

Wenceslao Leyva González
Wenceslao Leyva González was a Mexican supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Latin American Supercentenarians (LAS). At the time of death, he was the second-oldest living man, behind Israel Kristal.
Wenceslao Leyva González was a Mexican supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Latin American Supercentenarians (LAS). At the time of death, he was the second-oldest living man, behind Israel Kristal.
Leyva González was born in the village of Tamazula, near Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico, on 28 September 1903.
In 1924, he married Alejandra Evans, with whom he had 12 children, three of whom died as infants. He was a farmer during his life.
His eldest surviving child, Rosario, was 90 years old in October 2015, while the youngest was 65.
Leyva González died in his native village on 27 December 2016, at the age of 113 years, 90 days. At the time of death, he had 9 living children, 71 grandchildren, 190 great-grandchildren, 95 great-great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-great-grandchildren (a total of 6 generations, including him).
At the time of death, he was the second-oldest living man in the world, behind Israel Kristal of Israel, who was 13 days older.
His age was validated by the Latin American Supercentenarians (LAS) on 27 September 2020. He remains the oldest-validated man born and died in Mexico, though Mauro Ambriz Tapia (1897–2011) was older at the time of death, but his age if not fully validated yet.