Navarrete Prida and the Governor of Oaxaca, Alejandro Murat, crashed in Santiago Jamiltepec, Oaxaca, as it was inspecting the damage caused by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 that had taken place at 5:39 p.m. February 18 – Five minors are killed and three are injured when their car crashes on Eje 10 Sur in Mexico City. They had visited a fair in Santa Catarina Yecahuízotl, Tláhuac. March 19: Three film students from the Universidad de Medios Audiovisuales (CAAV), Javier Salomón Aceves Gastélum, Daniel Díaz y Marcos Ávalos, disappeared in Tonalá, Jalisco. Later it was discovered that the students were beaten and killed, and their bodies were dissolved in acid. March 20 – A man walks into a store in "Reforma 222" shopping mall in Mexico City, shoots his ex-wife, and causes panic among the shoppers. March 30 – Campaigning for the 2018 Mexican general election begins. April through June April 5 — U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to militarize its southern border. April 10 – Despite not having sufficient signatures, Jaime Rodríguez Calderón "El Bronco" is allowed to run for President as an independent candidate. April 11 – After two weeks, a capuchin monkey is captured and taken to Chapultepec Zoo. April 22 – First Presidential debate, in Mexico City is watched by 11.4 million people. May 8 – A crack in the high-speed lane of Viaducto Miguel Alemán in Iztacalco, Mexico City, frightens motorists. It requires 1,100 m3 of concrete to be repaired. May 16 – Margarita Zavala, the only female candidate for President, drops out. May 18 — An airplane crash in Cuba results in the deaths of 112 people, including the seven members of the crew, all Mexicans. May 20 – Second Presidential debate, in Tijuana, Baja California June Floods cause multiple problems throughout the country, particularly in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Guanajuato. Two dismembered bodies, presumably belonging to drug traffickers, are found on Avenida Insurgentes Norte y Flores Magón in Nonoalco Tlatelolco, Mexico City. July through September July 1 — Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins the presidency. July 12 A shopping center in Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City partially collapses. No one is hurt, and it reopens 40 days later. Third Presidential debate, in Mérida, Yucatán. August 7 – Elba Esther Gordillo Morales is cleared of charges of money laundering and organized crime membership, after spending five years in prison. August 8 – Roberto Moyado