2002 in Mexico

=Arts and entertainment=

Film

Documentaries

* "Gabriel Orozco"
* "Niños de la calle"
* "Los últimos zapatistas, héroes olvidados"
* "Acosada (De piel de víbora)"

Fiction

* "Amar te duele"
* "Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino"
* "Ciudades oscuras"
* "El crimen del padre Amaro"
* "eXXXorcismos"
* "Francisca (... De qué lado estás?)"
* "El gavilán de la sierra"
* "La habitación azul"
* "Seres humanos"
* "El tigre de Santa Julia"
* "Una de dos"
* "La virgen de la lujuria"

Deaths

* January 3 – Juan García Esquivel (84), musician
* February 10 – Ramón Arellano Félix (37), druglord
* October 19 – Manuel Alvarez Bravo (100), photographer
* January 8 – María Félix (84), actress
* November 6 – Alfonso Martínez Domínguez (80), politician

Events

* January 23 – La Espuela Coal Mine disaster caused the death of 13 miners
* October 30 – Banco Azteca begins operations
* September 20 – Hurricane Isidore (category 3) reaches the Yucatán Peninsula
* October 25 – Hurricane Kenna (category 5) reaches Puerto Vallarta