Hector Oaxaca Acosta

Hector Oaxaca Acosta (March 13, 1926 – June 10, 2013), nicknamed "Chinito," was a Mexican news photographer and

Spanish-language paper published by the El Paso Times.^[1]

Oaxaca was born in Chihuahua to parents, David Oaxaca and María Acosta, on March 13, 1926.^[2] He was a cousin of actor Anthony Quinn.^[1]

Alejandro Cruz Rivera, the President of the Mexican Federation of Sports Journalists, noted that Oaxaca had "won just about every award a photographer in Mexico can win."^[1] In early June 2013, just one week before his death, the Las Misiones shopping center in Juárez opened a public exhibition of his work, entitled "Retrospective Photographs of Don Hector Oaxaca," which was curated by the Juárez Association of Journalists.^[1]

Hector Oaxaca Acosta died of an illness at his home on June 10, 2013, at the age of 87.

Mayor of El Paso, Carlos Ramirez.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Washington Valdez, Diana (June 12, 2013). "Renowned photographer Hector Oaxaca Acosta dies in Juárez at 87 years old". El Paso Times. Retrieved July 5, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^
El Diario de Juárez
. June 10, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2013.

[elpaso-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Washington Valdez, Diana (June 12, 2013). "Renowned photographer Hector Oaxaca Acosta dies in Juárez at 87 years old". El Paso Times. Retrieved July 5, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[dj-2] 
El Diario de Juárez
. June 10, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2013.

[1]

[2]