Overview

• Authorities confirmed the passing of the San Pedro Garza García mayor on September 23 following complications from mesothelioma pleural.
• Widely seen in recent weeks using a wheelchair and oxygen, Fernández had halted treatment and on September 15 took a two‑week medical leave with plans to resign afterward.
• Mauricio Farah Giacomán remains encargado del despacho, and the Ayuntamiento is expected to name an interim replacement according to local procedure.
• Condolences were issued by Governor Samuel García, the PAN leadership, and the Nuevo León state prosecutor’s office, along with fellow politicians such as Waldo Fernández and Roberto Gil Zuarth.
• Fernández served four terms as mayor, was a former senator and businessman, championed cultural projects like Museo La Milarca, and even lent his name to the plesiosaur Mauriciosaurus fernandezi; San Pedro is frequently cited as Mexico’s wealthiest municipality.