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In addition to the death of Paco Stanley, Mexico lived in 1999 one of its most convulsed years in its history with important events that we remember
El Show: Crónica de un asesinato, has become one of the most revealing documentaries, addressing one of the most publicized cases in Mexico, the murder of Paco Stanley, which occurred on June 7, 1999.
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That year is not only remembered for the murder of the television host, other events also occupied the eight columns of the most important newspapers in the country, as well as the most important news on television and radio.
In addition to the death of Paco Stanley, 1999 was characterized as a year full of events, such as a new visit by then Pope John Paul II, the strike at UNAM and new earthquakes that shook Oaxaca, Puebla and Mexico City ( At that time Federal District).
Let’s go in the time machine to remember what happened in Mexico in 1999, the year in which the death of Paco Stanley and the UNAM strike stole the camera
John Paul II visits Mexico for the fourth time
The Catholic Church was under the leadership of Pope John Paul II, who from January 22 to 26, 1999 made his fourth visit to Mexico, where he led two meetings with the Catholic faithful. The first was held at the Hermanos Rodriguez Autodrome, with a million parishioners.
While the second was held at the Azteca Stadium, in one of the most memorable events in the history of the Colossus of Santa Úrsula.
The strike at UNAM
Since 1998, the authorities of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) have analyzed increasing the fees for students, who since 1989 have paid only 20 cents per year for registration procedures.
Faced with these increases, part of the university community disagreed, which led on April 24, 1999 to the General Strike Council (CGH) seizing the UNAM campuses and declaring a strike, which lasted for 9 months, and led to the resignation of the rector Francisco Barnes de Castro.
The succession race begins in Los Pinos
With the federal elections of the year 2000 at the door, different actors of political life showed interest in being in the electoral contest, which would set an important precedent in the political life of the country.
In the midst of a crisis of insecurity and unfinished works, Engineer Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solorzano, who in 1999 became the First Head of Government of the Federal District elected at the polls, announced his resignation from his post to seek the PRD candidacy for the elections.
While the PRI held an internal election among its militants for them to decide who was the candidate for the presidency, Francisco Labastida Ochoa winning against contenders such as Roberto Madrazo Pintado, Humberto Roque Villanueva and Manuel Bartlett Díaz.
This election is the first carried out by the PRI in its history, since the President of the Republic in turn designated who was the candidate of that party, with the famous figures of the finger and the covered.
For its part, the PAN unanimously elected the then governor of Guanajuato, Vicente Fox, who would ultimately win the 2000 elections.
The earth shook in Puebla and Oaxaca
On June 15, 1999, Mexico experienced another major earthquake, this time measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, which had its epicenter in San Antonio Texcala, Puebla.
This earthquake claimed the victim of 20 people, and affected 34 thousand houses, 1,200 schools, 88 hospitals and almost 800 properties, mainly in the City of Puebla.
While on September 30, 1999, an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale shook the coast of Oaxaca and the movement affected, in addition to the Oaxacan cities, also the then Federal District and the state of Veracruz.
The balance was 50 deaths, most of them in the town of Puerto Angel, in addition to severe damage to buildings, homes and schools that resulted in more than 250 million pesos in material losses.
Toluca establishes itself as a team of the time
In 1999, Deportivo Toluca once again won its fourth league title, after beating Atlas in a final not suitable for those with heart problems, which was defined in an intense penalty shootout.
After an electrifying three-goal tie in the first leg, the return game did not lower the intensity of both squads to win the title and in a round-trip game again the Red Devils and the Foxes tied at two goals, bordering on the definition from the penalty spot.
For the Reds, Fabian Estay missed his penalty kick, while Daniel Osorno and Julio Estrada for the Guadalajara were the villains when they missed their chances against Hernán Cristante.
Mexico takes the first historic step
At the national team level, Mexico had the most important success to date, as far as the senior team is concerned, when it won the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup on the field of the Azteca Stadium, beating Brazil 4-3.
Miguel Zepeda on two occasions, José Manuel Abundis and Cuauhtémoc Blanco scored for the tricolor team, while Serginho, Rni and Ze Roberto discounted for the canarinha.
After conquering third place in the 1999 Copa América, Mexico reached the Confederations Cup as the top of Group A, and was left with first place by beating Saudi Arabia and Bolivia, while Egypt achieved a two-way tie. so many.
In the semifinal, the squad led by Manuel Lapuente eliminated their counterpart from the United States in overtime, with a golden goal from Cuauhtémoc Blanco at minute 97′.
What did Mexicans see on television?
In 1999, the Otro Rollo program made the leap from cable television to the open signal on channel 5, making Tuesdays one of the most anticipated days for fans of the show hosted by Adal Ramones.
In 1998 Paco Stanley surprised the entertainment medium when he announced his departure from Televisa and came to TV Azteca to lead the program Una tras Otra.
Despite enjoying the public’s preference, this program lasted on the air for less than a year, when Stanley was assassinated on June 7, 1999, in a case that impacted public opinion in Mexico.
The five episodes of The Show: Chronicle of a murder are now available on Vix, and you can see its first episode clicking on this link.
Sources: N+ Files / AP / TUDN / FIFA