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Francisco García Moreno (born 1 June 1947 in
Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
, died 26 March 2016 in
Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; nci-IPA, Cuauhnāhuac, kʷawˈnaːwak "near the woods", ) is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. The city is located around a 90-minute drive south of Mexico City using the Federal Highway 95D. The na ...
) was a Mexican Olympic water polo player (
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...
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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
), and a former coach of the national team. ''El Panchote'', as Garcia Moreno was known, was a member of the bronze medal winning teams at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games and a member of the gold medal winning team at the 1975 Pan American Games. Garcia Moreno owned a gym in Cuernavaca where he specialized in teaching babies and children to swim. He promoted water polo among young people in the area. He was murdered during a robbery attempt near his home in Tlatenango, Cuernavaca in 2016. He was always surrounded by other athletes such as Felipe ''Tibio'' Muñoz.


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List of people from Morelos, Mexico The following are people who were born, raised, or who gained significant prominence for living in the Mexican state of Morelos: ''This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by exp ...


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* 1947 births 2016 deaths Mexican male water polo players Sportspeople from Mexico City Olympic water polo players of Mexico Water polo players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in water polo Male murder victims Mexican murder victims People murdered in Mexico Deaths by firearm in Mexico Water polo players at the 1967 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 1971 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican people {{Mexico-waterpolo-bio-stub