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Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...
. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and includes a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues.


Incumbents


President and cabinet

*
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: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
: Andres Manuel López Obrador *
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): Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero *
Secretary of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...
(SRE): Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón * Secretary of the Treasury (SHCP): ** Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías, until July 9, 2019 ** Arturo Herrera, starting July 10, 2019 * Secretary of Economy (SE):
Graciela Márquez Colín Graciela Márquez Colín is a Mexican academic and economist. She held the position of Mexican Minister of Economy from 2018–2020, under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. As of January 2021, she holds the position of Vice President of ...
* Secretary of Energy (SENER): Norma Rocío Nahle García *
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 ...
(SADER): Víctor Villalobos *
Secretary of Labor The United States Secretary of Labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and as the head of the United States Department of Labor, controls the department, and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all o ...
(STPS):
Luisa María Alcalde Luján Luisa María Alcalde Luján (born 24 August 1987) is a Mexican politician. She is the Secretary of Labor of Mexico, and is affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (formerly to the Citizens' Movement). She was formerly Deputy of the L ...
* Education Secretary (SEP): Esteban Moctezuma * Communictions Secretary (SCT):
Javier Jiménez Espriú Javier Jiménez Espriú (born 31 July 1937) is a Mexican academic and former Secretary of Communications and Transportation of Mexico. He is the former head of the engineering school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He was Und ...
* Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT) ** Josefa González-Blanco Ortiz-Mena, until May 25, 2019) **
Víctor Manuel Toledo Víctor Manuel Toledo Manzur (born 1945) is a Mexican biologist who served as Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) of Mexico from May 27, 2019 to September 2, 2020. This was his first public charge, although he had worked ...
, starting May 27, 2019 * Tourism Secretary (SECTUR):
Miguel Torruco Marqués Miguel Torruco Marqués (September 19, 1951 in Mexico City) is an entrepreneur, academic and Mexican public official. He was the Secretary of Tourism of the Federal District from 2012 to 2017. In 2017, he became a Tourism Adviser of Andrés M ...
* Secretary of the Civil Service (FUNCION PUBLICA):
Irma Sandoval-Ballesteros Irma Eréndira Sandoval Ballesteros (born 1972) is a Mexican politician and scholar, expert in public administration and corruption control. In 2018 she was appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as head of the Ministry of Public Adm ...
*
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 and other social security services. Some governments have separate Minister of Mental Health, ministers ...
(SALUD): Jorge Alcocer Varela * Secretary of Agrarian Development and Urban Planning (SEDATU): Román Guillermo Meyer * Secretary of Welfare (BIENESTAR9: María Luisa Albores González * Secretary of Culture (CULTURA):
Alejandra Frausto Guerrero Alejandra Frausto Guerrero is a Mexican lawyer and cultural director. Since 1 December 2018 she is the head of Secretariat of Culture of Mexico appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Bio Frausto is a lawyer by the National Auto ...
*
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 so ...
(SEDENA):
Luis Cresencio Sandoval Luis Crescencio Sandoval González (born 7 February 1960) is the current Mexican Secretary of Defense. Biography Sandoval González was born on 7 February 1960 in Ensenada, Baja California. In the Heroic Military Academy he attended high sc ...
* Secretary of Navy (SEMAR):
José Rafael Ojeda Durán José Rafael Ojeda Durán (born 3 February 1954) is the Mexican Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. He has worked in the Mexican Navy in various positions for 50 years. He is a member of the Mexican Legion of ...
* Secretary of Security: Alfonso Durazo Montaño * Attorney General of Mexico (FGR): Alejandro Gertz Manero


Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court:
Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea Arturo Fernando Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea (born August 9, 1959) is a Mexican lawyer who has been a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation since December 2009. Since January 2, 2019, he is the President of the Court (Chief Justic ...
(since January 2, 2019)


Governors

*Aguascalientes:
Martín Orozco Sandoval Martín Orozco Sandoval (born 25 June 1967) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN, who served as the Governor of Aguascalientes from 2016 to 2022. From 2012 to 2016, he represented Aguascalientes in the Senate during the LXII and ...
*Baja California: ** Francisco Vega de Lamadrid , until October 31 ** Jaime Bonilla , starting November 1 *Baja California Sur:
Carlos Mendoza Davis Carlos Mendoza Davis (born 21 April 1969) is a Mexican public official who served as the Governor of Baja California Sur from 2015 to 2021. A lawyer by profession, he has earned two master's degrees and has held several positions in the federa ...
, *Campeche: ** Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas , until June 13 ** Carlos Miguel Aysa González, acting governor , starting June 13 *Chiapas: Rutilio Escandón *Chihuahua: Javier Corral Jurado *Coahuila:
Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís (born 18 September 1970) is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the current Governor of Coahuila. Early life and career Riquelme Solís was born in Torreón, Coahuila, on 18 Se ...
*Colima: José Ignacio Peralta *Distrito Federal:
Claudia Sheinbaum Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican scientist, politician, and head of government of Mexico City, a position equivalent to a state governor. She was elected on 1 July 2018 as part of the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition. Sh ...
*Durango: José Rosas Aispuro *Guanajuato: Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo *Guerrero: Héctor Astudillo Flores *Hidalgo: Omar Fayad *Jalisco: Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, Independent *México (state): Alfredo del Mazo Maza *Michoacán:
Silvano Aureoles Conejo Silvano Aureoles Conejo (born 23 August 1965) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and former governor of Michoacán. Career An agricultural engineer and has a Master in Science in Forestry for R ...
*Morelos: Cuauhtémoc Blanco *Nayarit:
Antonio Echevarría García Antonio Echevarría García is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as Governor of Nayarit from 2017 to 2021, and is affiliated with the National Action Party. Life Echevarría García, an accountant and alumnus of the Universidad ...
*Nuevo León: Jaime Rodríguez Calderón, Independent *Oaxaca: Alejandro Murat Hinojosa *Puebla: ** Jesús Rodríguez Almeida Interim governor , until January 21 ** Guillermo Pacheco Pulido Acting governor , January 21 – July 31 ** Miguel Barbosa Huerta , starting August 1. *Querétaro: Francisco Domínguez Servién *Quintana Roo: Carlos Joaquín González *San Luis Potosí: Juan Manuel Carreras *Sinaloa: Quirino Ordaz Coppel *Sonora: Claudia Pavlovich Arellano *Tabasco:
Adán Augusto López Hernández Adán Augusto López Hernández (born 24 September 1963) is a Mexican politician affiliated with Morena. López Hernández served as the governor of Tabasco from 1 January 2019 to 26 August 2021, when he replaced Olga Sánchez Cordero as Secre ...
, starting January 1 *Tamaulipas: Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca *Tlaxcala: Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez *Veracruz: Cuitláhuac García Jiménez *Yucatán:
Mauricio Vila Dosal Mauricio Vila Dosal (born March 30, 1980 in Merida, México) is a Mexican politician currently serving as the Governor of Yucatán. Prior to this, he was the Mayor of Mérida. Biography He is a law graduate of the Universidad Marista de ...
*Zacatecas: Alejandro Tello Cristerna


LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress


President of the Senate

*
Martí Batres Martí Batres Guadarrama (born 26 January 1967) is a Mexican politician. He is the former President of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) and served as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the Federal D ...
(
Morena Morena is the headquarter city of Morena district, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is governed by a municipality corporation. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Chambal division. It is from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. G ...
) , until September 1, 2019 * Mónica Fernández Balboa , starting September 1, 2019


President of the Chamber of Deputies

* Porfirio Muñoz Ledo , until September 3 * Laura Angélica Rojas Hernández , starting September 5


Events


January

* January: Yalitza Aparicio, star of
Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama ''A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama ''Great Expectations'' (1998), the c ...
's 2018 film ''
Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council * Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
,'' appears on the cover of '' Vogue México''. *
January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the ye ...
: New Year's Day. **Three new autonomous indigenous municipalities added to the state of Morelos. ** IWRG 23rd Anniversary Show wrestling show in Naucalpan, State of Mexico.
Sin Piedad (2019) Sin Piedad (2019) (Spanish for "No Mercy") was a major professional wrestling event produced by the Mexican ''Lucha Libre'' promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The 2019 Sin Piedad show was held on January 1, the fourth successive year ...
is held in Mexico City. *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
: ** Mayor Alejandro Aparicio Santiago of Tlaxiaco,
Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipaliti ...
was shot dead just hours after being sworn in. Four others were injured. A suspect was arrested in what appears to be a drug-related shooting. ** A temple built between 1000 and 1260 CE and dedicated to ''
Xipe Totec In Aztec mythology and religion, Xipe Totec (; nci-IPA, Xīpe Totēc, ˈʃiːpe ˈtoteːk(ʷ)) or Xipetotec ("Our Lord the Flayed One") was a life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture, vegetation, the east, spring, goldsmiths, silversmith ...
'' (Flayed Lord) is discovered in Ndachjian-Tehuacan, Puebla. *
January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. *1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chin ...
: An oil pipeline explodes in the state of Hidalgo. One hundred and thirty-four people were killed. *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 & ...
: The body of journalist Rafael Murua Manriquez was found in
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 ...
as the country sets new homicide record of 33,341 murders (up 33%) in 2018. *
January 21 Events Pre-1600 * 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. * 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when ...
: ** An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 hits 88 km southwest of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. ** Guillermo Pacheco Pulido is named interim governor of
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 ...
. *
January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor ('' Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw ...
: 21:06 local time, Popocateptl volcano spews ash up 4 km high. *
January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. *1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the ...
: The Guerra de Dinastías (literally "War of the Dynasties" or "War of the Families") wrestling event takes place in Naucalpan, State of Mexico.


February

*
February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...
: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit off the coast of Chiapas. *
February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...
: Guillermo Padrés Elías, former Governor of Sonora (PAN) 2009-2015 is released from prison after his
2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...
arrest for allegedly embezzling US$8.9 million. *
February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling ...
: Constitution Day celebrated. *
February 12 Events Pre-1600 * 1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna. * 1429 – English forces und ...
:
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (; born 4 April 1957), commonly known as "El Chapo" (), is a Mexican former drug lord and a former leader within the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate. He is considered to have been one of th ...
, Mexico's most wanted criminal, was sentenced to life imprisonment in
Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
, NY on multiple drug chagres. Guzmán had previously alleged that both presidents
Felipe Calderón Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (; born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican politician who served as the 63rd president of Mexico from 1 December 2006 to 30 November 2012 and Secretary of Energy during the presidency of Vicente Fox between 2003 ...
and
Enrique Peña Nieto Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican politician who served as the 64th president of Mexico from 1 December 2012 to 30 November 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party ...
had taken millions in bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel. *
February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tib ...
: "Bahidorá" music festival begins in Las Estacas, Morelos.*
March 16 Events Pre-1600 * 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang. *1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. * 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse ...
: "Vive Latino" music festival begins in Mexico City. *
February 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. * 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of K ...
: Radio announcer Reynaldo López and reporter Carlos Cota were shot in
Hermosillo Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city located in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the ...
, Sonora, in an attack that left López dead and Cota in critical condition. *
February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons ...
: Five people have been killed and five more wounded after gunmen burst into a bar Cancun and opened fire. The gunmen are said to belong to the Jalisco New Generation cartel. *
February 18 Events Pre-1600 *1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. * 1268 &n ...
: **An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 strikes 46 km west of Colima. ** 2019 Morelos Open professional tennis tournament begins in Cuernavaca. *
February 19 Events Pre-1600 * 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of ...
: Samir Flores, a leading opponent of the construction of a thermoelectric plant in
Yecapixtla Yecapixtla ( nah, Yecapixtlān ) is a town and municipality located in the northeast of the state of Morelos in central Mexico. Yecapixtla means, ''Land of men and women with sharp noses''. The town is home to one of the monastery complexes associa ...
, Morelos, was murdered outside his home in Amilcingo, Temoac. Earlier in the week, Rubén Fajardo, another opponent of the plant, was murdered in Jiutepec. *
February 21 Events Pre-1600 *452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. * 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. *1440 – The Pru ...
: A German court fines two ex-employers of German gun maker
Heckler & Koch Heckler & Koch GmbH (HK; ) is a German defense manufacturing company that manufactures handguns, rifles, submachine guns, and grenade launchers. The company is located in Oberndorf am Neckar in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, and also ...
for illegal gun sales to Mexico. * February 23 &
February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * ...
: Voters in
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 Cue ...
,
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 ...
, and
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (; , ; from nah, Tlaxcallān ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is ...
approve the construction of a thermoelectric power plant in Huexca,
Yecapixtla Yecapixtla ( nah, Yecapixtlān ) is a town and municipality located in the northeast of the state of Morelos in central Mexico. Yecapixtla means, ''Land of men and women with sharp noses''. The town is home to one of the monastery complexes associa ...
, Morelos (33,174–22,355). *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of ...
: EDC music festival begins at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in San Luis Potosi. *
February 25 Events Pre-1600 *138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. * ...
: **''
Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council * Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
,'' the Mexican movie directed by
Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama ''A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama ''Great Expectations'' (1998), the c ...
, wins
Oscars The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
for best foreign language film, best director, and cinematography. ** 2019 Abierto Mexicano Telcel professional tennis tournament begins in Acapulco. *
February 26 Events Pre-1600 * 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is ...
: The government auctions off 196 luxury and bullet-proof cars, bringing in US$3.25 million. *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...
: Alejandro González Iñárritu, a Mexican film director ('' Amores perros'' and '' Birdman''), is named president of the jury at the
Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films ...
. * February 28: Two people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting in ''Sofia'' bar in Cuernavaca, Morelos. Several popular bars and nightclubs were subsequently closed in protest against insecurity. The police chief was fired on March 2 for the same reason.


March

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March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome (537–38), Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths, Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Piazza del Popolo, Flaminian Gate; he a ...
: "Nrmal" music festival in the ''Deportivo Estado Mayor Presidencial'' in the
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 ...
. *
March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a ...
: Yukaima González, a Wixarika indigenous becomes the first Indigeous to be chosen queen of the
Nayarit Nayarit (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its ...
fair. * March 5: Mexican scientists discover a cave at the Mayan ruins of
Chichen Itza Chichen Itza , es, Chichén Itzá , often with the emphasis reversed in English to ; from yua, Chiʼchʼèen Ìitshaʼ () "at the mouth of the well of the Itza people" was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Termin ...
containing around 200 ceramic vessels in nearly perfect condition. They are believed to be 1,000 years old. *
March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. * 845 & ...
: Nuevo Leon passes a law to prohibit abortion by asserting the
right to life The right to life is the belief that a being has the right to live and, in particular, should not be killed by another entity. The concept of a right to life arises in debates on issues including capital punishment, with some people seeing it a ...
from conception. *
March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''. *1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bou ...
: **A ruptured sewer line causes a health alert in
Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta ( or simply Vallarta) is a Mexican beach resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Puerto Vallarta is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadalaj ...
, Jalisco. The 48" sewage line collapsed on March 3. **23 Guatemalan immigrants, including two children, are killed and 33 injured as a bus turns over in
Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil and 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 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 124 municipalities ...
. **594 paintings that were stolen from Mexico in the 1960s and 1970s are returned by the government of Italy. *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. *1226 &ndas ...
: An armed group bursts into a bar in
Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Herit ...
, Guanajuato) during government operation against ''El Marro'', leader of the cartel Santa Rosa de Lima, dedicated to the theft of gasoline in Mexico. Fifteen killed, five wounded. *
March 10 Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a ...
: **At least seven people are executed in Colonia Clavijero,
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 ...
during a war between the Jalisco Nueva Generación and Los Sinaloenses cartels. **The 2019 Rally Mexico in Guanajuato ends in victory for the French team. * March 11: 23 migrants kidnapped from a bus in
Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...
. *
March 13 Events Pre-1600 * 624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. *1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War. *1591 – At the Battle of Ton ...
: The U.S. State Department issues an advisory about "Spring Break" in Mexico. *
March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. *1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Hugu ...
: ** At 2:30 p.m. the Popocatépetl volcano sent a column of ashes five kilometers into the air. A smaller explosion occurred four days later, March 18. ** About 20 SUVs supposedly belong to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel participated in the
Carnaval Carnival is a Catholic Christian festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent. The main events typically occur during February or early March, during the period historically known as Shrovetide (or Pre-Lent). Carnival ty ...
parade in the
Xalapa Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of whi ...
, Veracruz. Videos of hooded men carrying heavy-caliber firearms circulated in social media. *
March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. * 493 &ndash ...
: Santiago Barroso is the 4th journalist killed this year. Hw worked for 'San Luis Hoy' on 91.1 FM Río Digital in
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, Sonora. *
March 16 Events Pre-1600 * 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang. *1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. * 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse ...
: **"Vive Latino" music festival begins in Mexico City. ** The 23rd Rey de Reyes (2019) professional wrestling event took place in Puebla. *
March 17 Events Pre-1600 * 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ei ...
: Dorian Peralta, a business professor at Universidad Autónoma de La Laguna in
Torreón Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2021, the city's population was 735,340. The metropolitan population as of 2015 was 1,497,734, making it the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in ...
, Coahuila, set a new record after giving class for 72 hours, 22 minutes, 36 seconds straight. The accomplishment will be listed in the ''
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''. * March 18: ** Benito Juarez's birthday celebrated (Monday). ** Mexican oil expropriation * March 19: ** 21:38 local time, fragments of the dome of Popocateptl shoot within 1aone and a half-mile radius. Due to continuing activity, on March 28, based on the analysis of the available information, the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Popocatépetl volcano recommended changing the phase of the Yellow Volcanic Warning Light Phase 2 to Yellow Phase 3, which is a preventive measure against the observed changes. ** Viridiana Mendoza López, a student in the
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, died on the campus, raising questions about the emergency services for students. * March 21: ** Between 5:31 and 10:30 a.m., forty-two
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with magnitudes ranging from 1.9 to 4.4, were reported in
Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipaliti ...
. **In a landmark decision for freedom of the press, the
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rules that the attorney general of
Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
cannot block the
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account of a journalist. *
March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthelr ...
: **"Pa'l Norte" music festival begins in ''Parque Funidora'',
Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is ancho ...
. **The
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bans marriage involving children younger than 18. * March 23: The
Diablos Rojos del México The Diablos Rojos del Mexico (English: Mexico Red Devils) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Mexico City, Mexico. The team was founded in 1940 by Salvador Lutteroth and Ernesto Carmona. The Diablos Rojos play their hom ...
(Red Devils) open their new
Alfredo Harp Helú Alfredo Harp Helú (born 1944) is a Mexican businessman of Lebanese origin, and as of 2011, with a net worth of $1.5 billion, is according to Forbes the 974th richest person in the world. He is also the cousin of multibillionaire Carlos Slim. ...
baseball stadium in Mexico City. * March 24: **Mexican security forces arrest Agustín Medina Soto, a suspected Santa Rosa de Lima cartel operator who worked as a liaison with authorities in
Celaya Celaya (; ) 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 municipality f ...
, Guanajuato. **A leak from a clandestine gasoline operation is detected in
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, Hidalgo two months after the Tlahuelilpan pipeline explosion that left 135 dead. *
March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to v ...
: ** President
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...
sends letters to King Felipe VI of Spain and
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demanding they apologize for the atrocities committed during the
Conquest of Mexico The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, also known as the Conquest of Mexico or the Spanish-Aztec War (1519–21), was one of the primary events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. There are multiple 16th-century narratives of the eve ...
. ** Three municipal employees in Salvatierra, Guanajuato are gunned down in their car. ** Archeologists say that a new discovery at the base of the '' Templo Mayor'' in Mexico City could lead to the discovery of an
Aztec The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl ...
emperor's tomb. * March 27: The Constitution is amended, creating ''Guardia Nacional'' (National Guard). *
March 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didiu ...
: ** After an explosion recorded this morning by the Popocatepetl volcano, the warning light went up from yellow phase 2 to yellow phase 3, the National Center for Disaster Prevention (Cenapred) reported at a press conference. ** Mexico's largest hotel and resort conglomerate, Nayarit-based
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, has announced the launch of a Mexican cruise line, Vidanta Cruises. ** The first contracts have been signed for the Mayan Train project, the general manager of the National Tourism Development Fund (Fonatur) announced yesterday. ** 1,468 people in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Mexico, while the Guadalaj ...
broke the ''
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'' for the most people at a tequila tasting. ** Three fishermen were injured in a confrontation with the
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in San Felipe, Baja California. The fishermen were protesting the presence of a boat operated by the environmental group
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, who were trying to protect the
Vaquita The vaquita ( ; ''Phocoena sinus'') is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. Averaging (females) or (males) in length, it is the smallest of all living cetaceans. The species i ...
porpoise in the
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, protected since
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. ** The
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approves a measure to do away with presidential immunity (''el fuero'') while preserving immunity for themselves. *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of ...
: Mexican sports journalist
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, 35, who worked with ''Noticieros Altavoz de Chavez Radiocast'' and helped run the ''Evora Sport'' website, has been found dead in the municipality of
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, Sinaloa. He becomes the seventh journalist murdered in Mexico since
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...
became president on December 1,
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. * March 30: ** "Vaiven" music festival in Tlaquilquitengo, Jojutla, Morelos. ** The
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has reported 45 earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 3.2 to 4.1 in six states: (Oaxaca: 25. including one in Matías Romero with 4.0 Mw), (Chiapas: 8, including Tonalá and Ciudad Hidalgo, 4.0 Mw), (Guerrero: 7), (Colima: 2), (Veracruz: 2, including Las Choapas 4.1 Mw ), and (Sonora: 1 in Nacozari de García Municipality 3.8 Mw). ** Delfino Sánchez Zavala, the delegate-elect from Tejalpa, Jiutepec, Morelos, was shot and killed outside his store. The meeting of the town council planned for Sunday, March 31 was canceled. ** Eight state police were kidnapped by armed men in Xicotepec,
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, Puebla.


April

* April 4: ** The Senate declares that changes to Article 19 of the Constitution of Mexico are constitutional. The reform expands the definition of serious crimes to include corruption, crimes related to hydrocarbons, home invasion, kidnapping, and murder, among others. ** A MXN $46 million (peso) robbery was carried out in three minutes at the Guanajuato airport. ** The government of
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announces that it supports President Lopez Obrador's request that Spain apologize for its genocide during the Conquest. * April 5: President
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...
declares that the National Guard will be headed by an active-duty military leader. * April 6: "Ceremonia" music festival in ''Foro Pegaso'',
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. * April 7: **
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begins; move clock one hour forward. **
Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta ( or simply Vallarta) is a Mexican beach resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Puerto Vallarta is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadalaj ...
Marathon 2019. * April 8: President
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...
announces that the government of Mexico will provide guards for ex-presidents
Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the ...
and
Felipe Calderón Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (; born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican politician who served as the 63rd president of Mexico from 1 December 2006 to 30 November 2012 and Secretary of Energy during the presidency of Vicente Fox between 2003 ...
. *
April 9 Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, su ...
: ** Defense of Veracruz, 1914. ** The ''Tianguis Turístico'' (Tourist Fair) in Acapulco reports record turnout of 47,000 business appointments. ** Michelle Bachelet, the
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has promised that the UN Human Rights Commission will be involved in the training of the new National Guard. * April 11: General Luis Rodríguez Bucio is named to head the newly formed
National Guard National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards. Nat ...
. * April 13: Mexican super-featherweight boxer Francisco "El Bandido" Vargas defeats American "Lightning" Rod Salka in a fight in
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. *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
& 14: The St. Louis Cardinals and the
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will play
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games at the
Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey The Estadio Mobil Super (popularly known as Palacio Sultán) is a baseball stadium in Monterrey, Mexico. It is the home venue of the Sultanes Monterrey Mexican League baseball team. It holds 21,803 people, making it the largest baseball stadium i ...
. *
April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor O ...
: Palm Sunday;
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begins. *
April 19 Events Pre-1600 * AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persi ...
: ** 2nd Riviera
Nayarit Nayarit (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its ...
Rock Festival. ** 13 people, including a one-year-old baby, are killed during a party in
Minatitlán, Veracruz Minatitlán is a city in southeastern Mexican state of Veracruz in the Olmec region of the state and the north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. In 2010 the greater metropolitan area had a population of 356,020. The municipality covers an area ...
. The deaths are believed to be related to a dispute between Los Zetas and Jalisco New Generation Cartel. * April 22: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 had its epicenter in Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxacca and was felt in Mexico City, where the early warning system did not go off. No damages or injuries have been reported. * April 23: David Eduardo Otlica Avilés, the mayor of
Nahuatzen Nahuatzen is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán, located approximately west of the state capital of Morelia. Geography The municipality of Nahuatzen is located in the Tarascan Plateau west of Lake Pátzcuaro at an elevation betwe ...
,
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 ...
, is kidnapped and killed. * April 24: ** U.S. President
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accuses Mexican soldiers of pulling guns on members of the
United States National Guard The National Guard is a state-based military force that becomes part of the reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force when activated for federal missions.Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...
announces that construction on the New Mexico City airport will begin on Monday, April 29, and that it will be named
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(1868-1919). ** Maricela Vallejo Orea, 27, mayor of
Mixtla de Altamirano Mixtla de Altamirano is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is in the central zone of the state, about from the state capital Xalapa. It has an area of . The municipality of Mixtla de Altamirano is delimited to the north by Texhua ...
, Veracruz, is murdered while traveling in a car in
Orizaba Orizaba () is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located 20 km west of its sister city Córdoba, and is adjacent to Río Blanco and Ixtaczoquitlán, on Federal Highways 180 and 190. The city had a 2005 census ...
. * April 25: Daniela Soto-Innes, 28, has been named ''The World's Best Female Chef'' by ''The World's 50 Best Restaurants list.'' She is the first Mexican woman to be so honored, and she is also the youngest person to be so honored. She works at ''Cosme'' in New York City and is co-owner of ''Atla'' in the same city. She also worked at ''Pujol'' in Mexico City. * April 28: Final of
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in Mexico City. Won by
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. * April 29: Aidée Mendoza Jeronimo, 18, a student at
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, is killed by a stray bullet in her classroom. Mendoza Jeronimo was from Tempexquixla, Puebla. She was the sixth woman murdered on the university campus in the last two years. * April 30: Children's Day (Tuesday) ** Members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel gave children presents for ''Children's Day'' in several municipalities of
Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
, including Cordoba, Yanga, Cuitláhuac, Rio Blanco, la Perla, and Amatlan. Governor Cuitláhuac García Jiménez has promised an investigation.


May

* May 1: Labor Day (Wednesday) ** 40,000 workers march in nine demonstrations for May Day. Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, leader of the Confederación Internacional de Trabajadores (CIT) praised president
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...
while teachers from the Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación demanded the revocation of the educational reforms instituted by president
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. ** C.F. Monterrey win the
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. *
May 2 Events Pre-1600 * 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. *1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. * 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprison ...
: **Two tourists and a taxi driver are executed by ''community police'' in Las Choapas, Veracruz, after being accused of kidnapping a child. ** The bodies of ten men and two women are discovered in secret graves in
Guasave Guasave () is a city and the seat of the homonymous municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located in the northwestern part of Mexico, southeast of the city of Los Mochis. It stands at . In the 2010 census, the city reported a popu ...
, Sinaloa. * May 4: ** The
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defeat the Los Angeles Angels 14–2 in a
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game in
Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is ancho ...
. The Astros won 10–4 on May 5. ** Claudia Sheinbaum of Mítikah has been accused of illegally cutting down 54 trees in Mexico City. She may be fined several million pesos. * May 5: Commemoration of the Battle of Puebla (Sunday) ** 4,000 protesters in Mexico City and 30,000 protesters in 30 cities around the country join the highly promoted "Megamarcha contra AMLO." The march in
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was led by former president
Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the ...
. **The 2019 Puerto Vallarta Open professional tennis tournament draws to a close. * May 6: At least 13 people are killed in an airplane crash in the Ocampo Municipality, Coahuila, en route from
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, Nevada to
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, Nuevo Leon. * May 7: The United States imposes a 17.5%
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on Mexican tomatoes. *
May 8 Events Pre-1600 *453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an ...
: Birthday of
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor (8 May 1753  – 30 July 1811), more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo (), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican W ...
, 1753. **
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announces it is looking for former Puebla governor Mario Plutarco Marín Torres in relation to collaborating in the torture of journalist Lydia Cacho in 2005 after she published information about child exploitation. **Businessman Jesús García and another man were killed while two others were injured when they were shot at about 10:00 a.m. in downtown Cuernavaca, Morelos. Garcia was the father of Juan Manuel García Bejarano, who was murdered in
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while organizing the traditional ''Spring Fair'' in the city. ** Robbery of gasoline from a
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pipeline in
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caused an explosion. Mixed reports are unclear about fatalities. A similar
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on January 18, 2019 caused 135 deaths. *
May 9 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. * 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. *1386 – England and Portugal formally r ...
: ** Two days after being diagnosed with cancer, singer
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turned down a liver transplant because he is afraid it may come from a homosexual. **
UNICEF UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to c ...
issues a report that says four children are killed every day in Mexico. Juan Martín Pérez of Redim (''Red por los Derechos de la Infancia en México''–Network for Child Rights in Mexico) put the figure at three deaths daily. ** President
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announces that
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will begin building a refinery in Dos Bocas, Tabasco on July 2, 2019 at a cost of 160 billion pesos. The opposition was quick to denounce the plan. *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. * 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of ...
: Mother's Day (Friday) ** Continuing the wave of violence in
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, five employees of the federal womem's penitentiary in
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are gunned down on their way to work. Three others are injured. The incident took place at a bus stop located in front of a statue built to honor mothers. ** Mexican walker Lupita González has been suspended for four years due to allegations of using the steroid Trenbolone. She is disqualified from the
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, among other events. González plans to appeal. *
May 11 Events 1601–1900 * 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. * 1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route acr ...
: ** 45 bodies have been found in clandestine graves. 30 bodies were found in
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 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into 72 municipalities; the ...
and 15 in
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, Jalisco. ** Death sentences for three Mexicans convicted of drug trafficking in
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are commuted. ** The owner of Colegio Rébsamen, Mónica García Villegas, has been arrested and charged with murder in relation to the deaths of 19 students and 7 adults in the September 19, 2017 earthquake. * May 12: Eleven people, including an 8-year-old boy, are killed in a shooting in
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, Guerrero, near Chilpancingo. Also two bodies of men who were apparently tortured were found in Tlaxmalac, Huitzuco, a taxi driver was murdered in
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, another man was killed in El Pochote, Teloloapan, and five were killed in
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. * May 14: Mexico City mayor
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announces that 2019 will be the last year that the Mexican Grand Prix will be held because the MXN $400 million (US$20.865 million) fee will be diverted to the
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. It is estimated that the race generates MXN $8,400 million for Mexico. * May 15 Teachers' Day ** The educational reform is enacted. ** For the first time in its 85-year history, the
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has been used for religious purposes. The opera ''El guardián del espejo'' (Guard of the mirror) in honor of Evangalist Naasón Joaquín García was shown at the theater. Authorities are looking into a lawsuit. On May 22,
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, Secretary of Culture, stated that the event was a concert, not a religious event. **Mexican wines win 39 medals, including two grand gold and two gold, at the ''Concours Mondial de Bruxelles'' held in
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, Switzerland. This puts Mexico in the top 10 best wine-making countries in the world. *
May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. * 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. * 1 ...
: ** "Festival Marvin" music festival begins in Mexico City. ** 71 forest fires in 18 states have been registered. Classes in preschools, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and universities in the Valley of Mexico and other places have been canceled. Another report puts the number of fires at 109 in 19 states, but some have been extinguished. **
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wins third place in the
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world championships. * May 17: The
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has declared former
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governor
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and judge Isidro Avelar Gutiérrez "significant drug dealers". Six other individuals and six corporations were similarly sanctioned. The following day, the CJF (Council of the Federal Judiciary) suspended Judge Avelar Gutiérrez. * May 18: ** "Pulso GNP" music festival in
Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities. Its cap ...
. ** The United States removes its
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on Mexican steel. * May 19: ** The '' Instituto Nacional Electoral'' has banned a video by PAN in the special election in
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. ** The
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wins the
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in Puerto Vallarta. *
May 20 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. * 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her ...
: President Lopez Obrador signs a decree eliminating a special tax break for over 100 of Mexico's largest companies. He says that in the last twelve years, large corporations got away without paying MXN $400 billion in taxes. A few days earlier, ''
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'' (Mexican revenue service) announced that they will start to withhold taxes on drivers for
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, DiDi, Cabify, and similar ride services. * May 21: Mexican dancer Elisa Carrillo Cabrera wins the 2019 Benois Award as the ''best dancer in the world'' from the International Dance Association in Moscow. *
May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. *11 ...
: ** President
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named Zoe Robledo Aburto director of the Mexican Social Security Institute on May 22, 2019 after the resignation of Germán Martínez Cázares. Martínez Cázares resigned in protest of the lack of resources for the institution. On May 22, Germán Martínez requested to be reinstated in the
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. **The Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social sues former Sonora governor
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for negligence in the investigation of the 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire that killed 44 toddlers. ** The Mexican National Guard officially takes over police functions in the eight most violent states:
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, Michoacan,
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, State of Mexico, Mexico City,
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, Guerrero, and
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. * May 23: Students' Day (Thursday) * May 25: Josefa González Blanco Ortiz Mena, the head of the
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resigned after it was revealed that she abused her power by ordering a civilian flight delayed. *
May 26 Events Pre-1600 * 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe. * 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empir ...
** Seven socially-prominent Mexicans, including Emilio Salinas Occelli (son of former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari) and Ana Cristina Fox (daughter of former president
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, Rosa Laura Junco, Loreta Garza Dávila (business leader from Nuevo Leon, Daniela Padilla, Camila Fernández, and Mónica Durán, have been accused of involvement with a sex slave ring known as
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. ** Three police officers are killed and 10 people injured in a shoot-out in Zamora Municipality, Michoacán. Also, nine soldiers were detained and disarmed by self-defense forces in
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. They were released the same day. ** The Tigres win the national soccer championship, the Liga MX. *May 27: Pureblood "Kublaigo", ridden by Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, wins the 74th ''Hándicap de las Américas'' horse race in Mexico City. * May 28: Alonso Ancira, the owner and president of Altos Hornos de México (Mexico's largest steel mill), was arrested in connection with the
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sale of a fertilizer plant to
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, the Mexican-state oil company. The bank accounts of ''Altos Hornos'' and
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, the former CEO of PEMEX, were frozen 24 hours earlier. It is believed that Lozoya will soon be arrested. *
May 29 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city. * 1108 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under ...
**A bomb explodes in the office of Senator Citlalli Hernández of
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, burning her face. **Pharmacutical companies of
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and
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are the first countries to offer the sale of low-priced medicine in Mexico. *
May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometre ...
: U.S. President
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declares he will impose a 5%
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on all Mexican goods imported by the United States starting June 10, 2019. The tax will increase by another 5% every month until undocumented immigrants stop crossing the
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.


June

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June 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. *1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed ki ...
: National Maritime Day ** Underdog Mexican heavyweight boxer
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defeats
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for the
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championship. ** Filmmaker Ángeles Cruz of Mixtalco,
Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipaliti ...
wins a prize for "Best Short Fiction Film" at the Ismailia International Film Festival in Egypt. Cruz's film, ''Arcángel'' is about an elderly indigenous woman. * June 2: Local elections. No mjor reports of violence were reported, and turnout was slightly over 30% of eligible voters. **
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 Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and with an average altitude of a ...
– PAN wins five municipalities,
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wins two, PRI, PRD, PT, and Morena win one each. **
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Jaime Bonilla of
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elected governor. **
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– PAN wins two municiappilies, but the PAN-PRD coalition takes sixteen. PRI wins 16, and Morena wins 2. **
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 ...
Miguel Barbosa of Morena elected governor. **
Quintana Roo Quintana Roo ( , ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 11 mu ...
–PRI wins one municipality, PRD-PAN coalition wins two. **
Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...
PAN wins almost the entire territory; 21 electoral districts vs. one for Morena. * June 2: **During the "5th March for Peace," Cuernavaca Bishop
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declares that 18 of 36 municipal governments in the state of
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 Cue ...
are controlled by drug dealers. Governor Cuauhtémoc Blanco, who as mayor had led the marches, was notably absent. **The
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in Mexico City is won by Cuba women's national handball team. *
June 3 Events Pre-1600 * 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. * 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, depo ...
: The government of Mexico City announces its ''Plan de Reduccíon de Emisisiones del Sector Movilidad'' ("Plan for Reduction of Emissions in Transportation") with the intent of reducing vehicular-caused pollution by 2024. The plan includes severe restrictions on private and commercial transportation and encourages the use of mass transit and non-polluting transportation. * June 4: **Five people have been killed and one woman is missing after flooding in San Gabriel, Jalisco. **Cadets at
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accuse the training director, Néstor Cruz Rosalino, of sexual abuse. They claim that he makes them strip in front of him in order to see who has "the best female anatomy," and then he leaves with the one he likes best. **California Attorney General
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announces that Naasón Joaquín García, leader of the La Luz del Mundo church based in Guadalajara, and four other people, have been arrested in connection with alleged sex trafficking, child abuse, and production of child pornography. **For the first time, an all-female crew will fly a Navy plane, the
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announces. It is a
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air ambulance. *
June 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno. *1288 & ...
: Six political prisoners, members of the environmental group ''Defensores de la Tierra,'' (English: "Defenders of the Land") in Salazar, Lerma, State of Mexico, have been liberated. They were arrested after the police and army helped people from nearby Tarasquillo seized and sold their land to private parties. *
June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed ...
: BMW opens a U.S.$1 billion (MXN $20 billion) auto plant in San Luis Potosi. It will employ 2,000 workers and have a capacity to produce 175,000 cars in the Mexican, Latin American, and U.S. markets. * June 7: Mexico's
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 ...
,
Olga Sánchez Cordero Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila (born 16 July 1947) is a Mexican politician and former jurist. She was the Secretary of the Interior of Mexico, and the first woman to ever hold this position. She previously served as a judge on ...
, announces that Mexico will send 6,000 members of the National Guard to the border with
Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Hon ...
in response to U.S. President
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
's threat to impose tariffs on all Mexican goods unless immigration is lessened. Later the same day, Trump announced that an agreement had been reached, and the tariffs will be suspended. *
June 12 Events Pre-1600 * 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. *1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
: **The
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announces that it will work with the
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and the
Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Carib ...
to end
malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. ...
in Central America, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic. **A judge orders the suspension of construction of the airport in Santa Lucia until environmental and cultural studies have been completed. Three days later President
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...
threatens to publicly expose the parties who are trying to stop the development of the country. * June 13: Luxury fashion house Carolina Herrera is accused of
cultural appropriation Cultural appropriation is the inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity. This can be controversial when members of a dominant culture appropriate from ...
by Mexico's
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,
Alejandra Frausto Guerrero Alejandra Frausto Guerrero is a Mexican lawyer and cultural director. Since 1 December 2018 she is the head of Secretariat of Culture of Mexico appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Bio Frausto is a lawyer by the National Auto ...
. * June 14: **Two men and two women (one pregnant) are shot and wounded inside a police vehicle when it is attacked in Benito Juárez Municipality, Quintana Roo. A young man on a motorcycle was also wounded. **A member of the ''Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones'' (English: "State Investigation Agency") in charge of fighting kidnappings was herself kidnapped on Friday in General Treviño, Nuevo Leon. Another agent was shot and killed. * June 15: Four people died and at least 12 were injured when a gas tank exploded in Tepatitlán, Jalisco. * June 16: Father's Day ** Verano de Escándalo (2019) professional wrestling event in
Mérida, Yucatán Mérida () is the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán, and the largest city in southeastern Mexico. The city is also the seat of the eponymous Municipality. It is located in the northwest corner of the Yucatán Peninsula, about 35 km (22 ...
. *
June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. *1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
: An explosion on the volcano Popocatépetl shoots 8 km (5 miles) into the air. This was the second such explosion in 24 hours. * June 18: Twelve Federal Police agents are sentenced to 34 years of prison for the August 24,
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murder of two
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agents in Tres Marias, Morelos. * June 19: The government of
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apologizes for the
Conquest of Mexico The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, also known as the Conquest of Mexico or the Spanish-Aztec War (1519–21), was one of the primary events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. There are multiple 16th-century narratives of the eve ...
. *
June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. *1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...
: Mexico ratifies the
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. It has not been ratified by the U.S. Congress or by Canada yet. *
June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to Vandalic War, attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). *1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khaga ...
: **Mexico announces US$30 million for
El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south ...
as part of its migration plan. **The Congress of the State of
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 Cue ...
passes a law to prohibit the use of styrofoam and/or plastic containers. ** Final of 2019 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Colima City. Won by Cuba men's national volleyball team. * June 24: ** Mexican Secretary of Defense
Luis Cresencio Sandoval Luis Crescencio Sandoval González (born 7 February 1960) is the current Mexican Secretary of Defense. Biography Sandoval González was born on 7 February 1960 in Ensenada, Baja California. In the Heroic Military Academy he attended high sc ...
announces the deployment of 15,000 troops along the Mexico-U.S. border. **''
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'' threatens the coasts of Tulum and
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in the municipality of
. * June 26: Over 100 Central American migrants are rescued by police in ''Los Mangos'' and in
Tantoyuca Tantoyuca is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Popularly known as "the Pearl of the Huastecas", it is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Tantoyuca. In the 200 ...
. *
June 30 Events Pre-1600 * 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. * 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. * 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan ...
: Opposition forces march in Mexico City and other parts of the country. One report describes the crowds as "hundreds".


July

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July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and th ...
: **Up to one meter (39") of hail falls in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Mexico, while the Guadalaj ...
, Jalisco. **Four vehicles are burned on the
Villahermosa Villahermosa ( , ; "Beautiful Village") is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Tabasco, and serves as the municipal seat (governing county) of the state. Located in Southeast Mexico, Villahermosa is an important city because o ...
- Teapa (Tabasco) highway as a protest against the Mexican National Guard. * July 2: Two dozen people are kidnapped from a home in Cancun, Quintana Roo. They were rescued the following day, all in good health. * July 3: Shelters for migrants in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, are reported full, and many Central American and Cuban refugees are forced to sleep in the streets. *
July 4 Events Pre-1600 *362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed ...
: **Thousands of federal police protest against their inclusion in the National Guard. **
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declares that the World Habitat for the '' vaquita marina'' is in danger. * July 5: **For the second time, a judge orders the detention of
Emilio Lozoya Austin Emilio Ricardo Lozoya Austin (Chihuahua, Chihuahua, December 9, 1974) is a Mexican economist and politician. He was the CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) from 2012 to 2016. Biography Education He holds a degree in Economics from the ITAM ...
, former director of
Pemex Pemex (a portmanteau of Petróleos Mexicanos, which translates to ''Mexican Petroleum'' in English; ) is the Mexican state-owned petroleum company managed and operated by the Mexican government. It was formed in 1938 by nationalization and expr ...
, in relation to the
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. His whereabouts are unknown. Two days earlier, on July 3, Lozoya had asked for witness protection in the case involving illegal purchase of a fertilizer plant. **Mexican authorities announce they have broken up an international human-trafficking ring. **Secretary of Tourism,
Miguel Torruco Marqués Miguel Torruco Marqués (September 19, 1951 in Mexico City) is an entrepreneur, academic and Mexican public official. He was the Secretary of Tourism of the Federal District from 2012 to 2017. In 2017, he became a Tourism Adviser of Andrés M ...
announces that the ''
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'' that plagues Caribbean beaches is a national priority. Hotels in the
Riviera Maya The Riviera Maya () is a tourism and resort district south of Cancun, Mexico. It straddles the coastal Federal Highway 307, along the Caribbean coastline of the state of Quintana Roo, located in the eastern portion of the Yucatán Peninsul ...
are offering guests discounts of up to 25% in order to maintain an 80% occupancy rate. **President
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...
proposes that rural doctors and nurses be paid more than their urban counterparts, emulating
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, the UK,
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, Denmark, and Norway. *July 5–7: The 10th
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are held in Querétaro. *July 6–7: The Mexico national rugby sevens team takes 3rd place at the 2019 RAN Sevens rugby tournament in George Town, Cayman Islands. The Mexico women's national rugby sevens team won 1st place in its event. * July 7: The Mexican national soccer team wins its eighth
CONCACAF Gold Cup The CONCACAF Gold Cup ( es, Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF, french: Coupe D'or CONCACAF) is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the continental champion of North Ameri ...
with a 1–0 victory over the
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in Chicago's
Soldier Field Soldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924 and reconstructed in 2003, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) since ...
. *
July 10 Events Pre-1600 *138 – Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina. * 645 – Isshi Incident: Prince ...
: **The
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rules that members of the Federal Economic Competition Commission and of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) can receive salaries higher than the president's. This is a temporary measure until the entire court can decide the case. ** The last
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rolls off the line in
Puebla (city) Puebla de Zaragoza (; nah, Cuetlaxcoapan), formally Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, formerly Puebla de los Ángeles during colonial times, or known in English simply as Puebla, is the seat of Puebla Municipality. It is the capital and largest city ...
. The last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum. *
July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, ...
: **Seven members of a family in Puebla are killed in a mudslide. ** Juan Collado, the personal lawyer of former president
Enrique Peña Nieto Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican politician who served as the 64th president of Mexico from 1 December 2012 to 30 November 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party ...
, is arrested on charges of
money laundering Money laundering is the process of concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement or gambling, by converting it into a legitimate source. It is a crime in many jurisdicti ...
and
organized crime Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally th ...
. *
July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine I ...
: ** 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship begins in Mexico City. **"Surf Open 2019" begins in Acapulco. **50 state agents in
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rescue 21 kidnap victims who were forced to work in drug cultivation and sleep in a cave at night. *
July 14 Events Pre-1600 * 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy. *1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II. *1420 ...
: The burned body of an unknown 12-year-old girl is found in
Atizapán de Zaragoza Atizapán de Zaragoza is a municipality, in State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 91.07 km². In 2010, the municipality had a total population of 489,937. At the west side of the city is the Zona Esmeralda district (t ...
, State of Mexico, an apparent victim of
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. This is the same day that the body of Lupita Hernández Pérez, 29, missing since June 30 and an apparent victim of femicide, is found in Iztapalapa. *July 15: Three former employees of Mexico City's ''Secretaría de Administración y Finanzas'' (Secretary of Administration and Finance) office are arrested for transferring over MXN $190 million (US$9.9 million) to a private bank account. * July 17: **
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (; born 4 April 1957), commonly known as "El Chapo" (), is a Mexican former drug lord and a former leader within the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate. He is considered to have been one of th ...
, former head of the
Sinaloa cartel The Sinaloa Cartel ( es, link=no, Cártel de Sinaloa), also known as the CDS, the Guzmán-Loera Organization, the Pacific Cartel, the Federation and the Blood Alliance, is a large, international organized crime syndicate that specializes in il ...
, which became the biggest supplier of drugs to the U.S., is sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years. President Lopez Obrador insists that the money seized in fines legally belongs to Mexico. **The National Action Party announces that it plans to expel the seven deputies in
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who voted to extend the governor's term from two to five years. **The
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(SEMARNAT) approves construction of a terminal at the new airport site in Santa Lucía. *
July 18 Events Pre-1600 *477 BC – Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army. *387 BC – Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, lead ...
: **The
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announces that starting August 3, there will be a simplified way to call both landline and mobile phones across the country. **400 environmental groups insist that the government prosecute the mining company Grupo México for a recent sulphuric acid spill in the Sea of Cortés. The
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also demands that the Attorney General prosecute the company. **Bank accounts of 19 Mexican companies that have sold food to
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have been frozen. Charges relate to low quality, high prices, and
money laundering Money laundering is the process of concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement or gambling, by converting it into a legitimate source. It is a crime in many jurisdicti ...
. * July 20: **Newly unclassified documents real that President
Felipe Calderón Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (; born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican politician who served as the 63rd president of Mexico from 1 December 2006 to 30 November 2012 and Secretary of Energy during the presidency of Vicente Fox between 2003 ...
allowed the
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to operate within Mexico. **Two followers of Santa Muerte (Our Lady of Holy Death) have been arrested for the
feminicide Femicide or feminicide is a hate crime which is broadly defined as "the intentional killing of women or girls because they are female," but definitions of it vary depending on cultural context. In 1976, the feminist author Diana E. H. Russel ...
of Cruz Yere Marín Rayón, 28, in
Amozoc Amozoc de Mota is a city located in Puebla, Mexico. Its borders are in the north, the Malintzin volcano; in the south, the "Sierra de Amozoc"; in the west, the Acajete municipal seat; and in the west, the capital of the State Puebla city. Amozoc ...
, Puebla. * July 21: Four people are killed and six are injured in an attack on a bar in "La Condesa,"
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. * July 24: **Two government officials and two pilots die in a helicopter crash in Michoacan. **General Sócrates Alfredo Herrera Pegueros, director of security for
Pemex Pemex (a portmanteau of Petróleos Mexicanos, which translates to ''Mexican Petroleum'' in English; ) is the Mexican state-owned petroleum company managed and operated by the Mexican government. It was formed in 1938 by nationalization and expr ...
, is charged with aiding ''
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s'' steal gasoline. **Authorities in Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Tonalá, Jalisco say 21 bodies have been found in a safe house. The investigation began on July 13. ** Carlos Romero Deschamps, leader of leader of the oilworkers' union, is expelled from the union after being charged with corruption. **Two Israeli citizens are assassinated by the Israeli mafia in broad daylight in a shopping mall in Mexico City. *
July 26 Events Pre-1600 * 657 – First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I. * 811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriou ...
: **A Mexico City judge denies Emilio Lozoya, former leader of
Pemex Pemex (a portmanteau of Petróleos Mexicanos, which translates to ''Mexican Petroleum'' in English; ) is the Mexican state-owned petroleum company managed and operated by the Mexican government. It was formed in 1938 by nationalization and expr ...
, access to his bank accounts. ** The Secretariat of Energy announces the contracts for construction of an oil refinery in Dos Bocas, Paraiso, Tabasco. *
July 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland, somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. * 1189 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Ste ...
: Paula Fregoso wins a gold medal in
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at the
Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is hel ...
in Lima, Peru. Marco Arroyo won a bronze medal. * July 29: **The Spanish newspaper ''
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'' reveals that Juan Collado, the personal lawyer of former president
Enrique Peña Nieto Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican politician who served as the 64th president of Mexico from 1 December 2012 to 30 November 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party ...
, moved US$120 million (MXN $229 million) to 24 accounts in banks in
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. Collado used the money to acquire property in Acapulco and Miami in addition to two large airplanes. **Mexican cyclists José Ulloa and Daniela Campuzano win gold medals in men's and women's
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at the
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in Lima, Peru. *
July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...
: **The
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denies that its embassy in Mexico had anything to do with the coverup of the
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murder of activist
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, reportedly at the hands of the
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, a Canadian mining company in Chicomuselo, Chiapas. **The Tax Administration Service (SAT) reveals a list of 300 individuals who have not paid their taxes, including former president
Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the ...
, who owes MXN$15,000,000. The largest debt is owed by Fausto Luis Muñiz Patiño of Grupo Pae, who owes MXN$119,000,000 of the total MXN$17,044,000,000.


August

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August 1 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic. *AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under ...
: 280 cases of
dengue fever Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms typically begin three to fourteen days after infection. These may include a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a characterist ...
have been confirmed in
Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipaliti ...
after the death of a 5-year-old boy. Fifteen cases are considered ''grave'' (serious). *
August 2 Events Pre-1600 *338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. *216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...
: The government of Mexico will provide Internet access throughout the country through the establishment of a subsidiary of the
Comisión Federal de Electricidad The Comisión Federal de Electricidad ( en, Federal Electricity Commission) is the state-owned electric utility of Mexico, widely known as CFE. It is the country's dominant electric company, and the country's second most powerful state-owned comp ...
called ''CFE Telecomunicaciones e Internet para Todos'' (CFE Telecommunications and Internet for All). *
August 3 Events Pre-1600 * 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna. * 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emper ...
: **Starting today, dialing a telephone requires ten digits; prefixes 01, 044, and 045 are obsolete, according to the
Federal Telecommunications Institute The Federal Telecommunications Institute ( Spanish: ''Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones''; abbreviated as IFT and incorrectly referred to as IFETEL) is an independent government agency of Mexico charged with the regulation of telecommunicat ...
. **Seven Mexican citizens are among the 23 dead in a
mass shooting There is a lack of consensus on how to define a mass shooting. Most terms define a minimum of three or four victims of gun violence (not including the shooter or in an inner city) in a short period of time, although an Australian study from 200 ...
in
El Paso, Texas El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the county seat, seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau w ...
, apparently inspired by anti-immigrant hate. *
August 6 Events Pre-1600 *1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. * 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
: 1,500 gold ''centenario'' coins worth US$2.5 million (MXN$55 million) are stolen from the
Mexican Mint La Casa de Moneda de México is the national mint of Mexico and is the oldest mint in the Americas. History ''La Casa de la Moneda'' was established on 11 May 1535 by the Spanish viceroy Antonio de Mendoza by a decree from the Spanish Crown to c ...
. *
August 7 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Co ...
: The
National Supreme Court of Justice The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ( es, Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) is the Mexican institution serving as the country's federal high court and the spearhead organisation for the judiciary of the Mexican Federal Go ...
rules that rape victims have the right to receive abortions in public hospitals. Girls younger than 12 need parental permission. *
August 8 Events Pre-1600 * 685 BC – Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as th ...
: **Seven supposed kidnappers are lynched in Cohuecán, Puebla. **After three years, a group of mothers of missing persons known as ''Colectivo Solecito'' calls off the search for bodies in
Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
, in the largest clandestine cemetery in Latin America. Since
2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...
, they have found 298 skulls and 22,000 human remains. ** Twenty bodies have been found in
Uruapan Uruapan is the second largest city in the Mexico, Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at the western edge of the Tarascan Plateau, Purépecha highlands, just to the east of the Tierra Caliente (Mexico), Tierra Caliente region. Since the colo ...
, Michoacan—some dismembered, some in bags, others hanging from bridges. Fourteen people, including two minors, are arrested two days later. **Mexican athletes have won 27 gold, 24 silver, and 44 bronze, a total of 95 medals, at the
2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...
in Lima, Peru. *
August 9 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. * 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens ...
:
Rosario Robles María del Rosario Robles Berlanga (; born 1956) is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of Social Development in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto. She also was substitute Head of Government of the Federal District ("Mayor of Me ...
, former Secretary of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development is arrested and charged with stealing MXN$5,000 million (US$250,000,000). She faces seven years of prison. *
August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
: Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas declares victory in the election for leader of PRI. *
August 12 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. * 1121 – Ba ...
: A public passenger van was burned by extortionists along the San Juan Zitlaltpec route in the State of Mexico. This was the 21st such attack along the same route. *August 14:
Bosque de Chapultepec Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest) in Mexico City, is one of the largest city parks in Mexico, measuring in total just over 686 hectares (1,695 acres). Centered on a rock formation called Chapultep ...
wins the "International Large Urban Parks Award 2019" from the "World Urban Parks Association." *
August 15 Events Pre-1600 * 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins. * 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Const ...
: **544 athletes and 168 coaches who participated in the
2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...
are awarded economic stimulii of MXN $240,000 (US$12,234) each by President
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...
. **The
Bank of Mexico The Bank of Mexico ( es, Banco de México), abbreviated ''BdeM'' or ''Banxico,'' is Mexico's central bank, monetary authority and lender of last resort. The Bank of Mexico is autonomous in exercising its functions, and its main objective is to ac ...
lowers interest rates for the first time in five years, from 8.25% to 8.0%. *
August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...
: **Mexican-Argentine businessman
Carlos Ahumada Carlos Agustín Ahumada Kurtz (born 1964) is an entrepreneur of dual Argentine-Mexican nationality. His main areas of business are mining, construction and football. He founded the ''El Independiente'' newspaper in Mexico and was a partner and found ...
, wanted by the Attorney General of Mexico, is arrested in Argentina. **A women's march against violence and police corruption in Mexico City breaks out in violence. *
August 18 Events Pre-1600 * 684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria. * 707 – Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei. *1304 & ...
**A group calling itself #FueraJuecesCorruptos has convoked a march against corrupt judges on August 18. Hundreds of people march. **Judith Abigail Jiménez Pulido, 28, missing since August 9, becomes the 54th victim of
femicide Femicide or feminicide is a hate crime which is broadly defined as "the intentional killing of women or girls because they are female," but definitions of it vary depending on cultural context. In 1976, the feminist author Diana E. H. Russel ...
in
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 ...
in 2019. *
August 19 Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later know ...
: 194 exhalations, 428 minutes of quaking, 3 minor explosions, and 3 earthquakes are reported in the last 24 hours in Popocatépetl. The alert level remains at ''Yellow, Phase 2.'' *
August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ...
: Six federal police officers have been charged with murder for their supposed involvement in a police operation that left nine dead in January
2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
in
Apatzingán Apatzingán (in full, Apatzingán de la Constitución) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Apatzingán in the west-central region of the Mexican state of Michoacán. Geography The Municipality of Apatzingán is located in the Ti ...
, Michoacan. *
August 22 Events Pre-1600 * 392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. * 851 – Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland. *1138 – Battle of the Standard between Scotland a ...
: Rain associated with ''Tropical Storm Ivo'' causes flooding in Mazatlan, Sinaloa. *
August 23 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Cae ...
: The Lagunas de Montebello in Chiapas are drying due to drought. *
August 28 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. * 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way ...
: 30 people die in an arson attack on a bar in
Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos () is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, mostly on the western side of the Coatzacoalcos River estuary, on the Bay of Campeche, on the southern Gulf of Mexico coast. The city serves as the munic ...
, Vercruz. *
August 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple. * 1282 – Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers. * 1363 – The five-week Battle of Lake ...
: A pitched battle between Jalisco New Generation Cartel led by "El Mencho" and Michoacan self defense forces led by "El Abuelo" leave 9 dead and 11 injured in Tepalcatepec Municipality, Michoacan. *
August 31 Events Pre-1600 * 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. * 1057 – Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year. ...
: Luis Armando Reynoso Femat, former
Governor of Aguascalientes List of Governors of the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. {{DEFAULTSORT:Governor Of Aguascalientes * Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguas ...
(PAN) has been sentenced to prison for the crimes of peculation and misuse of public exercise.


September

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September 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. * 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...
: President López Obrador gives his ''Primer Informe del Gobierno'' (State of the Union address) before 400 legislators, governors, and business leaders, emphasizing his efforts to end corruption and help the poor. *
September 2 Events Pre-1600 *44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his ''Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them ...
**Five are killed at a shoot-out in a Cuernavaca, Morelos, bus station. **Óscar René González Galindo, former mayor of
Motozintla Motozintla (Motozintla de Mendoza) is a city and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. Motozintla occupies part of Mexico's border with Guatemala and is adjacent to the municipalities of Siltepec (to the north), Escuin ...
, Chiapas, ( PVEM 2012-2015) is arrested for peculation. **Gildardo Lópéz Astudillo "El Gil", who is suspected of involvement in the 2014 Ayotzinapa, Guerrero kidnapping and probable murder of 43 students, has been released after a judge rules the evidence against him was based on torture and intimidation. ** David Huerta wins the Literary Award in Romance Languages 2019 at the ''Feria Internacional del Libro'' in Guadalajara. *
September 4 Events Pre-1600 * 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire. * 626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne ove ...
: Considerable flooding and at least one dead in northwest Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas) are the toll of Tropical Storm Fernand. *
September 5 Events Pre-1600 * 917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu. * 1367 – Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava * 1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Hen ...
**Alejandro Jacobo and Josué Reyes are given 55 years of prison for the
femicide Femicide or feminicide is a hate crime which is broadly defined as "the intentional killing of women or girls because they are female," but definitions of it vary depending on cultural context. In 1976, the feminist author Diana E. H. Russel ...
of "Reyna" in Zacatepec, Morelos in May
2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
. ** Laura Angélica Rojas Hernández of ( PAN) is elected President of the
Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...
. *
September 7 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. * 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. *1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen. *1191 – Third Cr ...
: 70 members of a criminal band are arrested in La Unión, Guerrero * September 8: 3 killed and 2 missing in
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga Tlajomulco de Zúñiga is a city and municipality in the state of Jalisco in central-western Mexico. It forms part of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, lying to the southeast of it. It covers an area of 636.93 km2. it had a population of ...
, Jalisco due to flooding of ''La Culebra''. *
September 11 Events Pre-1600 * 9 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hu ...
: The''Comité de Derechos Humanos'' (Human Rights Committee) in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, says that state police killed eight civilians on September 5 and falsely claimed they were members of the Cártel del Noreste drug gang. *
September 13 Events Pre-1600 * 585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. *509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill i ...
: Day of the ''
Niños Héroes The ''Niños Héroes'' (Boy Heroes, or Heroic Cadets) were six Mexican military cadets who were killed in the defence of Mexico City during the Battle of Chapultepec, one of the last major battles of the Mexican–American War, on 13 September ...
'', 1847 **Accounts of the ''Universidad Popular de la Chontalpa'' are frozen in relation to the ''Estafa Maestra''. **Three underage (14 and 17 years old) hitmen are killed by municipal police while in the process of murdering 19-year-old Julián Adán Rodríguez in San Luis Río Colorado Municipality, Sonora. *September 14: :es:Día Nacional del Locutor (National Announcer's Day) *September 15 **President
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...
leads the 209th ''Grito de la Independencia'' from the National Palace in the
Zócalo The Zócalo () is the common name of the town square, main square in central Mexico City. Prior to the European colonization of the Americas, colonial period, it was the main ceremonial center in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. The plaza used t ...
of Mexico City. He cried ''¡Viva!'' twenty times. **One person dies and at least 16 are injured due to a fireworks accident in
Xalapa Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of whi ...
, Veracruz. *
September 16 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. *1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900 * 1620 – A determined band of 35 relig ...
:
Independence Day An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Man ...
(Monday) **
Parachutist Parachuting, including also skydiving, is a method of transiting from a high point in the atmosphere to the surface of Earth with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or parachutes. For ...
injured during the Independence Day parade in Mexico City. **A group of armed men burn a bus used for public transportation in
Acapulco Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has ...
, Guerrero. *
September 18 Events Pre-1600 * 96 – Domitian, who has been conducting a reign of terror for the past three years, is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. * 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor a ...
: French auction house Millon auctions off 120 pieces of Pre-Columbian Mexican art in Paris, over the protests of Ambassador Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo. The art is believed to be stolen or counterfeit. *
September 20 Events Pre-1600 * 1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland. *1066 – At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin. * 1187 – Saladin ...
: Hundreds of young people in Mexico City join their counterparts across the world in demonstrations against climate change. *
September 21 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. * 1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders. * 1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian ...
: ''Día Nacional de Lucha Libre'' (National Day of Freestyle Wrestling) **Pedro Salmerón Sanginés resigns as director general of the National Institute of Historical Studies on the Mexican Revolution; INEHRM, a post he had held since 2013. He cited right-wing opposition and has been replaced by Felipe Arturo Ávila Espinosa. **President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announces that the anti-cancer medicine bought from France has arrived in the country. *September 22: Following Tropical Storm Lorena, the''Coordinación Nacional de Protección Civil'' declares a state of emergency in
La Paz La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities ...
and
Los Cabos LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a measure of statistical significance ...
, Baja California Sur. The storm also caused flooding in Guerrero, Michoacan, Colima, and Jalisco. *September 23: On behalf of the government of Mexico, President Lopez Obardor apologizes to Martha Camacho Loaiza, leader of the communist guerrilla group
Liga Comunista 23 de septiembre The ''Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre'' ( en, September 23rd Communist League), or LC23S, was a Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla movement that emerged in Mexico in the early 1970s. The result of the merging of various armed revolutionary organi ...
, who was tortured in
1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
. *September 25:
Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipaliti ...
decriminalizes
abortion Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion"; these occur in approximately 30% to 40% of pregn ...
. *September 26: **Former attorney general of
Nayarit Nayarit (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its ...
Edgar Veytia Edgar Veytia (born c. 1970) is a Mexican jurist. He has been the attorney general for the Mexican state of Nayarit since 2013. Veytia was born in Tijuana but was raised in San Diego, California, where he attended elementary, middle, and high scho ...
is condemned to twenty years of prison in the United States for drug dealing. **A group of soldiers are ambushed in Leonardo Bravo, Guerrero; three soldiers killed. **On the fifth anniversary of the
2014 Iguala mass kidnapping On September 26, 2014, forty-three male students disappeared from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College after being forcibly abducted in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico. They were allegedly taken into custody by local police officers from Iguala and ...
, the government reopens the investigation, calling former Attorney General
Jesús Murillo Karam Jesús Murillo Karam (born 2 March 1947) is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as governor of the state of Hidalgo from 1993 to 1998. In 1998 he became Undersecretary of Pub ...
to testify and offering a MXN $10,000,000 (US$500,000) reward for the capture of Alejandro Tenescalco Mejía, one of the principal suspects. **A group of masked protesters break windows and burn a bookstore in Mexico City on the fifth anniversary of the
2014 Iguala mass kidnapping On September 26, 2014, forty-three male students disappeared from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College after being forcibly abducted in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico. They were allegedly taken into custody by local police officers from Iguala and ...
. President Lopez Obrador clarifies that the vandals are not left-wing
anarchists Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not necessari ...
but right-wing conservatives. * September 27: Culmination of the Mexican War of Independence, 1821 **Mswati lll, king of Eswatini, Swaziland, in Southern Africa, arrives at Los Cabos Municipality, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, with his 14 wives and a contingent of 70. *September 28: **Two killed and two others are injured in an accident on the Quimera (roller coaster), Quimera roller coaster in the La Feria Chapultepec Mágico, Mexico City. **
Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013 ...
announces the creation of three new Catholic Church in Mexico, dioceses: Azcapotzalco, Iztapalapa, and Xochimilco. * September 28 and September 29: 1st wine festival in
Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities. Its cap ...
. *September 29: 2019 Pacific hurricane season, Tropical Storm Narda brings heavy rains, flooding, school closings, and at least one death, to
Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipaliti ...
, Michoacan, Guerrero,
Nayarit Nayarit (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its ...
,
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 ...
, and Colima. * September 30: Birthday of José María Morelos, (b. 1765)


October

* October: María Lorena Ramírez, Rarámuri ultra-marathon runner and native of the Sierra Tarahumara in
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 Mu ...
is featured on the cover of ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue Mexico''. * October – November: The San Sebastián International Film Festival in Basque Country (autonomous community), northern Spain will honor Mexican director Roberto Gavaldón, whose 1960 in Mexico, 1960 movie ''Macario (film), Macario'' was the first Mexican film to win an Academy Awards, Academy Award. *October 1 **Arturo González Cruz of National Regeneration Movement, MORENA is sworn in as the new municipal president of Tijuana, Baja California. **General Motors temporarily lays off 6,000 workers in Silao, Guanajuato due to United Automobile Workers, strike in the United States. *October 3 **Justice Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza resigns from the National Supreme Court of Justice, National Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) after it is revealed that his banks accounts are being investigated by the National Crime Agency in the UK and the
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. **''Flecha Roja'' bus line announces the suspension of services along the Mexico City-Santiago Tianguistenco, State of Mexico, route, following the hijacking of their buses by students at the ''Escuela Normal Rural Lázaro Cárdenas de San José Tenería''. Four other routes are also affected. **Jesús Orta resigns his position as ''Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana'' (Secretary of Public Security) and is replaced by Omar García Harfuch, chief of the investigative division. ''Proceso (magazine), Proceso magazine'' notes that García Harfuch has been investigated by the U.S. government and linked to both the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Ayotzinapa kidnapping case and the ''Guerreros Unidos'' drug cartel. *October 4 **Actress Yalitza Aparicio is named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous peoples. **Three more individuals implicated in the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, Ayotzinapa kidnapping case are freed. Judge Ventura Ramos has freed 29 prisoners implicated in the case in the past month. **''Las Comisiones Unidas de Procuración y Administración de Justicia y de Igualdad de Género'' (The United Commissions for the Procuration and Administration of Justice and Gender Equality) in
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vote against decriminalization of
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and legalization of Same-sex marriage in Mexico, same-sex marriage. The penalty for abortion is reduced from five to one year. **Organizers of the ''Premio Batuta de México'' (Baton Prize of Mexico) withdraw Placido Domingo, Placido Domingo's name just two days prior to giving him the prize due to charges of sexual harassment. *October 7:
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is chosen by ''Readers’ Choice Awards'' as the "best small city in the world." *October 8: 10,000 taxi drivers block traffic for twelve hours in a protest against
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and Cabify in Mexico City. *October 10: Nadine Gasman, head of the Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (Inmujeres) reports that 267 women and girls are victims of violence every day in Mexico. *October 11–20: XIX International Book Fair in the Zocolo of Mexico City. *October 11 **The Attorney General of Mexico arrests three members of a sex-trafficking ring in Tenancingo Municipality, Tlaxcala. **At least nine people are killed and eight injured as a train and bus crash in San Juan del Río, Querétaro. **President Lopez Obrador says that a magistrate from the 1st circuit of the National Supreme Court of Justice, Supreme Court (SCJN) is being investigated because of an MXN $80 million bank deposit. ''Milenio'' reports it is Judge Jorge Arturo Camero Ocampo. * October 12: ''European colonization of the Americas, Dia de la Raza'' *October 13 ** Popocatépetl volcano has produced one explosion, 117 exhalations, and 709 minutes (almost 12 hours) of quaking in a 24-hour period. Gas and light ash have been seen, and the area remains in "Amarillo Fase 2" alert. **Voters in
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express their opinions on whether to extend Governor Jaime Bonilla's term from two to five years. According to a poll, 84.25% (53,419 voters) approve the five-year term. **800 people organized by the Canadian group "Choir!Choir!Choir!" sing ''With a Little Help from My Friends'' and other songs by The Beatles on the border near Tijuana as a protest against U.S. immigration policy. *October 14: At least 14 police officers are ambushed and murdered by 30 armed members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Aguililla, Michoacan. *October 15 **
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seizes US$83.1 million belonging to Juan Ramón Collado, lawyer of former President
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. Collado was arrested for money laundering on July 9. **Fourteen armed civilians and one soldier are killed in a battle in Tepochica, Guerrero. *October 16 **Nine executions attributed to the Cártel del Noroeste have been reported in
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in 24-hours. ** Carlos Romero Deschamps, leader of the Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana (PEMEX employees' union) has resigned after being accused of illegal enrichment. *October 17 **The arrest of Ovidio Guzmán López, son of
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, sets off several gun battles in Culiacán, Sinaloa. Hours later he is freed, and President Lopez Obrador says he supports the decision in order to prevent more bloodshed. **Construction of the new "General Felipe Ángeles" airport in Zumpango, State of Mexico, begins; the airport is scheduled to open on March 21, 2022 in Mexico, 2022. It is expected to cost MXN $75 billion (US$3.9 billion). *October 19 — October 20: Harry Potter festival in Mexico City. *October 20 **Eduardo Arturo Bailleres Mendoza is relieved as warden of the penitentiary in Culiacán after 49 prisoners escaped on October 17. He had been in charge for 11 months. **Five Mexican chefs are awarded Michelin Guide, Michelin Stars: Indra Carrillo, "La Condessa" in Paris; Paco Mendez, "Hoja Santa" in Barcelona; Cosme Aguilar, "Casa de Enrique" in New York; Roberto Ruiz, "Punto MX" in Madrid; and Carlos Gaytan, "Ha" in Xcaret. *October 22 **Activists on social media call for a boycott of Kimberly-Clark de México paper products after CEO Claudio González X. Laporte reports the company will no longer invest in Mexico. **A group of mayors who belong to opposition parties (PAN, PRI, and PRD) was repelled with tear gas when they tried to force their way into the National Palace (Mexico), National Palace for a meeting with President Lopez Obrador. **Rosario Ibarra, Rosario Ibarra de Piedra is awarded the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor, only to give it to President Lopez Obardor until the disappearances of "our loved ones" are resolved. **Twenty-one mayors from
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resign from PRI,
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, PRD, and local political parties to join
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. *October 25 **Fires in
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kill four, damage 200 homes, and burn 7,600 hectares (18,800 acres) of grassland. **100,000 pay homage to the late José José during a rainstorm in the
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of Mexico City. *October 26 **6,000 General Motors auto workers temporarily laid off in Silao, Guanajuato and Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, due to a strike in the United States, go back to work. **Police find 42 skulls and other bones in a narco-tunnel in Tepito, Colonia Morelos, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City. Police also are revising the charges against 27 people who were arrested but then released by a judge on October 22. * October 27 – Daylight saving time ends; turn clocks back one hour. **328 minutes (5.4 hours) of quaking and 231 exhalations are reported in the Popocatépetl volcano over the past 24 hours. **Lewis Hamilton wins the Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix of Mexico. *October 28 – Karime Macías Tubilla, wife of former governor of Veracruz Javier Duarte, is detained in London. *October 29 – A children's party in Iztatapala is shot up, resulting in two adults killed and eight children injured. *October 30 – A riot at Atlacholoaya penitentiary in Xochitepec, Morelos, leaves six dead, including "El Ray," a leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel; 15 are injured. *October 31 **Two children are shot while trick-or-treating in
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, Jalisco. Three young children and their adult accomanant are shot to death while Trick-or-treating in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico. **Police free a toll booth from 30 people who were charging drivers MXN $200-$500 in Huimanguillo, Tabasco. One killed and nine arrested. **An international human trafficking ring is taken down and 387 migrants are freed.


November

*November 1 **The
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reports that transfer payments from Mexicans living overseas increased by 13.3% in September 2019 compared to September 2018, and by 9.3% in total for the first nine months of the year. This represents US$26.98 billion (MXN $515.6 billion). * November 2: Day of the Dead (Saturday) **Thousands participate in ''Acatrina Fest 2019'' parade in
Acapulco Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has ...
, Guerrero. * November 2–7: The Estadio de Béisbol Charros de Jalisco y Atletismo in Zapopan hosts the 2019 WBSC Premier12 baseball championship. *November 3 **Hundreds of people, mostly women, march in Mexico City against
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. **At least five people are killed in a shooting in a ''Tianguis, tianguis de autos'' (bazaar of used cars) in
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, Michoacan. *November 4 – A woman and her four minor children, members of the Church of the Firstborn (LeBaron order), LeBaron order, are burned alive while driving to Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. *November 5 **After the death toll in the Church of the Firstborn (LeBaron order), attack on the LeBaron family along the border of Sonora and Chihuahua, U.S. President
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offers to send troops to Mexico to fight a war against drug cartels. President Lopez Obrador turns him down, saying Mexico will act ''para hacer justicia'' ("to do justice"). Five children injured in the attack are sent to a hospital in the United States. **The bank debt acquired by President Ernesto Zedillo in 1994 in Mexico, 1994 reaches MXN $97,500,000 pesos per day, reaching US$1,032,236,000, according to ''Fobaproa'' ("Banking Fund for the Protection of Savings"). This represents a 1.25% increase in real terms over the last nine months, not counting inflation. **A police officer in Culiacan, Sinaloa, is killed after being shot 155 times. *November 6 **Three Mexican tourists are stabbed while visiting an archaeological site in Jordan; one is in serious condition. **The
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approves reforms to the Constitution of Mexico, Constitution in terms of revocation of mandate and popular consultation. **Emirates (airline), Emirates Airlines gets permission to begin Mexico City—Barcelona—Dubai flights on December 9. **The Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia announces the discovery of unique, 12,000 or 13,000-year-old traps for mammoths in Tultepec, State of Mexico. **In retaliation for police action inside a penitateniary, 10 people are killed and vehicles are burned by Los Mexicles street gang in Ciudad Juárez,
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. Another five vehicles are burned the next day. *November 7 **Gymnast Alexa Moreno wins the ''Premio Nacional de Deportes 2019'' (National Sports Prize 2019) in the "non-professional" category for her achievements in the vault and for qualifying for the Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. *November 8 **Three police officers killed in
Acapulco Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has ...
, Guerrero. **Five police killed and one wounded in San Vicente Coatlán, Oaxaca. *November 9 **An American teenager is arrested in Nogales, Sonora for gunrunning into Mexico. **100 members of the LeBarón family massacre, LeBarón family leave their homes in northern Mexico. *November 10 **''Reforma'' reports that Saul Monreal, mayor of Fresnillo, Zacatecas, spent US$70,000 (MXN $1.3 million) in public money to celebrate his daughter's 15th birthday. Monreal is the youngest brother of Ricardo Monreal, Ricardo Monreal Ávila, coordinator of National Regeneration Movement (Morena) in the Senate. **Hackers infiltrate the
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computer systems, demanding US$5 million in Bitcoin, Bicoins. *November 11 **Evo Morales, former president of Bolivia, accepts asylum in Mexico. **The World Health Organization declares Mexico the first country in the world to be free from dog-transmitted rabies. The disease is still transmitted by wild animals. **Armed members of ''Los Dumbos'' cartel burn two cars and block the Chilpancingo-Acapulco highway near Acapulco (municipality), Xaltianguis, Guerrero. **The Communist Party of Mexico (2011), Communist Party of Mexico issues a declaration on its 100th anniversary. **Members of the National Action Party insist that Rosario Piedra Ibarra should not be allowed to take the oath as president of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) due to voting irregularities in the Senate. A video of Senator Xóchitl Gálvez using violence on November 13 to prevent Ibarra's swearing in circulates on social media. *November 12 – Rosario Piedra Ibarra is sworn in as president of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH). Alberto Manuel Athie Gallo, another member of the National Human Rights Commission, resigns in protest. *November 14 **Seven killed, including one soldier, and three injured in shootout between the Mexican Army and the Mexican Drug War, Cartel del Noreste in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. **A shootout at a carlot in Cuernavaca, Morelos, leaves three dead and one wounded. **Maribel Cervantes Guerrero, Law enforcement in Mexico, head of the state police in the
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, reports that several regional police commanders have pacted with organized crime leaders, allowing them to freedom to commit crimes. **José Carlos Ramos Ramos, the new police chief of
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, Guanajuato, is attacked by armed men; one bodyguard killed and two injured. **Alejandro Vera, former rector of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, UAEM, and his wife, María Elena Ávila, are kidnapped in
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. They are rescued two days later. *November 16 – Sanctuaries for Monarch butterfly, Monarch butterflies open in
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and Michoacan. *November 17 **The Mexico national under-17 football team places second to Brazil in a disputed game. **The Mexico national baseball team qualifies for the Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification, 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo by defeating the United States, 3–2. *November 18 – Revolution Day (Mexico) (celebrated Monday). *November 19 **Former Governor of Baja California, Francisco Vega de Lamadrid, is accused of a MXN $1,200,000,000 (US$60 million) fraud and embezzlement involving 90 businesses and 40 "ghost companies." Governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez says former governors José Guadalupe Osuna Millán and Eugenio Elorduy Walther should also be investigated. **An earthquake with a 6.3 MW with an epicenter 116 km northeast of Port Chiapas, Puerto Madero strikes Chiapas. Minor damages are reported. *November 21 – Commandos attack the Hospital General de Salvatierra in
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 ...
, leaving a patient's dismembered body in a nearby community. * November 23 – Mexican Navy, Mexican Navy Day *November 25 – Thousands march in Mexico City in demand of elimination of violence against women. 200 women demonstrate in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of México. *November 27 – The National Supreme Court of Justice, National Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) rules that private schools cannot withhold grades or exams of students who have unpaid debts. *November 29 **Four police officers and seven armed civilians, members of the Mexican Drug War, Cartel del Norte, are killed in a shootout in Villa Unión Municipality, Villa Unión, Coahuila. Six other police officers are injured. The death toll reaches 21 on December 1. **Two judges who freed the ex-husband of Abril Perez, a woman who was murdered in Mexico City on November 25, have been suspended.


December

*December 1 **The oversold Knotfest 2019 music festival in the ''Deportivo Oceanía'' Mexico City is canceled after violence breaks out after "Evanescense" fails to perform as scheduled. Unconfirmed deaths are reported. **Adrián LeBarón leads 1,000 marchers in Mexico City against President
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and his policy of ''Abrazos, no balazos'' (hugs not bullets). **Before a crowd of 140,000 supporters, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he has fulfilled 89 of 100 campaign promises during a rally on the
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of Mexico City. **The Mexican government announced that several suspects had been arrested for the LeBarón family massacre of November 4. *December 4 – The Congress of Yucatan unanimously approves a measure requiring the teaching of the Yucatec Maya language, Maya language in schools in the state. *December 5 – Margarita Ríos-Farjat is elected as a new justice of the National Supreme Court of Justice, Supreme Court (SCJN). *December 8 – Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard recalls Mexican Argentina–Mexico relations, Ambassador to Argentina Óscar Ricardo Valero Recio Becerra after Valero Recio is caught trying to steal an MXN $189 (US$10) book from a Buenos Aires bookstore. *December 9 – Jorge Zapata, grandson of Emiliano Zapata, sues painter Fabián Chairez, the Secretariat of Culture, and the
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over a 2014 painting that depicts the Revolutionary general as wearing a pink hat and high heels. The following day, four groups of peasants force their way into Bellas Artes and try to burn the painting. Members of the LGBQT community defend the painting. *December 10 – Genaro García Luna, Secretariat of Public Security, Secretary of Public Security (2006-2012) under President Felipe Calderon is arrested in Dallas, Texas, accused of accepting cocaine trafficking and receiving bribes of between US$3 million and $5 million from
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. * December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe (Thursday) Five million Pilgrimage, pilgrims visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, basilica in Mexico City. *December 13 – Cristina Pacheco, anchor for "Once Noticias," wins the ''Premio Nacional de Periodismo 2018'' (National Journalism Award 2018). * December 13 & 15: The Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association will play regular-season games against the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz at the Mexico City Arena in Mexico City *December 15: Referendum on the Mayan Train in Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo. 92.3% (93,142) of the voters who participated voted "yes" and 7.4% (7,517) voted "no," with 268 of 269 voting districts reporting. * December 16 ** ''Las Posadas'' begin (Monday) **Former President
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and his wife, Margarita Zavala manage to register their new political party, ''Mexico Libre'' ("Free Mexico"). **The ''Comisión de Justicia'' (Justice Commission) of
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demands the expulsion of Lilly Téllez from her position as a member of the party's
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caucus. *December 19 – Diverse narco-messages suggest a war between competing drug cartels in Querétaro. *December 21 – The Legion of Christ accepts responsibility for 175 cases of child sexual abuse by 33 priests, including 60 minors who were abused by the organization's founder, Marcial Maciel. *December 22 – National Action Party (Mexico), National Action Party (PAN) demands an updated report on the 2018 Puebla helicopter crash that took the lives of Puebla Governor Martha Érika Alonso, her husband, and three others. *December 23 **Actors, producers, and painters demonstrate outside the National Palace (Mexico), National Palace demanding they be paid for their work. "We cannot live on applause!" they shout. **The Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Mexico), Secretariat of Foreign Affairs calls on the government of Bolivia to respect the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties and to end its excessive vigilance of the Mexican Embassy in
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. * December 25: Christmas, Christmas Day (Wednesday) **Two are killed in an electrical fire at La Merced Market in Mexico City. This comes just three days after a similar fire destroyed the San Cosme market in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Cuauhtémoc borough. In December 1988, 60 people were killed at ''La Merced'' in a Mexico City fireworks disaster, fireworks disaster. *December 26 **A judge refuses to grant legal protection to
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against impeachment. **According to Andrés García Aguayo, a researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, 53% of the amphibians in Mexico are in danger of extinction. **At least 250 families are evacuated due to a gas leak in Tuxpan, Veracruz. *December 27 – A 1,000-year-old Maya civilization, Maya palace is discovered in Kulubá, Yucatan. *December 28 – For the second time in just a year, a television series is recorded in a protected area of Xochimilco, Mexico City. *December 29 – C.F. Monterrey, Rayados of Monterrey wins their fifth national soccer championship in the Liga MX. *December 30 – The Lime (material), lime extracting company "Cales y Morteros del Grijalva, SA de CV." is closed for damaging the environment over a period of 50 years in the Sumidero Canyon in Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas. *December 31 **At least five vehicles were burned in
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, Tabasco, in demand of the release of Trinidad Alberto de la Cruz Miranda, (“El Pelón de Playas del Rosario”) and four other members of his drug cartel. **A riot in the prison in Cieneguillas prison riots, Cieneguillas, Zacatecas leaves 16 dead and five injured.


Awards

*Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Rosario Ibarra, María Rosario Ibarra de la Garza *Order of the Aztec Eagle *Premio Internacional Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria – Luisa Valenzuela *National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Mexico), National Prize for Arts and Sciences **Linguistics and literature – Concepción Company **Popular Arts and Traditions – Carmen Vázquez Hernández **Fine arts – Abraham Oceransky **History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy – Diego Valadés (Mexican lawyer), Diego Valadés *National Public Administration Prize *Ohtli Award ** Claudia Adeath Villamil (CkulturA) **Pedro César Peralta ** Rafael Cao Romero Millán ** St. Frances Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston


2019 in Numbers


Economy

*Balance of Trade: According to National Institute of Statistics and Geography, INEGI, exports increased 2.3% in 2019, giving Mexico a US$5.82 billion trade surplus. *Direct Foreign Investment (IED): USD $27,823.Especialistas consultaods por Banixco estiman crecimiento nulo para el 2019, de 0.04%
Yolanda Morales, El Economista, Dec 2, 2019
*Exchange rate: Estimated close MXN $19.26 per US$1.00. *GDP ranks: The World Bank List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita, nominal ranking places Mexico at No. 15 in absolute terms and No. 69 per capita (US$10,118; MXN $191,678). The List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita, Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) places Mexico at No. 11 total and No. 68 per capita. *Gross domestic product, GDP (PIB): €840,025 (MXN $17,655,267) for the first three quarters of the year. INEGI report in January 2020 that the Mexican economy contracted by 0.1% in 2019 after growth of just over 2% in 2018. *Inflation rate: 2.93%. *Interest rate: 7.25%.Y entonces, ¿cuanto crecerá la economía de México en 2019 y 2020?
El CEO, Dec 20, 2019
*Mexican Stock Exchange: 3.3% growth from January–September 2019; close at 43,011.27 points on September 30. 44,300.17 points and 32,194,052 shares traded on December 26, 2019. *Minimum wage: MXN $102.68 daily (16% over 2018). *Population economically active (15+): 57,349,577 (60.2%).Empleo y ocupación
INEGI, retrieved Dec 26, 2019
*Unemployment rate (November 2019): 3.5%.


Education

*Programme for International Student Assessment (15-year-olds): The OECD ranks Mexico No. 48/63 with 1260 total points; 425 in reading (average 493), 419 in math (average 496), and 416 in science (average 501).Education Rankings By Country Population. (2019-10-24). Retrieved 2019-12-26, from http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/education-rankings-by-country/ *Literacy, Literacy rate: 95.1% *University rankings: National Autonomous University of Mexico, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) No. 113, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Tec de Monterrey (ITESM) No. 178.


Population

126,577,691 inhabitants with a life expectancy of 75.1 years (#66 in the world), according to the Consejo Nacional de Población (National Population Council). Mexico is the 10th most populous country in the world.


Violence

*Murders: INEGI reports a total of 36,478 homicides in 2019, a rate of 29/100,000 inhabitants, basically the same as in 2018. Guanajuato had the highest number (3,974) and Yucatán the lowest (45). Colima had the highest murder rate, 105/100,000 inhabitants. *Femicides: Of 2,833 women murdered by September, 726 (25.6%) are investigated as femicides. *Law enforcement officers killed: 426 as of December 20. *Activists and journalists killed: 10 journalists and 12 activists were killed in Mexico in 2019. *Politicians assassinated: Six mayors and at least four other politicians are murdered during 2019. *Missing persons: 61,637; 97.4% since the beginning of the Mexican Drug War, Drug War in 2006.More than 61,000 missing in Mexico amid spiralling drug violence
Al Jazeera, Jan 6, 2020


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Births

*April 2 — Seven antelope fawns, including three lechwe, three indio, and one nyala have been born in Chapultepec Zoo in recent months. *April 10 — Makena and Omondi are the first Hyena, hienas moteadas (Crocuta crocuta) born in Chapultepec Zoo. *May 12 — Six Mexican wolf cubs born in Chapultepec Zoo. *August 3 — Naim and Izem are the two Impala fawns born in the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City. *December 26 – An unnamed female giraffe was born in Chapultupec Zoo, Mexico City. ''Jirafifíta'' was born there in March 2019.


Deaths


January

*January 1: Alejandro Aparicio Santiago, mayor (Morena) of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca; murdered. Perfecto Hernández, municipal trustee, was also murdered. * January 2: **Salvador Martínez Pérez bishop of Roman Catholic Diócesis de Huejutla, Hidalgo (1994-2009), in Irapuato (b. 1933) **Alberto Reyes Perez, Mexican businessman (b. 1952) *January 3: Cutberto Porcayo Sánchez, leader of Morena in Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo, Oaxaca; murdered. * January 9: Mexican actor and conductor Juan Ramón Garza died at the age of 75. * January 10: Alfredo del Mazo González, politician and former governor of the
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(b. 1943) * January 12: Fernando Luján, Mexican actor, died of a respiratory illness at the age of 79 in his home in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. * January 14: Maty Huitrón, 82, actress (b. 1936). * January 15 **Luis Grajeda (basketball), Luis Grajeda, 81, Olympic basketball player (1964 Summer Olympics, 1964, 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968). **Reinaldo Pérez Rayón Mexican engineer, architect, and educator (b. 1918). ** Argentine star Thelma Tixou died in Mexico at the age of 74 during brain surgery. * January 17: José Almanza Alcaine, a former alderman and the 2018 candidate of Citizens' Movement (Mexico), Movimiento Ciudadano for municipal president of Tlaquiltenango, Morelos, was gunned down. *
January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. *1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chin ...
: José García Ocejo, 90, Mexican painter of "El Dandy" and representative of "La Ruptura movement" (b. 1928). *January 20: Rafael Murúa Manríquez, 34, radio commentator ('Radiokashana") in Baja California Sur; murdered. *
January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. *1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the ...
: Pablo Larios Iwasaki, soccer player with Cruz Azul and Club Puebla (b. 1960)


February

*
February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...
: Alfredo Ríos Meza (86), Mexican baseball player with Sultanes de Monterrey and Ostioneros de Guaymas (b. 1932) *
February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...
: Enrique Novelo Navarro, composer (''Te amaré toda la vida'' and ''No sé qué está pasando'') (b. 1934). *
February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling ...
: Narcocorrido singer Francisco Fourcade, murdered in Guaymas, Sonora, at 23. *February 9: **Jesús Ramos Rodríguez, a Tabasco journalist, was shot by a lone gunman. ** Óscar Cazorla, activist for civil rights of the Muxe in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, community of Juchitán,
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; murdered. *February 11 **Abelardo Escobar Prieto (81), Mexican engineer and politician (b. 1938) **Miriam Rivera, 38, reality show personality (''There's Something About Miriam'', ''Big Brother Australia 2004''); suicide (possible murder) (b. 1981). *
February 12 Events Pre-1600 * 1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna. * 1429 – English forces und ...
: Narcocorrido singer Alejandro Villa, murdered in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, at 25. *
February 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. * 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of K ...
: Reynaldo López, 42, Mexican journalist and radio personality; murdered in Sonora (b. 1977) *February 17: Olivia Leyva, 70, actress (Gloria in ''El Chavo del Ocho'') (b. 1948) *February 20: ** Samir Flores, 30, radio personality and environmental activist, murdered outside his home in Temoac, Morelos. ** Herlinda Sánchez Laurel, 77, artist and art teacher (
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) (b. 1941). *
February 26 Events Pre-1600 * 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is ...
: **Christian Bach, 59, Argentine actress naturalized Mexican (''La patrona'') died in Mexico City. **Carmela Rico ("Mamá Mela"), Mexican comedian. **Grace Quintanilla, 52, Mexican performer and manager (''Centro de Cultura Digital Estela de Luz'') (b. 1967) *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...
: Rancher Hugo Figueroa was kidnapped and murdered in Morelia, Michoacán. He was a nephew of Joan Sebastian. * February dates unknown ** Sinar Corzo, civil rights activist, in Arriaga,
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** José Santiago Gómez and Noé Jimenez Pablo, civil rights activists, in Amatán, Chiapas ** Bernardino García Hernández, civil rights activist, in Zimatlán de Lázaro Cárdenas, Oaxaca.


March

*March 1: Elva Martha García Rocha, 71, Mexican politician, co-founder of Party of the Democratic Revolution (b. 1947) *March 5: Abraham Stavans 85, Mexican theater actor (''El Chavo del 8'') and director (b. 1933) *
March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. * 493 &ndash ...
: Sonora journalist Santiago Barroso Alfaro, 47, shot and killed in his home in San Luis Río Colorado Municipality, Sonora. * March 21: Rodrigo Segura Guerrero, councilor of
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, State of Mexico, assassinated. * March 23: Gerardo López Torres, 23, a singer known as the ''Rey de la Alegría'' ("King of Joy") died in Mazatlan due to a heart attack. *March 24: 5. Omar Iván Camacho, 35, sportscaster, tortured and murdered in Salvador Alvarado Municipality, Sinaloa. *
March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to v ...
: Virgilio Caballero Pedraza, Deputy for National Regeneration Movement from Azcapotzalco (b. 1942). * March 26: Jorge Dominguez Alvarez, son of Antonio Alejandro Almeida, mayor of Paraíso, Tabasco, beaten to death. * March 30: Abiram Hernández Fernández, 37, a civil rights leader from
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, Veracruz; apparently murdered. *March 31: Hernán Pastrana Pastrana, 79, former mayor of Othón P. Blanco, Quintana Roo, cancer.


April

8,943 people were murdered between January 1 and March 31, 2019, a 9.6% increase over
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. * April 1 – Bass player Armando Vega Gil, 64, founder of the rock band ''Botellita de Jerez,'' suicide (b. 1955). *April 7 — Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer, politician (PRI) and diplomat; Governor of Yucatán 1988–1991 (b. 1924) * April 13 – Lourdes Ruiz Baltazar, ''Ingobernable, la Reina del Albur'', died of a heart attack in Tepito, Mexico City. *April 15 — Gustavo Arias Murueta, 95, painter, sculptor, and poet (b. 1923) * April 17 – Sergio Armando Hernández Vega, the former Secretary of president Enrique Peña Nieto, Enrique Peña Nieto's bodyguard, was killed in his home in the
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. * April 23 – David Eduardo Otlica Avilés, presidente municipal of Municipalities of Michoacán, Nahuatzen, Michoacán, was killed with a machete. *April 24 – Maricela Vallejo Orea, mayor (PRD) of
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, Veracruz' murdered. Her husband, driver, and Efrén Zopiyactle Tlaxcaltécatl, the municipal treasurer, were also muredered. *April 27 — María de los Ángeles Moreno, politician; first woman president of a Mexican political party (PRI) (b. 1945) *April 30 — Luis Maldonado Venegas, 62, lawyer and politician (Convergence) (b. 1956)


May

*May 2: Telésforo Santiago Enríquez, radio commentator in Oaxaca; murdered. * May 6 **Ramón Amauri Vela and Luis Octavio Reyes Domínguez, executives with Typhoon Offshore, died in an airplane crash in Coahuila. **Ramón Randey Dorame, 39, baseball player (b. 1979) *May 7: Rafael Coronel, 87, painter (b. 1931) * May 11: Wrestler Silver King, 51, younger brother of Dr. Wagner Jr, died of a heart attack during a wrestling match in London. * May 16: The body of former Morelos governor Marco Antonio Adame, Marco Adame's brother, Humberto Adame Castillo, was found in a ditch in Alpuyeca, Xochitepec. Unofficial sources say Humberto had been kidnapped. *May 17: Julio Ulises Hijuelos Cervera (''Mago Chen Kai''), magician (b. 1939) * May 18: Osvaldo Batocletti, 69, technical director of the Tigres Femenil soccer team, died from prostate cancer (b. September 22, 1950). * May 22: The strangled body of Nataly Michel, 25, who was a contestant in ''Enamorándonos'' on TV Azteca, was found in her house in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City.


June

* June 2: José Antonio Leal Doria,
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at-large candidate for Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), Deputy, dies as 7:00 a.m. of cancer the day of the election. *June 9: Mercedes Pascual Acuña, 88, Spanish actress (''Cuna de lobos'' (1986) and ''Teresa'' (1989)) who lived in Mexico (b. 1930) *June 10: Environmentalist José Luis Álvarez Flores, 64, murdered in Palenque, Chiapas *June 11: Journalist Norma Sarabia of Tabasco was murdered outside her home. She is the sixth Mexican journalist killed this year. * June 13: Edith González, 54, Mexican actress (''Las noches de aventurera'' (1998), ''Corazón salvaje'' (1993-1994), and ''Monte Calvario'' (1986)), ovarian cancer (b. 1964) * June 14: Luis Gerardo Hernandez Valdenego, 31, was shot and killed in
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by unidentified assailants riding motorcycles. In January 2015 Hernandez Valdenegro had been sentenced to 29 months in prison for the beating of journalist Karla Janeth Silva in September,
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, but a judge released him after implicating the mayor and police chief in the beating. *
June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to Vandalic War, attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). *1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khaga ...
: Chilpancingo businessman Misael "El Tigre" Marin is shot and killed. His brother had been kidnapped at one point, and his accountant was killed in May. *June 23: George Rosenkranz, 102, Hungarian-Mexican chemist who specialized in steroids and grand master of Duplicate bridge (b. 1916) *June 27 **Enrique Muñoz "El Reporteronte", reporter for ''Expresso de la Mañana'' (FOROtv) (b. November 22, 1962 in Mexico, 1962 **Gualberto Castro, 84, singer and actor (b. 1934) *June 29: Lupita Hernández Pérez, 29, is an apparent victim of
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in Iztapalapa.


July

The first semester (January—June) of 2019 is the most violent in history, with 17,608 murders, an average of 102.6 daily. June was the most violent month in Mexican history, with 2,249 murders. * July 3: Wrestler Perro Aguayo, Pedro "El Perro Aguayo" dies at the age of 73 (b. 1946). *
July 4 Events Pre-1600 *362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed ...
: Drug dealer Héctor Huerta Ríos is reported dead. *July 6: Singer Luis Mendoza, known for his ''narcocorridos'', is murdered in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. *
July 10 Events Pre-1600 *138 – Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina. * 645 – Isshi Incident: Prince ...
**Armando Ramírez, 67, journalist and novelist (''Chin Chin el Teporocho''); died of an infection (b. 1952) **Kim Akker, 22, Dutch world judo champion, dies in a gas explosion in her home in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo. *
July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, ...
: Héctor Manuel Rodríguez Arellano, the Mexican ambassador to Haiti. *
July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine I ...
: **Eusebio Martinez, alderman for Social Encounter Party is found dead in La Paz, State of Mexico, Los Reyes Acaquilpan / Municipality of La Paz in an apparent homicide. **Victor Hugo Padilla Nava, director of Public Security in Pilcaya (municipality), Pilcaya, Guerrero is murdered near Concepcion, along the Pilcaya-Ixtapan de la Sal highway. *
July 14 Events Pre-1600 * 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy. *1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II. *1420 ...
: Brenda Cruz Garcia, 21, is murdered inside a taxi in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico. *July 16: Sonia Infante, 75, Mexican actress (''Dormitorio para señoritas'' and ''Su Excelencia,'' heart attack (b. 1944) *July 17: Alexander R., 15, raped, tortured, and murdered, in Ciudad Nicolás Romero, State of Mexico. *July 19: Fernando Tinoco Cervantes, representative of the Secretariat of the Interior in Huejotzingo, Puebla, is murdered. *
July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...
: Rogelio Barragán, director of communication for ''Guerrero al Instante,'' is murdered and tortured in Zacatepec, Morelos.


August

*
August 1 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic. *AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under ...
— Actress (''Salvando el Soldado Pérez'' and ''Rudo y Cursi'') and model Vicky Palacios. *
August 2 Events Pre-1600 *338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. *216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...
: **10. Jorge Celestino Ruiz, reporter for ''El Gráfico de Xalapa''; murdered in
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, Veracruz. **Journalist Edgar Nava of ''Guerrero al Instante'' is murdered in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero. *
August 3 Events Pre-1600 * 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna. * 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emper ...
**Journalist Jorge Celestino of ''Gráfico de Xalapa'' is murdered in his home in Actopan, Veracruz. **The seven Mexicans killed in the shooting at the
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shopping center were: Sara Esther Regalado and Gloria Irma Márquez, (Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua); Elsa Mendoza de la Mora, (Temósachic Municipality, Yepomera, Chihuahua); Jorge Calvillo García, (
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, Coahuila); Adolfo Cerros Hernández, (Aguascalientes City), Aguascalientes; and Ivan Filberto Manzana (Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua). A seventh victim is unidentified. *
August 9 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. * 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens ...
— Bertha Silva Díaz, former candidate for local deputy with
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in Chilapa de Álvarez, Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero, is murdered. *
August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
— Roman Catholic Cardinal Sergio Obeso Rivera, former archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalapa, Xalapa, Veracruz (b. 1931) *
August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...
**Carmela Parral Santos, mayor of San José Estancia Grande, Oaxaca, and Hugo Castellanos Ortega are murdered. **José Nápoles, José ''Mantequilla'' Nápoles, 79, Cuban-Mexican welterweight boxer (b. 1940) *August 17 — Patricia "Paty" Feliciano Miranda, 12, victim of
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in Chilón, Chiapas. *
August 18 Events Pre-1600 * 684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria. * 707 – Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei. *1304 & ...
— Laura Garza Galindo, Laura Alicia Garza, 71, former federal deputy ( PRI), in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. *
August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ...
**Celso Piña, Mexican singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist (b. 1953 in Mexico, 1953) **Nora López León, environmentalist, apparent homicide in Palenque, Chiapas **Orencio Bello Sánchez, former candidate for mayor (
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and Social Encounter Party, PES) of Chilapa de Álvarez, Chilapa, Guerrero, murdered. His stepson, Julio Rodríguez, was also murdered. * August 24 — Journalist Nevith Condés Jaramillo (''El observatorio del sur''), murdered in Tejupilco Municipality, State of Mexico. *August 31 — Mary Granados, 29, a Mexican national was among the seven people killed in the Midland–Odessa shooting


September

*September 1 — Rodolfo Tuirán, subsecretary of Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico), Public Education under President Enrique Peña Nieto. *September 4 — Felipe Ruvalcaba, soccer player who played in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cup (b. 1941) *September 5 — Francisco Toledo, painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (b. 1940) *September 11 **Erick Castillo Sánchez, photographer for Discovery Channel, murdered in
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, Guerrero. **Jorge Elías Espinosa Rafful, former librarian and curator of Library and Museum Victoriano Nieves Céspedes in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche; apparent murder *September 13 — María Bazán, an Argentine lawyer, is killed during a home robbery in Atizapán de Zaragoza, Condado de Sayavedra Subdivision in Atizapán, State of Mexico. *September 14 — Claudia Ochoa Félix, model; drug overdose (b. ) *September 18 — Salvador Castañeda O'Connor, socialist politician; heart failure (b. 1931) *September 21 — Miguel Patiño Velázquez, 80, former Roman Catholic bishop of Diócesis de Apatzingán (b. 1938) *September 22 — René Mario Montante Pardo, 86, mechanical engineer and mathematician, (b. 1933) *September 25 – Michael Coe, 90, American archaeologist and anthropologist who worked in Guatemala and Mexico (b. 1929) *September 28 — José José, 71, ''El Principe de la Canción'' (the Prince of Song), singer and musician, pancreas cancer (b. 1948 in Mexico, 1948) *September 29 — Beatriz Aguirre, 94, actress and voice actress (b. 1925)


October

A report published October 24, 2019, by ''El Economista (Mexico), El Economista'' shows that Nuevo León (54%), Sinaloa (41%), and
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(40%) are the states with the greatest increases in murder rates during the period July–September 2019.
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showed the greatest decrease (-60%). *October 1 — Miguel León-Portilla, 93, anthropologist and historian (b. 1926) *October 4 — Omar Flores, 35, a teacher and leader of Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (a teachers' union) in Oaxaca; automobile accident. *October 5 — Bernardo Macias Mora, journalist and poet in Tepic, Nayarit; heart attack. *October 6 **Mexicans killed in a List of mass shootings in the United States in 2019, bar shooting in Kansas City include Alfredo Calderón (29), Francisco García Anaya, and Everardo Meza (from Chihuahua). **"Tizoc", a four-year-old Mexican Hairless Dog, xoloitzcuintle (hairless dog) at Cuernavaca, Cuernavaca's Parque Chapultepec. *October 10 **Enrique Moreno, 63, Mexican-American lawyer, complications from cancer. **Enrique Servín, poet and defender of Indigenous languages; murdered in Chihuahua. *October 11 – Isaías Cantú Carrasco, land-rights activist (''Concejo Regional de Autoridades Agrarias en Defensa del Territorio'') in Malinaltepec, Guerrero. *October 12 – Emilio Nicolas, Sr., 88, Mexican-American television station owner (KWEX-DT, KWEX). *October 13 **Marcelo Ebrard Maure, father of Marcelo Ebrard,
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. **Adolfo Mexiac, 92, graphic artist. **Cruz Soto Caraveo, activist in the fight against Crime in Mexico, organized crime in Guazapares Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered. *October 15 – Paúl Humberto Vizcarra Ruiz, 55,
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 Cue ...
businessman and environmentalist; murdered. *October 18 – Luz Maria (last name unknown), 12, apparent victim of
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in Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosí. *October 21 – Gilberto Aceves Navarro, 88, sculptor and painter (b. September 24, 1931). *October 26 – Enriqueta Basilio, 71, track and field athlete who lit the Olympic cauldron at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City (b. July 15, 1948). *October 28 **Mauricio García León, former director of "Archivos y Notarías" in
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 ...
; suicide. **Santiago Maravatío, alderman (PAN) from Santiago Maravatío, Guanajuato; missing since September 19, Maravatío was the third alderman from
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 ...
murdered in the last two months. The others were Francisco García Ramírez (Moreno) from Apaseo el Alto and José Luis Saucillo Méndez (PAN) from Comonfort. *October 29 – Carlos Chávez, a driver for Uber Eats, is shot while resisting a robbery in Satélite, Cuernavaca, Morelos.


November

*November 1 **Diana González, Diana Victoria González Barrera, 26, soccer player with Club América; hypoglycemia. **Rina Lazo, 93, muralist (''Fertile Earth''), painter, and activist in Guatemala (''Order of the Quetzal, 2004'') and Mexico (b. Guatemala City, 1923) **Rina Lazo, 96, Guatemalan-born Mexican painter, cardiac arrest. **Francisco Fernando Tenorio Contreras, 46, mayor of Valle de Chalco, State of Mexico; brain dead after being shot. *November 2 **Óscar Ramírez Pedrote, 29, lawyer and brother of alderman (PT) of
Acapulco Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has ...
; shot. **Veronica ?, 25, left a party and found murdered in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. *November 3 – Juan Gabriel Rodríguez Salinas, former mayor of Santiago Llano Grande, Oaxaca; shot. *November 7 – Raquel Padilla, 53, writer, anthropologist, and activist; murder with a knife (classified as
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) at her home in Ures, Sonora. *November 8 **Oscar Marroquín Hernández, traffic police officer in
Acapulco Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has ...
, Guerrero; murdered. Two other police officers, both part of the ''Fiscalía Especializada en la Investigación y Combate al Delito de Secuestro'' ("Special prosecutor for investigation and combat of kidnapping") were also murdered in a separate incident. **Felipe Reynoso Jiménez, 100, politician, Aguascalientes Municipality, Municipal President of Aguascalientes (1975–1977). *November 9 – Juan Carlos Molina Palacios, Deputy (PRI) from Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz; murdered. *November 13 – Guillermo Cosío Vidaurri, 90, diplomat and politician, Governor of Jalisco (1989–1992), Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), Deputy (1976–1979, 1985–1988) and Institutional Revolutionary Party, Secretary General of PRI (1981), dengue. *November 15 – Jorge Vergara, 64, billionaire businessperson (Grupo Omnilife, C.D. Guadalajara, Chivas of Guadalajara); heart attack (b. March 3, 1955). *November 25 **Héctor García-Molina, 66, Mexican-born American computer scientist. **Abril Cecilia Pérez Sagaón, 48, ex-wife of Juan Carlos García, former CEO of Amazon (company), Amazon, Mexico, victim of
femicide Femicide or feminicide is a hate crime which is broadly defined as "the intentional killing of women or girls because they are female," but definitions of it vary depending on cultural context. In 1976, the feminist author Diana E. H. Russel ...
in Mexico City; shot. Garcia was arrested and controversially released. **Maximiliano Ruiz Arias, 71, electrical engineer and LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress, federal deputy (Morena) from Mazatlán, Sinaloa. *November 29 – Brad Gobright, 31, a Free solo climbing, rock climber from California; fell while climbing Potrero Chico in Nuevo León *November 30 **Hugo Estefanía Monroy, former mayor of Cortazar, Guanajuato (PRD); murdered. His wife, former federal deputy Alejandra Torres Novoa, was injured. **Ana Citlaly, 19, of Matehuala, San Luis Potosí; beat to death.


December

*December 9 – Francisco Estrada, 71, Mexican baseball player and manager (New York Mets, Mexican League). *December 10 – Sonia 'P', 42, director of the ''Ballet Folclórico'' of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, suspected femicide. *December 13 – Lorenzo Barajas Heredia, former mayor of Buenavista, Michoacán (PRD), murdered as he left a dance. *December 14 – Chuy Bravo, 63, Mexican-born American actor and television personality (''Chelsea Lately'', ''After Lately''), heart attack. *December 18 – Arturo Morales de Paz, 33, Mexican aeronautical engineer from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca; stabbed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. *December 19 – Dulce Ivana Núñez, 17, burned body found in León, Guanajuato; presumed
femicide Femicide or feminicide is a hate crime which is broadly defined as "the intentional killing of women or girls because they are female," but definitions of it vary depending on cultural context. In 1976, the feminist author Diana E. H. Russel ...
. *December 22 – Fidel Fernández Figueroa, security councilman from the Papaloapan Region of Oaxaca; murdered. *December 23 **Arturo García Velásquez, mayor of San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz, Oaxaca; murdered.Habitantes de Jalapa de Díaz, dan ultimo adiós a presidente y síndico ejecutados
El Segundero, Dec 25, 2019
**Jimmy Goldsmith, 60, owner of ''Loros de Colima'' of the Ascenso MX soccer league; heart attack. **Javier Terrero, trustee of San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz, Oaxaca; murdered. **Mr. Niebla, (Efrén Tiburcio Márquez), 46, wrestler; infection of the blood (b. February 22, 1973 in Mexico, 1973). *December 27 – Alberto Islas Jara, 33, son of businessperson Alberto Islas González, member of Coparmex in
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 ...
, Puebla; shot while in his car during a robbery. *December 29 – Sebastián Ferrat, 41, actor (''Amar de nuevo (TV series), Amar de nuevo'', ''El Señor de los Cielos'', ''El Vato''), complications from food poisoning. *December 30 – Rubén Darío Galicia Piñón, 66, infrarrealism poet, ''Historias cinematográficas'' (1987) and ''La ciencia de la tristeza'' (1994), (b. 1953). *December 31 – Luciano Moreno López, former mayor (PRI) of Cochoapa el Grande (municipality), Cochoapa el Grande, Guerrero (2012-2015); shot.Matan a exalcalde de Cochoapa el Grande, Guerrero
El Segundero, Retrieved Jan 2, 2020


See also

*2019–2020 dengue fever epidemic


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