heir; another son took the throne and killed him, and the cities he had ruled destroyed AzcapotzalcoThis follows the Codex Xolotl and the colonial chronicles. Tezozómoc ruled Azcapotzalco for more than 50 years and made the lake cities pay tribute.isabelbueno.es and 2 moreCodex Zouche-Nuttall - Lord 8 Deer captures Lord 4 Wind of Huachino: Lord 8 Deer captures Lord 4 Wind of Huachino1115 · Tilantongo, Oaxaca, MexicoThe Mixtec codices record that Lord Eight Deer killed his wife's father to take Tilantongo, and that the boy he spared later killed him and married his daughterThe Mixtec painted books are genealogies and histories of royal houses, and they tell the same events from rival sides.famsi.org and 2 moreYaxchilan (Maya) Lintel 24 Depicting Autosacrifice of Lady Xoc (9817545535): Other Yaxchilan lintels on my Maya album from National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City. British Museum742 · Yaxchilan, Chiapas, MexicoYaxchilan had no recorded king for ten years after Shield Jaguar died, and the son of his foreign second wife took the throneItzamnaaj Bahlam, called Shield Jaguar, was Yaxchilan's greatest king. His principal wife, Lady K'abal Xook, had three carved lintels set over the doors of her temple, Structure 23.cambridge.org and 3 more