Career
Based in Ciudad Juárez, Oaxaca"s career spanned more than 67 years. He provided news photographs for a variety of Mexican and American publications and wire services, including El Fronterizo, El Mexicano, the Associated Press, and El Paso y Más, a Spanish-language paper published by the El Paso Times. Oaxaca was born in Chihuahua to parents, David Oaxaca and María Acosta, on March 13, 1926.
He was a cousin of actor Anthony Quinn.
Hector Oaxaca Acosta died of an illness at his home on June 10, 2013, at the age of 87.