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- ↑ Falleció Don Javier Ostos Mora, Miembro Permanente del COM [ permanent dead link ](in Spanish) (translation: Mr. Javier Ostos Mora, permanent member of COM, dead). Published by the Mexican Olympic Committee, Comité Olímpico Mexicano (COM), on 2008-11-06. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ↑ FINA Honorary Life President Lic. Javier Ostos Mora passes away at 92 Archived 2015-06-08 at the Wayback Machine . Published on the FINA website on 2008-11-08; retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ↑ A listing of Ostos Mora's various positions held can be found here in the announcement of his death by the Mexican Swimming Federation (FMN) here: Sensible fallecimiento del Lic. Javier Ostos Mora [ permanent dead link ](in Spanish). Published by FMN on 2008-11-06. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
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