Overview

• Mauricio Fernández’s death was announced on September 23, with most outlets reporting it occurred Tuesday and Proceso citing the night of Monday the 22nd.
• Fernández had requested a two-week leave on September 15 and stated he would resign afterward, proposing Mauricio Farah to assume duties on an interim basis.
• Media reports attribute the death to complications from pleural mesothelioma; in his final public remarks he said he had stopped treatment.
• A prominent PAN figure, he governed San Pedro Garza García in four terms and previously served as a senator, while also building a profile as a businessman and cultural patron behind the La Milarca museum.
• Municipal operations are being handled by Farah for now, with a permanent successor to be defined through city council action followed by a decision from the Nuevo León Congress.