Editing Hermosillo (section)

===21st century===
[[File:Plaza Bicentenario in Hermosillo, SON.jpg|thumb|Plaza Bicentenario in Hermosillo, 2011]]
In 2000, the businessman [[Pancho Búrquez]] was elected as municipal president for National Action Party, in that triennium, the municipality won national awards (such as that of the Secretariat of Comptroller ship and Administrative Development of the federal government, as well as of the [[International City/County Management Association]] as one of the most transparent cities in the world. Investment grew in the early decade thanks to the ease of doing business.

One of the most important events in Hermosillo was the ABC Nursery Fire on June 5, 2009. According to the Attorney General's Office of the State of Sonora, there were 49 deaths in the fire. The fire apparently began in a warehouse, then expanded to the daycare. Most of the children died of asphyxiation. There were about 100 children inside the building; firefighters and the population had to make holes in the walls to rescue the children, ranging from six months to five years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arenapolitica.com.mx/index.php?option%27com_content&view%27article&id%276407:pgr-pide-a-firma-britanica-peritaje-on-abc&9:from-the-border-world|title=ArenaPolitica.com.mx|website=arenapolitica.com.mx}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2015/06/02/pgr-present-a-padres-of-guarderia-abc-plan-de-investigacion-2419.2419.html|title=archived copy|date=June 10, 2015}}{{dead link|date=March 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.20minutos.com.au/news/14566/0/parents/victims-guardians-abc-sonosuary/keep-demand-justice/ |title=Parents of victims of the ABC nursery keep their demand for justice – 20minutos.com.mx }}</ref>

The fire caused a stir both nationally and internationally. As a result of these events, on June 3, 2010, a decree was published in the Official Journal of the Federation declaring June 5 a Day of national mourning. The National Flag is flown at half-mast on June 5 of each year.<ref>{{cite web| work=[[Official Journal of the Federation (Mexico)|Official Journal of the Federation]] |title=DOF- Official Journal of the DOF Federation: 03/06/2010 |url=http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codedigo-5145079&date-03/06/2010 |access-date=June 5, 2012 }}</ref> Parents of victims and citizen organizations<ref>{{cite web |title=Know in Depth the 'June 5 Act' |url=http://www.animalpolitico.com/2011/10/ya-en-e-e-e-e-e-e2%80%9Cley-5-June%E2%80%9D/ |access-date=February 16, 2014 |work=political animal |date=October 24, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> annually remind the nation by releasing pink and blue balloons on behalf of the nursery children who died. Changes were made in the General Law on Provision of Services for Child Care, Care and Integral Child Development, a legal framework that regulates the operation of nurseries at the national level, to ensure the tragedy would not be repeated. The changed standard was published in the [Official Journal of the Federation], on October 27, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dof.gob.mx/detail_note.php?code-5215790&date-24/10/2011-title-DE-DECRETO |title=isinging the General Law on the Provision of Services for Child Care, Care and Integral Development. 2014 |work=Official Journal of the Federation |date=October 24, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>