This is a list of events that happened in

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in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President

* President ** Vicente Fox , until November 30 ** Felipe Calderón , starting December 1

Cabinet

Interior Secretary The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natu ...

(SEGOB) ** Santiago Creel, until November 30 **

Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña ( Jamay, Jalisco, April 22, 1952) is a Mexican politician who belongs to the National Action Party. He has been Municipal President of Guadalajara, Governor of Jalisco from 2001 to 2006 and from December 1, 2006, ...

, starting December 1 * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE) **

Luis Ernesto Derbez Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista (born April 1, 1947 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician and Rector (academia), rector of the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP). He served as Mexico's Secretariat of Economy (Mexico), Secretary of Econ ...

, until November 30 ** Patricia Espinosa, starting December 1 * Communications Secretary (SCT) **

Pedro Cerisola Pedro Cerisola y Weber (born March 3, 1949, in Mexico City) is a Mexican architect who served as Secretary of Communications under President Vicente Fox's administration. Cerisola studied architecture at the National Autonomous University of Me ...

, until November 30 ** Luis Téllez, starting December 1 * Education Secretary (SEP) **

Reyes Tamez Reyes Tamez Guerra (born 18 April 1952 in Monterrey) is a Mexicans, Mexican Immunochemistry, immunochemist and politicians. He is a former Secretary of Education for the State of Nuevo León, a former president of the Autonomous University of N ...

, until November 30 ** Josefina Vázquez Mota, starting December 1 *

Secretary of Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

(SEDENA) ** Gerardo Clemente Vega, until November 30 ** Guillermo Galván Galván, starting December 1 *

Secretary of Navy The secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer () and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the United States Department of Defense. By law, the sec ...

(SEMAR) **Marco Antonio Peyrot González, until November 30 ** Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, starting December 1 * Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS) **

Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party . He was the Secretary of Labor from 2005 to 2006. Education Salazar Sáenz studied chemistry at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UN ...

, until November 30 ** Javier Lozano Alarcón, starting December 1 * Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL) ** Josefina Vázquez Mota, until November 30 ** Beatriz Zavala, starting December 1 * Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres * Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT) **

José Luis Luege Tamargo José Luis Luege Tamargo (born November 9, 1953, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican politician and bureaucrat. Luege holds a degree in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at UNAM, where he taught for five years. He obtained two specialti ...

, until November 30 ** Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, starting December 1 * Secretary of Health (SALUD) **

Julio Frenk Julio José Frenk Mora (born December 20, 1953) is president of the University of Miami and has served in this role since 2015. He is the University of Miami's first Hispanic and native Spanish-speaking president. At the University of Miami, ...

, until November 30 ** José Ángel Córdova, starting December 1 * Secretary of Public Security (SSP) ** Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, until November 30 ** Genaro García Luna, starting December 1 *

Secretary of Finance and Public Credit The Secretariat of the Treasury and Public Credit ( es, Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, SHCP) is the finance ministry of Mexico. The Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the department, and is a member of the federal executive ...

(SHCP) ** Francisco Gil Díaz, until November 30 ** Agustín Carstens, starting December 1 * Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1 *

Secretary of Agriculture The United States secretary of agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other governments. The department includes several organi ...

(SAGARPA): Alberto Cárdenas, starting December 1 * Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): German Martínez Cázares, starting December 1 *

Secretary of Agrarian Reform The secretary of agrarian reform (Filipino: ''Kalihim ng Repormang Pansakahan'') is the head of the Department of Agrarian Reform and is a member of the president’s Cabinet. List References External linksDAR website {{DEFAULTSORT:Sec ...

(SRA): Germán Martínez, starting December 1 * Attorney General of Mexico (PRG) **Daniel Cabeza de Vaca, until November 30 ** Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, starting December 1

Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

Governors

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...

: Luis Armando Reynoso * Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther *

Baja California Sur Baja California Sur (; 'South Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur), is the least populated state and the 31st admitted state of the 32 federal ent ...

: Narciso Agúndez Montaño *

Campeche Campeche (; yua, Kaampech ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by ...

: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez *

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía (born 9 August 1954) is a Mexican politician. He served as Governor of Chiapas from 2000 to 2006. Early life Salazar was born in Soyaló, Chiapas. He was the son of rural teachers. At age 17 he enrolled in the Au ...

, until December 7 **

Juan Sabines Guerrero Juan José Sabines Guerrero (born August 20, 1968) is a Mexican politician, son of the former Governor of Chiapas, Juan Sabines Gutiérrez and nephew of the writer Jaime Sabines. Until, 2006 he was member of the Institutional Revolutionary Part ...

, ( Coalition for the Good of All), starting December 8 *

Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to: Places *Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state **Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state **Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state **Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state **Chihuahua Mun ...

: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas *

Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

: Humberto Moreira * Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes *

Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

: Ismael Hernández *

Guanajuato Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...

** Juan Carlos Romero Hicks , until September 25 ** Juan Manuel Oliva , starting September 26 * Guerrero:

Zeferino Torreblanca Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo (born March 14, 1954 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican politician previously affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution now affiliated with the (Labor Party) and former Governor of Guerrero. H ...

* Hidalgo:

Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong (; 5 August 1964) is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto. He was Governor of Hidalgo until April 2011. Early life Born in Pachuca, Hidalgo, he is a ...

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

** Alberto Cárdenas , until November 20 **

Gerardo Solís Gómez Gerardo Octavio Solís Gómez (born November 19, 1957 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican politician, member of the National Action Party who has served as substitute Governor of Jalisco. Biography Solís Gómez served is the cabinet of ...

, substitute governor *

State of Mexico The State of Mexico ( es, Estado de México; ), officially just Mexico ( es, México), is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Commonly known as Edomex (from ) to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is ...

: Enrique Peña Nieto *

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...

Lázaro Cárdenas Batel Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (born 2 April 1964) is a Mexican politician. He served as governor of Michoacán from 2002 to 2008, representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Prior to his election to that office in 2001, he had represen ...

Morelos Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cuer ...

** Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez , until October 1. **

Marco Antonio Adame Marco Antonio Adame Castillo (born 6 December 1960) is a Mexican politician, medical doctor, and member of the National Action Party (PAN). He served as governor of Morelos for the term of 2006—2012. Adame studied medicine and surgery at ...

, starting October 1. * Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez *

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

: Fernando Canales Clariond * Oaxaca:

Ulises Ruiz Ortiz Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (born April 9, 1958) is a Mexican politician and former governor of the State of Oaxaca. He took office in 2004 as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Controversies Ruiz Ortiz was accused by some of murd ...

Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

Mario Plutarco Marín Torres is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creat ...

Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...

: Francisco Garrido Patrón * Quintana Roo:

Félix González Canto Félix Arturo González Canto (born 23 August 1968) is a Mexican politician and economist, affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). From 2005 until 2011 he was the governor of the state of Quintana Roo. He has previously hel ...

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...

: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos *

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...

: Juan S. Millán , until December 31 *

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...

Eduardo Bours José Eduardo Robinson Bours Castelo (born December 17, 1956) is a Mexican businessman who served as governor of Sonora under the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI. He is a member of the Robinson Bours family which immigrated from the Uni ...

* Tabasco:

Manuel Andrade Díaz Manuel Andrade Díaz (born 1965 in Villahermosa, Tabasco) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party and former Governor of Tabasco. He holds a law degree from the University Juárez Autónoma of Tabasco ...

, until December 31 * Tamaulipas:

Eugenio Hernández Flores Eugenio Javier Hernández Flores (born October 17, 1959 in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas), is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was the mayor of Ciudad Victoria from 2001 to 2004 and Governor of t ...

* Tlaxcala:

Alfonso Sánchez Anaya Alfonso Abraham Sánchez Anaya (born 23 January 1941) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRD. As of 2013 he served as Senator of the LX and LXI Legislatures of the Mexican Congress representing Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (; , ; from nah, ...

* Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán * Yucatán:

Víctor Cervera Pacheco Víctor Manuel Cervera Pacheco (April 23, 1936 – August 18, 2004) was a Mexican politician who served as Governor of Yucatán from 1984 to 1988, and again from 1995 through 2001. From 1988 to 1994 Cervera served as Secretary of Agrarian Reform ...

* Zacatecas: Amalia García * Head of Government of the Federal District ** Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez , until December 4 ** Marcelo Ebrard , starting December 5

Events

* The Broad Progressive Front is founded * The

Garros Galería Garros Galería or Garros Gallery is located in Colonia Roma in Mexico City. It is the only art gallery and museum dedicated to cats in Mexico. History The enterprise was begun by siblings Joel and María del Carmen Nava Polina, along with Rodrigo ...

is established. * The

Televisa Law The Televisa Law (Spanish: ''Ley Televisa'') is the name given by the press to the Federal Law of Radio and Television (Spanish: Ley Federal de Radio y Televisión or LFRTV), a controversial law approved by the Congress of Mexico in 2006, shortly b ...

is approved. * The Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve is declared by the UNESCO in Morelos. * The Biosphere Reserve of Huatulco is declared by the UNESCO in Oaxaca. * January: The Other Campaign * January 25: Juana Barraza is apprehended. * February 4:

Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers The Sheraton Mexico City Maria Isabel Hotel is a business hotel operated by Sheraton Hotels and Resorts and located on Paseo de la Reforma in the Zona Rosa (Mexico), Zona Rosa business and shopping district just across from El Ángel, El Ángel ...

incident. * February 19:

Pasta de Conchos mine disaster The Pasta de Conchos mine disaster occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. CST on February 19, 2006, after a methane explosion within a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, San Juan de Sabinas municipality, in the Mexican state of Coahuila. The mines were r ...

* March: Santiago Mexquititlán raid * April 10: 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust * April 17: Maltrata bus crash * May: Jojutla crater discovered on Mars by astronomer Andres Eloy Martínez Rojas. * May 3:

2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco The civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco of 2006 began on Wednesday, May 3, when police prevented a group of 60 flower vendors from selling at the Texcoco local market in the State of México, about from Mexico City. State police used violence an ...

* May 27: Eutelsat 113 West A is launched. * June 17:

Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca The Mexican state of Oaxaca was embroiled in a conflict that lasted more than seven months and resulted in at least seventeen deaths and the occupation of the capital city of Oaxaca by the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO). The con ...

* June 27:

Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport Angel is a given name meaning "angel", " messenger". In the English-speaking world Angel is used for both boys and girls. From the medieval Latin masculine name ''Angelus'', which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived ...

inaugurated. * June 28: Miss Latin America 2006 held in Riviera Maya. * September 2:

Nuestra Belleza México 2006 The 13th Nuestra Belleza México pageant, was held at the Espacio Cultural Metropolitano of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico on September 2, 2006. Thirty contestants of the Mexican Republic competed for the national title, which was won by Rosa Mari ...

* September 16: the

Faro del Comercio Faro del Comercio is a monument designed by the accomplished Mexican architect Luis Barragán and constructed in 1984 by architect Raúl Ferrera. It is a recognizable sight in Monterrey among many other modern manmade landmarks, such as Neptune' ...

is re-inaugurated. * November 10: The government of Mexico City approves a law on civil unions, becoming the first local government to allow same sex unions in Mexico. * December 11: Beginning of the Mexican Drug War *''unknown date'':

Galia Moss Galia Moss is an adventurer. Born in Mexico, she is the first Latin American sailor to travel across the Atlantic Ocean alone. On that trip, undertaken in 2006, she traveled nine thousand miles from Vigo, Spain, to Cancun, Mexico, in 41 days. Th ...

, a Latin American sailor crosses the Atlantic Ocean alone.

Elections

2006 Mexican general election 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

2006 Chiapas state election A local election was held in the Mexican state of Chiapas on Sunday, August 20, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level, a new Governor of Chiapas to serve a six-year term. Gubernatorial election Five candidates registered as c ...

* 2006 Colima state election *

2006 Mexican Federal District election Elections in the Mexican Federal District (Mexico City) were held on Sunday, 2 July 2006. Voters went the polls to elect, on the local level: *A new Head of Government of the Federal District, to serve a six-year term, replacing current incumbent A ...

2006 Guanajuato state election A local election was held in the Mexican state of Guanajuato on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level: *A new Governor of Guanajuato to serve for a six-year term. * 46 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for ...

2006 Jalisco state election A local election was held in the Mexican state of Jalisco on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level: *A new Governor of Jalisco to serve for a six-year term. Emilio González Márquez ( PAN) won. * 125 municipa ...

2006 Nuevo León state election A local election was scheduled to be held in the Mexican state of Nuevo León on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters will go to the polls to elect, on the local level: * 51 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a three-year term. *42 local deputies ...

* 2006 Sonora state election * 2006 State of Mexico election *

2006 Tabasco state election A local election was held in the Mexican state of Tabasco on Sunday, 15 October 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level: *A new Governor of Tabasco to serve for a six-year term. * 17 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a ...

Awards

* Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Jesús Kumate Rodríguez * Order of the Aztec Eagle * National Prize for Arts and Sciences * National Public Administration Prize * Ohtli Award ** Pete Gallego **

Buddy Garcia Hector Steven Garcia, known as H. S. "Buddy" Garcia (born June 16, 1967), is a former interim member of the Texas Railroad Commission, the elected body which regulates the oil and natural gas industries in Texas. Garcia was appointed to the commis ...

Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr. Ignacio Eugenio Lozano Jr. (January 15, 1927 – December 27, 2023) was an American diplomat who was United States Ambassador to El Salvador. He was appointed to the Ambassador, ambassadorship by President Gerald Ford in 1976. He resigned the p ...

** Ed Pastor ** Jared Polis ** Santiago Wood

Popular culture

Sports

* Primera División de México Clausura 2006 * Primera División de México Apertura 2006 *

2006 InterLiga America was originally set to participate in the 2006 InterLiga tournament, but their 2005 clausura championship qualified the team for the 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Therefore, the club was replaced by Cruz Azul. The teams Tigres and Chiva ...

* 2005 Copa Sudamericana Finals * Mexico compete at the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...

in Germany. *

Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional (Vuelta a Chihuahua) was a stage race held annually in October in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The Vuelta a Chihuahua was first contested in 2005, as part of the UCI America Tour schedule, and was run over seve ...

2006 Desafío Corona season The 2006 Desafio Corona season was the third season of stock car racing in Mexico, and the final with the name Desafío Corona. Schedule The 2006 schedule included for first time Puebla, Puebla, Puebla as venue. Results Races Reference ...

2006 Gran Premio Telmex The 2006 Gran Premio Telmex was the fourteenth and final round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on November 12, 2006, on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. The pole ...

* 2006 Rally México * 2006 Mexican Figure Skating Championships *

Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006) ''Homenaje a Dos Leyendas'' (2006) (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") was a professional wrestling supercard show event, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council"). The ''Dos Leyendas'' show took p ...

2006 Centrobasket Women This page shows the results of the 2006 Centrobasket#Women.27s tournament, Centrobasket Championship for Women, which was held in the city of Mexico City, Mexico from July 25 to July 29, 2006. Group stage Group A Group B Knocko ...

in Mexico City. *

2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup The 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by seven countries from June 3 to June 12, 2006 in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico. The event served as a qualifier for the 2007 Ame ...

in Baja California. * Mexico at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Music

Film

* '' Una película de huevos'' * ''

Efectos secundarios ''Efectos Secundarios'' ("Side Effects") is a 2006 satire comedy-drama film directed by Issa López. The film stars Marina de Tavira, Alejandra Gollás, Arturo Barba and Pedro Izquierdo. It was originally released to theatres in the Mexico ...

'' – September 1 * ''

Pretendiendo ''Pretendiendo'' (Spanish: ''Pretending''), known as ''Ugly Me'' in the U.S., is a 2006 Chilean romantic comedy film directed and written by Claudio Dabed. The film is about a beautiful but romantically disappointed woman named Amanda. In an atte ...

'' * '' Pan's Labyrinth'' – October 2 * '' Así del precipicio'' * '' Cansada de besar sapos'' – December

Literature

TV

Telenovelas

* '' Heridas de Amor'' * '' La fea más bella'' * '' Código postal'' – May 22

Notable deaths

* January 1 – Mapita Cortés, 75, Puerto Rican -born actress of the cinema of Mexico * January 13 – Raúl Anguiano, 90, painter and muralist,

heart failure Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, a ...

. * February 10 – Juan Soriano, 85, painter and sculptor. * February 12 –

Juan Sánchez-Navarro y Peón Juan Sánchez-Navarro y Peón (April 24, 1913 – February 12, 2006) was a Mexican businessman, lawyer, philosopher, philanthropist, journalist and professor. For more than 40 years, he served as Executive Vice President of Grupo Modelo. In addit ...

, 92, entrepreneur and co-founder of the . * March 7 –

Ludwik Margules Ludwik Margules Coben (December 15, 1933 in Warsaw, Poland – March 10, 2006 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Polish-born Mexican theatre, opera and film director. Being an active member of the Mexican theatre circuit for more than fifty years, ...

, 72, theatre director, cancer

* March 29 –

Salvador Elizondo Salvador Elizondo Alcalde (Mexico City, December 19, 1932 - March 29, 2006) was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature. Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental, intelligent style ...

, 73, writer

* April 5 – Armando Labra, 62, economist

* April 20 – Miguel Zacarías Nogaim, 101,

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

director

* April 30 – Beatriz Sheridan, 71, actress and director, heart attack. * May 4 – Valentin Trujillo, 55, actor, heart attack. * May 22 – Lilia Prado, 78, actress, multiple organ failure

* May 23 –

Ángel Fernández Ángel Oswaldo Fernández Vernaza (born 2 August 1971) is an Ecuadorian footballer. He played 77 games for the Ecuador national team between 1991 and 2004. Club career He played his entire club career in Ecuador. His main clubs were Emelec a ...

, 80, sports broadcaster, renal failurebr>
*July 15 – Raúl Delgado Benavides, politician, Municipal president ( Cuautitlán de García Barragán, Cuautitlán, Jalisco); murdered * August 4 –

Julio Galán Julio Galán (1958 or 1959 – August 4, 2006) was a Mexican artist and architect. Galán was one of Latin America's neo-expressionist painters of the end of the last century and the beginning of this one.. His paintings and collages are full ...

, 47, painter * September 15 – Pablo Santos, 19, actor * October 9 –

Mario Moya Palencia Mario Moya Palencia (14 June 1933 – 9 October 2006) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Presidents Gustavo Díaz Ordaz and Luis Echeve ...

, 73, politician, heart attack. * October 24 –

Rafael Ramírez Heredia Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ...

, 67, writer, lung cancer

* November 1 – Huracán Ramírez, Daniel García "Huracán Ramírez", 80, wrestler, heart attack

* November 6 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, 90, singer, bronchitis

* November 19 – Francisco Quirós Hermosillo, General. Cancer

* November 23 – Jesús Blancornelas, 70, journalist, cancer

References

External links

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