Esparza, a.k.a. ‘El Betito’, presumed leader of La Unión de Tepito drug gang, is arrested. August 17 — The government issues a new MXN $500 bill, featuring Benito Juarez. September 4 — A group of pseudo-students known as porros attack a peaceful march by students from the Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades (CCH) Azcapotzalco, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), who were demanding greater security measures on campus. Several students are injured. September 15 – Peña Nieto leads the Independence Day Celebration for the last time. October through December October 2 – 50th anniversary of the Tlatelolco massacre. October 11 - The collapse of a shopping mall under construction in the Mexican city of Monterrey results in at least 7 deaths and nine people missing. 15 others are injured. October 19 A caravan of migrants from Central America begins a trek across Mexico in defiance of Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric. A fence separating Guatemala and Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas is torn down. 'El Calavera' is arrested for sexually abusing 39 children in the "Marcelino de Champagnat" preschool in Mexico City. October 31 — Repairs to the water system in Mexico City and the State of Mexico leave millions without water for a week. November 5 — The trial of Joaquín "El Chapo" Loera Guzman begins in New York, accused of drug trafficking. December 1 — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is inaugurated. December 15 — At 18:57 local time, Popocatepetl spews lava, ash and rock. December 24 — The governor of Puebla, Martha Erika Alonso and her husband, Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, a senator and former state governor, die in a helicopter crash. December 28 – Seven minor children burn to death in a fire in their home in Buenavista, Iztapalapa, Mexico City. Holidays, festivities, and special events January 1 – New Year's Day, statutory holiday January 6 – Feast of the Epiphany February 2 – Feast of Candlemas February 5 – Constitution Day, statutory holiday February 14 Day of Love and Friendship Ash Wednesday February 20 – Mexican Army Day, civic holiday February 24 – Flag Day, civic holiday March 8 – International Women's Day March 18 – Anniversary of the Mexican oil expropriation, civic holiday March 19 – Benito Juárez's Birthday, statutory holiday March 20 – March equinox March 25 to 30 – Holy Week March 29 – Holy Thursday March 30 – Good Friday April 21 – Heroic