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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.

Incumbents

Federal government

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Felipe Calderón Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (; born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican politician and lawyer who served as the 63rd president of Mexico from 2006 to 2012 and Secretary of Energy during the presidency of Vicente Fox between 2003 and 2004. ...

PAN *

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 natur ...

(SEGOB): Fernando Gómez Mont * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):

Patricia Espinosa Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (born October 21, 1958) is a Mexican diplomat who served as the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2016 to 2022. She was Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet ...

* Communications Secretary (SCT) **

Luis Téllez Luis Manuel Enrique Téllez Kuenzler (born October 13, 1958) is a Mexican economist. He is a former Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of Ernesto Zedillo and served as Secretary of Communications and Transportation in the cabinet of President Fel ...

, until March 3 ** Juan Molinar Horcasitas, starting March 3 * Education Secretary (SEP) **

Josefina Vázquez Mota Josefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota ( o̞.se̞'fi.na'βas.ke̞s'mo̞.ta (born 20 January 1961, in Mexico City) is a businessperson and politician who was the presidential candidate of the National Action Party (PAN) for the 2012 elections. Vázqu ...

, until April 4 ** Alonso Lujambio, starting April 6 *

Secretary of Defense A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divided ...

(SEDENA):

Guillermo Galván Galván Guillermo Galván Galván (born January 19, 1943) is a Mexican general. He formerly served as secretary of National Defense for the government of Felipe Calderon. He was succeeded 1 December 2012 by Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda. He holds a mas ...

* Secretary of Navy (SEMAR):

Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza (20 September 1942 – 4 November 2020) was an admiral in the Mexican Navy. Career Born in Veracruz, Veracruz, Saynez enrolled in the Navy on 22 January 1959 and graduated as a cadet of the Heroic Naval Acade ...

* Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS):

Javier Lozano Alarcón Javier Lozano Alarcón (born November 21, 1962) is a Mexican politician who served Secretary of Labor in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón. He was elected as a senator to the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing Puebla ...

* Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL) ** Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, until December 9 **

Heriberto Félix Guerra Jesús Heriberto Félix Guerra (born 12 March 1962) is a Mexican economist and entrepreneur invited to the policy since 2004, a supporter of the National Action Party. He graduated in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Supe ...

, starting December 9 * Tourism Secretary (SECTUR):

Rodolfo Elizondo Torres Rodolfo Elizondo Torres (born July 18, 1946) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. Elizondo Torres was born in Durango, and holds a bachelor's degree in administration from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education ( ...

* Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT):

Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada (born 11 April 1956 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party PAN who served as Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón. He is als ...

Secretary of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate Minister of Mental Health, ...

(SALUD):

José Ángel Córdova José Ángel Córdova Villalobos (born 19 August 1953, in Mexico) is a Mexican politician who served as Secretariat of Health (Mexico), Secretary of Health and Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico), Secretary of Public Education during Felipe C ...

* Secretary of Public Security (SSP):

Genaro García Luna Genaro García Luna (born 10 July 1968) is a Mexican former government official and convicted drug trafficker. From 2006 to 2012, he served as Secretary of Public Security during the administration of Felipe Calderón. He was later found to hav ...

Secretary of Finance and Public Credit The Secretariat of the Treasury and Public Credit (, SHCP) is the finance minister, finance ministry of Mexico. The Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the department, and is a member of the Mexican Executive Cabinet, federal executive cabi ...

(SHCP) ** Agustín Carstens, until December 9 ** Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, starting December 9 *

Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) In Mexico, the Secretariat of Energy (Spanish Language, Spanish: ''Secretaría de Energia'') is the Ministry (government department), government department in charge of production and regulation of energy. This secretary is a member of the Mexican ...

(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 organiz ...

(SAGARPA) **

Alberto Cárdenas Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez (born April 4, 1958) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the conservative National Action Party (Mexico), National Action Party (PAN). He is a former governor of Jalisco, (1995 – 2001). And Secretary of Agricult ...

, until September 7 **Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda, starting September 7 * Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): Salvador Vega Casillas *

Secretary of Agrarian Reform The secretary of agrarian reform ( Filipino: ''Kalihim ng Repormang Pansakahan'') in the Philippines is the head of the country's Department of Agrarian Reform and is a member of the president's Cabinet. Powers and functions According to t ...

(SRA): Germán Martínez * Secretary of Economy (SE): Gerardo Ruiz Mateos *

Attorney General of Mexico The attorney general of the Republic is the head of the Attorney General's Office (; prior to 2019, ) and the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office of the United Mexican States, an institution belonging to the Federal Government's constitutional ...

(PRG) **

Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza Eduardo Tomás Medina-Mora Icaza (born 30 January 1957 in Mexico City) is a Mexican lawyer. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico from 10 March 2015 to 8 October 2019, when the Mexican Senate approved his resignation following ...

, until September 7 **

Arturo Chávez Chávez Arturo Chávez Chávez (born 4 September 1960) is a Mexican prosecutor who served as Attorney General (Mexico), Attorney General of Mexico in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón from 2009 until 2011. He previously served as Attorney Ge ...

, starting September 24

Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court: Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia

Governors

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes, is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and with an average altitude of above sea level it is pre ...

Luis Armando Reynoso Luis Armando Reynoso Femat (born 15 August 1957) founded “El grupo Inmobiliario Reynoso Femat” which are companies dedicated to the promotion, construction and sale of housing. In 1985, he was vice-president of the Mexican council of the i ...

, ( National Action Party, PAN) *

Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...

José Guadalupe Osuna Millán José Guadalupe Osuna Millán (born December 10, 1955) is a Mexican economist and politician member of the National Action Party (Mexico), National Action Party (PAN) who served as Governor of Baja California. Life and education Osuna graduat ...

, (PAN) *

Baja California Sur Baja California Sur, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur, is a state in Mexico. It is the 31st and last state to be admitted, in 1974. It is also the second least populated Mexican state and the ninth-largest state by ...

Narciso Agúndez Montaño Narciso Agúndez Montaño (born 26 October 1958) is a Mexican former politician who served as governor of Baja California Sur from 2005 to 2011. Elected on February 6, 2005, he took office on April 5, 2005, and is the second member of Party of t ...

(

Party of the Democratic Revolution The Party of the Democratic Revolution (, , PRD) is a state-level social democracy, social democratic political party in Mexico (previously national, until 2024). The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 198 ...

, PRD) *

Campeche Campeche, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the sta ...

** Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, (

Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party (, , PRI) is a List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (, PRM) and fin ...

, PRI), until September 15. ** Fernando Ortega Bernés, (PRI), starting September 16 *

Chiapas Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...

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 Par ...

, (

Coalition for the Good of All The Coalition for the Good of All () was a left-wing coalition created by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), Convergence and the Labor Party (PT) to support Andrés Manuel López Obrador as a candidate for the presidency of Mexico in ...

) * Chihuahua:

José Reyes Baeza Terrazas José Reyes Baeza Terrazas (born 20 September 1961) is a Mexican politician and lawyer. In 2004, he was elected Governor of Chihuahua as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party for the term ending in 2010. Prior to that, he was Chair ...

(

, PRI) *

Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...

Humberto Moreira Valdés Humberto Moreira Valdés (born 28 July 1966) is a Mexican politician who served as President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was Governor of the Political divisions of Mexico, State of Coahuila from 2005 to 2011. Moreira was inclu ...

, (

PRI) *

Colima Colima, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, is among the 31 states that make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima. Colima is a small state of western Mexico on the cen ...

: ** Silverio Cavazos, (

, PRI), until 1 November **

Mario Anguiano Moreno Mario Anguiano Moreno (born August 15, 1962, in Tinajas (Colima), Tinajas, Colima) is a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI who served as the Governor of Colima from 2009 to 2015. He also previously served ...

, (

, PRI) from 1 November *

Durango Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 31 states which make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country. With a population of 1,832,650 ...

: Ismael Hernández, (

PRI) *

Guanajuato Guanajuato, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato, is one of the 32 states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guanajuato, 46 municipalities and its cap ...

Juan Manuel Oliva Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez (born March 21, 1960 León, Guanajuato) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party PAN who served as Governor of Guanajuato from 2006 to 2012. Juan Manuel Oliva, a journalist who studied at the ...

, ( National Action Party, PAN) *

Guerrero Guerrero, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero, is one of the 32 states that compose the administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guerrero, 85 municipalities. The stat ...

: René Juárez Cisneros, (

PRI) *

Hidalgo Hidalgo may refer to: People * Hidalgo (nobility), members of the Spanish nobility * Hidalgo (surname) Places Mexico :''Most, if not all, named for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811)'' * Hidalgo (state), in central Mexico * Hidalgo, Coah ...

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, Osorio ...

, (

PRI) *

Jalisco Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...

Emilio González Márquez Emilio González Márquez (born 12 November 1960 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He served as Governor of Jalisco. from 2007 to 2013 Political career González was an active ...

, (

PRI) *

State of Mexico The State of Mexico, officially just Mexico, is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Colloquially known as Edomex (from , the abbreviation of , and ), to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is the mo ...

Enrique Pena Nieto Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, He ...

, (

PRI) *

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, compose the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The stat ...

: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, (

(PRD) (until 15 February); Leonel Godoy Rangel (

(PRD) (from 15 February) *

Morelos Morelos, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos, is a landlocked state located in south-central Mexico. It is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Mun ...

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 ...

(PAN). *

Nayarit Nayarit, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Nayarit, 20 municipalit ...

Ney González Sánchez Ney González Sánchez (born January 25, 1963) is a Mexican politician and a former governor of Nayarit (2005 – September 18, 2011). In 2000–2002 he served as a Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), federal deputy in the LVIII Legislature of the Me ...

Nuevo León Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...

: ** José Natividad González Parás, (

, PRI), until 3 October **

Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz (born September 9, 1972) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as governor of Nuevo León from 2009 to 2015. He was linked by ''Operation Tornado'' to legal proc ...

, (

, PRI), from 3 October *

Oaxaca Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...

Ulises Ruiz Ortiz Ulises Ernesto 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). Early career In the 1997 mid-term election he ...

, (

PRI) *

Puebla Puebla, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its capital is Puebla City. Part of east-centr ...

: Mario Marín Torres, (

PRI) *

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

: Francisco Garrido Patrón ( National Action Party, PAN) *

Quintana Roo Quintana Roo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 administrative divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into municipalities of ...

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 ...

, (

PRI) *

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí, officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí, is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 59 municipalities and is named after its capital city, San Luis Potosí. It ...

: ** Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga, (

, PRI), until 25 September ** Fernando Toranzo Fernández, Fernando Toranzo Fernández, (

, PRI), from 25 September *

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales. It is located in northwest Mexic ...

: Jesús Aguilar Padilla, (

, PRI) *

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de 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 divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...

: ** Eduardo Bours, (

, PRI), until 12 September ** Guillermo Padrés Elías, ( National Action Party, PAN), from 12 September *

Tabasco Tabasco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tabasco, 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It i ...

Andrés Rafael Granier Melo Andres or Andrés may refer to: *Andres, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, US *Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France *Andres (name) *Hurricane Andres * "Andres" (song), a 1994 song by L7 See also ...

, (

PRI) *

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities. It is located in nor ...

Eugenio Hernández Flores Eugenio Javier Hernández Flores (born October 17, 1959) is a Mexican people, Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was the mayor of Ciudad Victoria from 2001 to 2004 and governor of Tamaulipas from 2 ...

, (

PRI) *

Tlaxcala Tlaxcala, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala, is one of the 32 federal entities that comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tlaxcala, 60 municipalities and t ...

Héctor Ortiz Ortiz Héctor Israel Ortiz Ortiz (born 28 July 1950) is a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Tlaxcala from 2005 to 2011. Professional career Héctor Ortiz was born in the Oaxaca, Oaxaca, city of Oaxaca in 1950. He holds a bachel ...

( National Action Party, PAN) *

Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...

: Fidel Herrera Beltrán (

PRI) *

Yucatán Yucatán, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate municipalities, and its capital city is Mérida. ...

Ivonne Ortega Pacheco Ivonne Aracelly Ortega Pacheco (born November 26, 1972) is a Mexican politician from Yucatán and a current member of the Chamber of Deputies. She served as Yucatán's first elected female governor, making her the sixth woman to govern a Mexican s ...

(

PRI) *

Zacatecas Zacatecas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 31 states of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Zacatecas, 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas City, Zacatec ...

Amalia García Amalia Dolores García Medina (born October 6, 1951) is a Mexican politician and a former governor of Zacatecas. Early life García was born into a Political families of the world, political family. When she was five, her father Francisco G ...

(

PRD) *

Head of Government of the Federal District The head of government () wields executive power in Mexico City. The head of government serves a six-year term, running concurrently with that of the president of the Republic. Mexico City, or CDMX, is the seat of national government, and is l ...

Marcelo Ebrard Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón (; born 10 October 1959) is a Mexicans, Mexican politician who has served as the Secretariat of Economy, secretary of economy since 2024. He previously served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico), Secretary of ...

(PRD)

Events

Barack Obama bids farewell to family of Felipe Calderon 4-16-09

*January– A Swine flu pandemic occur right after the U.S. first case of the

Flu Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms range from mild to severe and often include fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pain, headache, coughing, and fatigue. These sympto ...

. * February 11 –

National Institute of Anthropology and History National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

announces the discovery of a 16th-century

mass grave A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may Unidentified decedent, not be identified prior to burial. The United Nations has defined a criminal mass grave as a burial site containing three or more victims of exec ...

at the Tlatelolco

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...

in Mexico City. * March 4 – 2009 Mexico prison riot: A riot at a prison near

Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez ( , ; "Juárez City"), commonly referred to as just Juárez (Lipan language, Lipan: ''Tsé Táhú'ayá''), is the most populous city in the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Mexican state of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua. It was k ...

, kills at least 20 inmates and injures seven others. * March 17 – At least 11 people are killed and four injured in a bus accident outside

Saltillo Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and high ...

, Mexico. * April 10 –

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closes

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supplies to 5,000,000 people for 36 hours to combat shortages. * April 19 – Eight

corrections officer A prison officer (PO) or corrections officer (CO), also known as a correctional law enforcement officer or less formally as a prison guard, is a uniformed law enforcement official responsible for the custody, supervision, safety, and regulation ...

s are killed in an

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during a prisoner transfer in

, Mexico. * April 25 –

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...

declares a

state of emergency A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state before, during, o ...

combat Combat (French language, French for ''fight'') is a purposeful violent Conflict (process), conflict between multiple combatants with the intent to harm the opposition. Combat may be armed (using weapons) or unarmed (Hand-to-hand combat, not usin ...

the

outbreak In epidemiology, an outbreak is a sudden increase in occurrences of a disease when cases are in excess of normal expectancy for the location or season. It may affect a small and localized group or impact upon thousands of people across an entire ...

swine influenza Swine influenza is an infection caused by any of several types of swine influenza viruses. Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) refers to any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs. As ...

. * April 27 – 2009 Guerrero earthquake: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes near

Chilpancingo Chilpancingo de los Bravo (commonly shortened to Chilpancingo; ; Nahuatl: Chilpantzinco ()) is the capital and second-largest city of the Mexican state of Guerrero. In 2010 it had a population of 187,251 people. The municipality has an area of ...

, Mexico. * May 16 – The

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drug cartel A drug cartel is a criminal organization composed of independent drug lords who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the illegal drug trade. Drug cartels form with the purpose of controlling the supply of the i ...

liberates 59 inmates from a prison in

, Mexico. * May 22 – A 5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes

Chiautla de Tapia Chiautla de Tapia is a city and municipality in La Mixteca region of the Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin Am ...

, Mexico. * June 6 – 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire: a fire at a

day-care center Child care, also known as day care, is the care and supervision of one or more children, typically ranging from three months to 18 years old. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child(ren), childcare typica ...

kills at least 40 people in

Hermosillo Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's ...

, Mexico. * July 3 – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake centred in the

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shakes western

. * July 5 –

holds its

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. * August 3 – Several earthquakes, including one of 6.9 magnitude, hit northwestern

. * August 7 – 2009 Guanajuato and Hidalgo shootings: Shootouts leave at least 11 dead in the escalating violence since

's continuing national crackdown on the illegal drug trade. *August 4 – President

Felipe Calderon Felipe is the Spanish variant of the name Philip, which derives from the Greek adjective ''Philippos'' "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in Portuguese-speaking Brazil alongside Filipe, the form commonly used in Portugal. Noteworthy ...

receives

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

President

Manuel Zelaya José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September 1952)Encyclopædia BritannicaManuel Zelaya is a Hondurans, Honduran politician who served as the 35th president of Honduras from 2006 until his forcible removal in the 2009 Honduran coup d'état, 2 ...

in ''Los Pinos'' after a ''coup d'etat''. * August 15 – A

prison riot A prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners. Academic studies of prison riots emphasize a connection between prison conditions ...

in the Mexican state of

leaves at least 19 people dead and 20 injured. * August 21 –

decriminalises the use of small amounts of

marijuana Cannabis (), commonly known as marijuana (), weed, pot, and ganja, List of slang names for cannabis, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform psychoactive drug from the ''Cannabis'' plant. Native to Central or South Asia, cannabis has ...

cocaine Cocaine is a tropane alkaloid and central nervous system stimulant, derived primarily from the leaves of two South American coca plants, ''Erythroxylum coca'' and ''Erythroxylum novogranatense, E. novogranatense'', which are cultivated a ...

, heroin and other drugs for "personal use". * September 9 – Aeroméxico Flight 576, a

Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Boeing Renton Factory, Renton factory in Washington (state), Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the t ...

carrying 104 people, is hijacked shortly after take-off from

Cancún Cancún is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, located in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is a significant tourist destination in Mexico and the seat of the municipality of Benito J ...

, and forced to land at

Mexico City International Airport Mexico City International Airport (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez'' (Benito Juárez International Airport) is the primary international airport serving Greater Mexico City. It is the List of the busiest airports in Me ...

. * September 16 – Gunmen kill 10 people at a drug rehabilitation clinic in

. * December 16 – Mexican drug lord

Arturo Beltrán Leyva Marcos Arturo Beltrán Leyva (September 27, 1961 – December 16, 2009) was a Mexican drug lord who, alongside his brothers, founded and led the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel. Prior to founding his own organization, Beltran-Leyva was a longtime high-ra ...

, leader of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, is killed by personnel of the

Mexican Navy The Mexican Navy () is one of the components of the Mexican Armed Forces. The Secretariat of the Navy is in charge of administration of the navy. The commander of the navy is the Secretary of the Navy, who is both a cabinet minister and a career ...

during a shootout in

Cuernavaca, Morelos Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerican civilization. Olmec works of art, currently displa ...

. * December 21 –

's Legislative Assembly legalizes

same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal Legal sex and gender, sex. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 38 countries, with a total population of 1.5 ...

and

LGBT adoption Same-sex adoption is the adoption of children or adults by Same-sex relationship, same-sex couples. It may take the form of a joint adoption by the couple, or of the adoption by one partner of the other's biological child or adult (stepchild ad ...

. * December 25 – The death by gunshot wound of '' Expresiones de Tulum'' journalist

Alberto Velázquez Alberto Camilo Velázquez (born 16 July 1934) is a Uruguayan former cyclist. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonl ...

, the 12th journalist to be killed in

in 2009, is announced.

Awards

Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor The Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor () is the highest award bestowed by the Mexican Senate. It forms part of the Mexican Honors System and is currently Mexico's highest active award since there are no records of the '' Condecoración "Migu ...

– Javier Barros Sierra (

post mortem An autopsy (also referred to as post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death; ...

) *

Order of the Aztec Eagle The Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle () forms part of the Mexican Honors System and is the highest Mexican order awarded to foreigners. History It was created by decree on December 29, 1933, by President Abelardo L. Rodríguez as a reward to ...

* National Prize for Arts and Sciences * National Public Administration Prize *

Ohtli Award The Ohtli Award or Reconocimiento Ohtli is granted by the Institute of Mexicans Living Abroad (IME, by its acronym in Spanish) from the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and its focused to strengthen relations with the Mexican community that re ...

** Viola Casares ** Jimmie V. Reyna ** Esperanza Andrade ** Gil Cedillo **

Gloria Molina Jesús Gloria Molina (May 31, 1948 – May 14, 2023) was an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council, the California State Assembly, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles County Metropo ...

** Enrique Morones **

Janet Murguía Janet Murguía (born September 6, 1960) is an American civil rights activist in the United States. She is president of UnidosUS, formerly National Council of La Raza (NCLR), a Hispanic advocacy organization. Her twin sister Mary and elder brothe ...

Popular culture

Sports

2009 Primera División de México Clausura 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit Circa 300 BC, as part of the Brahmi numerals, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bot ...

* 2009 Primera División de México Apertura *

2009 InterLiga The 2009 InterLiga was the 6th edition of the tournament that determined the last two Mexican spots in the 2009 Copa Libertadores. Venues Qualification The eight qualified teams were the eight best-positioned teams in the 2008 Apertura gene ...

* 2009 CONCACAF Champions League Finals *

2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship The 2009 CONCACAF U17 Championship was the association football, football championship tournament for under-17 in the CONCACAF region (North American Football Union, North America, Central American Football Union, Central America and the Caribbea ...

* 2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship * Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2009) *

2009 FIA WTCC Race of Mexico The 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Mexico (formally the 2009 FIA WTCC HSBC Race of Mexico) was the second round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held on 22 March 2009 at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed near Puebla, Mexico. It was th ...

* 2009 LATAM Challenge Series season * 2009 NASCAR Corona Series season * 2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series season * 2009 Chihuahua Express * 2009 Carrera Panamericana * 2009 International Rally of Nations *

2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Manzanillo) The 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Manzanillo was held October 2 through October 4, 2009, in Manzanillo, Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin A ...

* 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Puerto Vallarta) *

2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Tijuana) The 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Tijuana was held September 25–27, 2009 in Tijuana, Mexico. It was the fifth leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009. Women's competition Men's competition Results on September 27, 2009 ...

* 2009 Mexican Figure Skating Championships *

2009 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship The 2009 FIVB Women's Junior Volleyball World Championship was held in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico from July 16 to 25, 2009. 16 teams participated in the tournament. Qualification process * Czech Republic qualified as the best second place of ...

Mexico at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics Mexico competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August in Berlin.2009 Caribbean Series The fifty-first edition of the Caribbean Series (''Serie del Caribe'') was played in . It was held from February 2 through February 7 with the champions teams from Dominican Republic (Tigres del Licey), Mexico ( Venados de Mazatlán), Puerto Rico ( ...

Music

* List of number-one albums of 2009 (Mexico)

Film

* '' All inclusive'' * ''

Alamar ''For the film see Alamar (film)'' Alamar, also known as Alamar-Playa, is a district in east part of the city of La Habana in Cuba, part of the ''municipio'' of Habana del Este. This district is primarily prefabrication construction of Soviet-sty ...

'' * '' Amar a morir'' * '' Cabeza de Buda'' * ''

Otra película de huevos y un pollo The Otra is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It begins in Setesdalsheiene mountains at the lake Breidvatnet in Bykle municipality in Agder county, just south of the border with Vinje municipality in Telemark county. The rive ...

'' * '' Tlatelolco: México 68'' * '' Recién Cazado'' * '' Sólo quiero caminar'' * '' Secretos de familia'' * ''

Nikté ''Nikté'' is a 2009 Mexican animated adventure comedy film, produced by Soco Aguilar and Nahuala Producciones. It stars the voices of Sherlyn as the title character, Pierre Angelo, Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Alex Lora, Jorge Arvizu, and Regina ...

Literature

TV

Telenovelas

* ''

Un gancho al corazón ''Un gancho al corazón'' (English title: ''A Blow to the Heart'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa that aired from August 25, 2008, to June 26, 2009. It is based on the Argentine telenovela ''You Are the One ...

'' * ''

Mañana es para siempre ''Mañana es para siempre'' (English title: ''Tomorrow Is Forever'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 2008. It is an adaption of the 2007 Colombian telenovela '' Pura sangre''. It aired on Canal de las ...

'' * ''

Atrévete a soñar ''Atrévete'' is a Venezuelan telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film ...

'' * ''

Verano de amor ''Verano de amor'' (English title: ''Summer of Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is a remake of a famous Argentine telenovela, ''Verano del 98'', adapted for the Mexican audience. It premiered on February 9, 2009, and ended ...

'' * ''

Mi pecado ''Mi pecado'' (international title: ''Burden of Guilt'') is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and aired on Canal de las Estrellas from Monday, June 15, 2009, through Friday, November 13, 2009. It stars Maite Perroni, Eugenio Si ...

'' * '' Camaleones'' * '' Hasta que el dinero nos separe'' * '' Sortilegio'' * '' Alma de Hierro'' * ''

Pasión Morena Passion, the Passion or the Passions may refer to: Emotion * Passion (emotion), a very strong feeling about a person or thing * Passions (philosophy), emotional states as used in philosophical discussions * Stoic passions, various forms of emotio ...

'' * '' Eternamente tuya'' * '' Pobre diabla'' * '' Los exitosos Pérez'' * '' Corazón salvaje'' * ''

Mujer comprada ''Mujer Comprada'' (''purchased woman, woman for sale'') is the title of a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the Mexican television network TV Azteca. Cast Main cast * José Ángel Llamas - Miguel Angel Diaz * Andrea Martí - Angelica ...

Notable deaths

* January 11 –

Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos (October 28, 1918 – January 11, 2009) was a Mexican painter noted for his figurative work on unreal atmospheres. He was one of several children from a very large family to make a mark in his field, along with Oliveri ...

, 90, Mexican painter,

pneumonia Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, ches ...

. * January 14 –

Ricardo Montalbán Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG ( ; ; November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican and American film and television actor. Montalbán's career spanned seven decades, during which he became widely known for performances ...

, 88, Mexican-born American actor (''

Fantasy Island ''Fantasy Island'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Gene Levitt. It aired on ABC from 1977 to 1984. The series starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as his assistant, Tattoo. ...

'', '' Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan''), heart failure. *February 6 – Claudio Reyes Núñez, politician PRI, president of Otáez Municipality, Durango; murdered. * February 7 – Jorge Reyes, 56, Mexican musician (Chac Mool), heart attack. * February 22 – Francisco Javier Rodríguez Aceves, politician PRD, former president of Petatlán (municipality), Guerrero: murdered. * February 24 – Octavio Manuel Carrillo Castellanos, politician PRI, municipal president of Vista Hermosa, Michoacán; murdered. * March 3 –

Luis Mena Arroyo Luis Mena Arroyo (April 27, 1920 Churintzio – March 3, 2009) was a Mexican Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico from 1961 to 1964 and, with personal title of Archbishop, from 1979 until 1995. Between those stints, he wa ...

, 88, Mexican prelate,

Auxiliary Bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...

. *March 7 – , Gonzalo Paz Torres, , N/A, , Chief of city council, , 7 March 2009, ,

Tancítaro Tancítaro is a city and municipality in the western part of the Mexican state of Michoacán, in southwestern Mexico. Its municipal seat is the City of Tancítaro. The area has been called "the avocado capital of the world." An Avocado Festiva ...

, Michoacán, , *March 14 – Dimas Arzeta Cisneros, politician PRI, former president of

Tecpan de Galeana Tecpan de Galeana (for Hermenegildo Galeana) is a city and seat of the municipality of Tecpan de Galeana, in the state of Guerrero, in southern Mexico.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía The National Institute of Statistics an ...

, Guerrero; murdered. * March 18 – Luis Rojas Mena, 91, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Culiacán Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is a city in northwestern Mexico, the capital and largest city of both Culiacán Municipality and the state of Sinaloa. The city was founded on 29 September 1531 by the Spanish conquistadors Lázaro de ...

(1969–1993). * March 22 –

Abismo Negro Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González (July 1, 1971 – March 22, 2009) was a Mexican luchador ( Spanish for "masked professional wrestler"). He is best known for appearing under the stage name Abismo Negro, which is Spanish for "Black Abyss" ...

, 37, Mexican

lucha libre ''Lucha libre'' (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term for the style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has develope ...

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

drowned Drowning is a type of Asphyxia, suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Submersion injury refers to both drowning and near-miss incidents. Most instances of fatal drowning occur alone or in situations where othe ...

. * March 23 –

Raúl Macías Raúl Macías Guevara (July 28, 1934, in Mexico City – March 23, 2009) was a Mexican professional boxer, actor and boxing trainer. He took the NBA World Bantamweight Championship on March 9, 1955. Widely known as "Ratón" Macías, or "Mouse" ...

, 74, Mexican

boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: *Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing * Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...

, cancer. * March 26 – Griselda Álvarez, 95, Mexican politician and writer,

Governor of Colima According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican entity is placed in a single individual, called the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of ...

(1979–1985),

natural causes In many legal jurisdictions, the manner of death is a determination, typically made by the coroner, medical examiner, police, or similar officials, and recorded as a vital statistic. Within the United States and the United Kingdom, a distinc ...

. * April 3 – Nicolás León Hernández, politician PRI, former municipal president of Isla del Cayacal, Michoacán; murdered. *April 7 – Gustavo Bucio Rodríguez, politician PRD, candidate for Deputy in Michoacán; murdered. *April 20 – Alfonso Rivera Cruz, municipal president pro tempore of Zapotitlán Tablas (municipality), Guerrero; murdered. * April 23 – Felipe Solís Olguín, 64, Mexican

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

, curator of the National Anthropology Museum, cardiac arrest. * April 30 –

Amparo Arozamena Amparo Arozamena (August 24, 1916 – April 30, 2009) was a Mexican actress of film and television, best known for her character roles in the 1960s. During the same decade, she became most noted for her role of "Doña Chole" in the Telesistema ...

, 92, Mexican actress, heart attack. * May 5 – Manuel Capetillo,

bullfighter A bullfighter or matador () is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter, and describe all the performers in the activ ...

, singer, and actor; respiratory illness (b. 1926) * May 5 – Benjamín Flores, 24, Mexican

brain injury Brain injury (BI) is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. Brain injuries occur due to a wide range of internal and external factors. In general, brain damage refers to significant, undiscriminating trauma-induced damage. A common ...

during a match. *June 2 – Luis Carlos Ramírez López, politician PAN, president of Ocampo Municipality; murdered. *June 11 – Efraín Gutiérrez Arcos, politician PRI, former municipal president of Santa Ana Maya, Michoacán; murdered. *June 23 — Manuel Saval, 53, actor (b. 1956) *July 14 **Héctor Manuel Meixueiro Muñoz, politician PAN, president of Namiquipa Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered. **Ismael Rivera, politician, treasurer of the municipality of Namiquipa, Chihuahua; murdered. * July 19 – Guillermo Schulenburg, 93, Mexican

Abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from ''abba'', the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ''ab'', and means "father". The female equivale ...

of the

Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe The Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe, officially called Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe (in English: Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) is a basilica of the Catholic Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her invoc ...

(1963–1996),

. * July 22 – Marco Antonio Nazareth, 23, Mexican

cerebral hemorrhage Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles, or into both. An ICH is a type of bleeding within the skull and one kind of stro ...

. * August 20 **

Carlos González Nova Carlos González Nova (14 August 1917 – 19 August 2009) was a Mexican businessman who co-founded the Comercial Mexicana supermarket chain in 1930. Comercial Mexicana is the third largest supermarket chain in Mexico as of 2009. In 2000, Gonz ...

, 92, Mexican businessman, founder of

Comercial Mexicana Tiendas Comercial Mexicana S.A. de C.V., colloquially known as La Comercial and La Comer, was a Mexican hypermarket group that operated mainly in Mexico City and Central Mexico. It was founded in 1930 and operated by Controladora Comercial Mex ...

supermarket chain. **Armando Chavarría Barrera, politician PRD, Deputy from

, Guerrero; murdered. * August 29 –

Yolanda Varela Yolanda Varela was a Mexican actress. Born in Mexico City on 30 March 1930, she started acting at a very early age. She studied ballet in the National Institute of the Performing Arts. Varela was the leading actress in many Mexican films and some ...

, 79, Mexican film actress,

. * September 6 – Jose Francisco Fuentes, 43, politician;

shot Shot may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Shot'' (album), by The Jesus Lizard *''Shot, Illusion, New God'', an EP by Gruntruck *'' Shot Rev 2.0'', a video album by The Sisters of Mercy * "Shot" (song), by The Rasmus * ''Shot'' (2017 ...

. *October 9 – Estanislao García Santelis, politician, municipal president of Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua; murdered. *October 16 – José Sánchez Chávez, politician PRI, former municipal president of Tiquicheo, Michoacán; murdered. * October 25 – Lázaro Pérez Jiménez, 66, Mexican

Roman Catholic Bishop In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an Holy orders in the Catholic Church, ordained Minister (Catholic Church), minister who holds the fullness of the Sacraments of the Catholic Church, sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teachin ...

Celaya Celaya (; Otomi: ) is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The muni ...

. * November 6 – Manuel Arvizu, 90, Mexican

of Jesús María del Nayar. * November 7 – Bernardo Garza Sada, 79, Mexican businessman, founder of ALFA. * November 16 – Antonio de Nigris, 31, Mexican

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player, heart failure. * November 28 –

Joaquín Vargas Gómez Joaquín Vargas Gómez (28 September 1925 – 28 November 2009) was a Mexican media mogul and owner of MVS Comunicaciones, a conglomerate that owns a radio station group known as MVS Radio, with stations in Mexico and in many Latin American co ...

, 84, Mexican media owner, founder of

MVS Comunicaciones Grupo MVS (MVS) is a Mexican media conglomerate. The company owns MASTV, MVS Radio operator of four national radio networks, MVS Televisión operator and distributor of seven pay television networks, E-Go wireless broadband internet and Dis ...

. *December 4: Leticia Palma (Zoyla Gloria Ruiz Moscoso), 82, actress (''En la palma de tu mano''), (b. 1926) * December 7 – Lorenzo Ochoa Salas, Mexican

archeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeol ...

. * December 16 –

, 48, Mexican

drug lord A drug lord, drug baron, kingpin, or lord of drugs is a type of crime boss in charge of a drug trafficking network, organization, or enterprise. Crime barons may be difficult to bring to justice: usually, they do not possess illegal goods. Ra ...

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