2015 in Mexico
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This is a list of events that happened in 2015 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Enrique Peña Nieto PRI
- Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE)
- José Antonio Meade, until August 25
- Claudia Ruiz Massieu, starting August 27
- Communications Secretary (SCT): Gerardo Ruiz Esparza
- Education Secretary (SEP)
- Emilio Chuayffet, until August 27
- Aurelio Nuño Mayer, starting August 27
- Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda
- Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz
- Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS):
- Secretary of Welfare (BIENESTAR)
- Rosario Robles, until August 27
- José Antonio Meade, starting August 27
- Tourism Secretary (SECTUR):
- Claudia Ruiz Massieu, until August 27
- Enrique de la Madrid Cordero, starting August 27
- Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT)
- Juan José Guerra Abud, until August 27
- Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, starting August 27
- Secretary of Health (SALUD): Mercedes Juan López
- Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, (SHCP): Luis Videgaray Caso
Governors
- Aguascalientes: Carlos Lozano de la Torre PRI[1]
- Baja California: Francisco Vega de Lamadrid PAN
- Baja California Sur
- Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor PAN, until September 10[2]
- Carlos Mendoza Davis PAN, starting September 10
- Campeche
- Fernando Ortega Bernés PRI, until September 15
- Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas PRI, starting September 16
- Chiapas: Manuel Velasco Coello PVEM
- Chihuahua: César Horacio Duarte Jáquez PRI
- Coahuila: Rubén Moreira Valdez, PRI
- Colima: Mario Anguiano Moreno, PRI
- Durango: Jorge Herrera Caldera PAN
- Guanajuato: Miguel Márquez Márquez, PAN
- Guerrero
- Rogelio Ortega Martínez, Interim governor, until October 27[3]
- Héctor Astudillo Flores PRI, since October 27
- Hidalgo: Francisco Olvera Ruiz PRI
- Jalisco: Aristóteles Sandoval PRI
- State of Mexico: Eruviel Ávila Villegas PRI
- Michoacán
- Salvador Jara Guerrero PRI, Substitute governor until September 30[4]
- Silvano Aureoles Conejo PRD, starting October 1
- Morelos: Graco Ramírez PRD.[5]
- Nayarit: Roberto Sandoval Castañeda PRI
- Nuevo León
- Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz PRI, until October 4
- Jaime Rodríguez Calderón ("El Bronco"), Independent, starting October 4[6]
- Oaxaca: Gabino Cué Monteagudo MC
- Puebla: Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, PAN
- Querétaro: José Calzada, PRI
- Quintana Roo: Roberto Borge Angulo, PRI
- San Luis Potosí
- Fernando Toranzo Fernández PRI, until September 25
- Juan Manuel Carreras PRI, since September 26
- Sinaloa: Mario López Valdez, PAN
- Sonora
- Guillermo Padrés Elías PAN, until September 12
- Claudia Pavlovich Arellano PRI, starting September 13
- Tabasco: Arturo Núñez Jiménez PRD
- Tamaulipas: Egidio Torre Cantú, PRI
- Tlaxcala: Mariano González Zarur PRI
- Veracruz: Javier Duarte de Ochoa PRI
- Yucatán: Rolando Zapata Bello PRI
- Zacatecas: Miguel Alonso Reyes PRI
- Head of Government of the Federal District: Miguel Ángel Mancera, Independent
Events
January
- January 7: CENAPRED reported that ash from recent explosions coats the snow on the Popocateptl volcano's upper slopes.
- January 29: An explosion occurred in a maternal hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, leaving 7 dead and 60 injured.
February
- February 13: A bus crashes with a freight train in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, killing at least sixteen people and injuring 30.[7]
- February 28: Mexican security forces arrest drug lord Servando Gómez Martínez in Morelia, Michoacán.[8]
March
- March 3:
During the international tour, in search of foreign investment, President Enrique Peña Nieto, makes various economic, financial and cultural agreements with the Queen Elizabeth II.
April
- April 4: Lunar Eclipse
- April 8: Mexico issues a 100-year bond for 1.5 billion euros or its equivalent to approximately 620 million dollars. No
May
- May 22: Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada Covarrubias dies general director of ISSSTE
- May 27: The SCT opens audits on contracts awarded to OHL
- May 27: Nestora Salgado will be transferred to another prison, that of Tepepan.
- May 28: Murder of coordinator of Panista candidate in the delegation Azcapotzalco.
- May 28: The INE agrees to pay $10,000 to Rigoberta Menchú.
- May 31: Santos champion by defeating the team of Querétaro (5-3).
June
- June 5: Legislative elections take place to elect the 63rd Congress of the Union.[9]
July
- July 11: Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the notorious Mexican drug lord and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, escaped from the maximum-security Altiplano Federal Prison in Almoloya de Juárez. This was his second escape from a Mexican prison, his first being in 2001.[10]
November
- November 26 – 2015–2016 Zika virus epidemic: The first three cases of Zika fever are reported in Mexico.[11]
Awards
- Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Alberto Baillères[12]
- Order of the Aztec Eagle
- King Felipe VI of Spain[13]
- Charles, Prince of Wales[14]
- Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil[15]
- National Prize for Arts and Sciences
- National Public Administration Prize
- Ohtli Award
Deaths
- January 1: Ninón Sevilla, 93, Cuban-born Mexican actress (Aventurera), heart attack.[16]
- January 3: Jaime Romero Móran, 22, gymnast, shot.[17]
- January 7: Julio Scherer García, 88, journalist (Excélsior and Proceso).[18]
- January 25: Demetrio González, 87, Spanish-born Mexican actor (Dos Corazones y un Cielo) and singer, complications from a stroke.[19]
- January 27: Rafael Corrales Ayala, 89, politician, MP for Guanajuato (1949–1952, 1979–1982), Governor of Guanajuato (1985–1991).[20]
- February 7: Gustavo Couttolenc, 93, Mexican translator and academic.[21]
- February 8: Mario Vázquez Raña, businessman (b. 1932)
- February 16: Lorena Rojas, 44, actress.[22]
- February 19: Rafael Orozco, 92, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara).[23]
- February 25: Ariel Camacho, 22, singer, traffic collision.[24]
- March 12: Magda Guzmán, 83, actress, heart attack.[25]
- March 19: Carlos Mijares Bracho, 84, architect
- March 21: Perro Aguayo Jr., 35, professional wrestler (AAA), stroke from vertebral artery dissection.[26]
- March 22: Julieta Marín Torres, 71, politician, MP for Puebla (2009–2012), lung cancer.[27]
- April 3: Rocío García Gaytán, 55, politician, MP (1997–2000), cancer.[28]
- April 10: Raúl Héctor Castro, 98, Mexican-born American politician and diplomat, Governor of Arizona (1975–1977), Ambassador to El Salvador (1964–1968), Bolivia (1968–1969) and Argentina (1977–1980).[29]
- April 13: Joselyn Alejandra Niño, c. 20, suspected assassin, shot.[30]
- April 23
- Sixto Valencia Burgos, 81, comic artist (Memín Pinguín, MAD).[31]
- Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez, 72, academic and politician, Mayor of Xalapa (1988–1991), MP for Veracruz (1994–1997).[32]
- April 24: Max Rojas, 74, poet.[33]
- May 1: María Elena Velasco, 74, actress, comedian and film producer (La India María), stomach cancer.[34]
- May 21: Juan Molinar Horcasitas, 59, Mexican politician, ALS.[35]
- June 10: Héctor Pérez Plazola, 81, politician (PAN).[36]
- June 12: Andrés Mora, 60, baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians), pneumonia.[37]
- June 21: Juan José Estrada, 51, boxer, WBA bantamweight champion (1988–1989), stabbed.[38]
- June 26: Gustavo Sainz, 74, writer.[39]
- July 2: Jacobo Zabludovsky, 87, Recognized communicator who directed for more than 20 years the main news on national network; stroke. (b. 1928)
- July 13: Joan Sebastian, 64, Popular singer and composer from Guerrero; bone cancer. (b. 1951)
- July 21: Gelsen Gas, 82, artist and filmmaker.[40]
- July 31: Rubén Espinosa, 31, photographer and journalist. murdered.[41]
- August 15: Manuel Mendívil, 79, equestrian, Olympic medalist (1980).[42]
- August 16: Jacob Bekenstein, 68, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist.[43]
- August 23
- Ricardo García Sainz, 85, administrator and politician, Federal deputy (1997–2000).[44]
- Eugenio Méndez Docurro, 92, politician and engineer, Secretary of Communications and Transportation (1970–1976).[45]
- September 7: Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes, drug cartel leader (Los Zetas), heart attack.[46]
- September 17: Eraclio Zepeda, 78, author and politician.[47]
- September 19: Enrique Ballesté, 68, theater director.[48]
- September 25: Hugo Gutiérrez Vega, 81, poet, diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Greece (1987–1994).[49]
- October 9: Blanca Magrassi Scagno, 92, women's rights activist.[50]
- October 11: Dominga Velasco, 114, Mexican-born American supercentenarian, oldest-ever verified Mexican-born person.[51]
- October 14: José Luis García, 91, baseball player and manager (Tigres de Quintana Roo).[52]
- October 22: Tomás Torres Mercado, 54, politician, member of the Senate (2006–2012), plane crash.[citation needed]
- November 6: José Ángel Espinoza, 96, singer, composer and actor.[53]
- November 12: José Refugio Esparza Reyes, 94, politician, Governor of Aguascalientes (1974–1980).[54]
- November 21: Germán Robles, 86, Spanish-Mexican actor.[55]
- December 1: Xavier Olea Muñoz, 92, diplomat, lawyer and politician; Governor of Guerrero (1975)[56]
- December 4: Ricardo Guízar Díaz, 82, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (1996–2009).[57]
- December 16: Lizmark, 64, professional wrestler, respiratory failure.[58]
- December 24: Romeo Anaya, 69, boxer, WBA Bantamweight Champion (1973).[59]
See also
References
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- ^ "WHO | Zika virus infection – Mexico". WHO. 3 Dec 2015. Archived from the original on December 9, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ "La Medalla de Honor Belisario Domínguez 2015: un premio a la desigualad". La Jornada de San Luis (in Spanish). 12 November 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
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- ^ "Ninón Sevilla dies of a heart attack". Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Jaime Humberto Romero Morán Death: Mexican Gymnast, Olympic Hopeful Murdered at 22
- ^ "Influential Mexican Journalist Julio Scherer Garcia, Dead At 88". NBC News. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ Muere Demetrio González "El Charro Español" Archived 2018-10-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece Rafael Corrales Ayala Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece sacerdote que sirvió 60 años en el Seminario Conciliar de México (in Spanish)
- ^ "Lorena Rojas dies: Actress loses battle to cancer at 44".
- ^ Chivas está de luto, fallece Rafael 'Rafles' Orozco (in Spanish)
- ^ Ariel Camacho Dies in Car Crash; Mexican Singer Was 22
- ^ Magda Guzmán Dies: Mexican Actress Dead At 83 Following Heart Attack
- ^ Perro Aguayo Jr.'s cause of death confirmed as cardiac arrest caused by cervical spine trauma
- ^ Fallece Julieta, hermana del exgobernador Mario Marín (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece Rocío García Gaytán, ex titular de Inmujeres (in Spanish)
- ^ Former Arizona Gov. Raul Castro dies at 98 Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hallan descuartizada en una hielera a 'La Flaca', sicaria del Cártel del Golfo Archived 2018-03-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece Sixto Valencia, el creador artístico de 'Memín Pinguín' (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece Guillermo Zúñiga, rector de la UPAV y ex alcalde de Xalapa (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece el poeta mexicano Max Rojas (in Spanish)
- ^ "Mexican Slapstick Comedy Icon 'La India Maria' Dies at 74". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Muere Juan Molinar Horcasitas (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece el panista Héctor Pérez Plazola (in Spanish)
- ^ LMB de luto por muerte de Andrés Mora (in Spanish)
- ^ Asesinan al "Dinamita" Estrada (in Spanish)
- ^ Murió Gustavo Sainz, pieza esencial de la “Literatura de la onda” (in Spanish)
- ^ Gelsen Gas in memoriam (in Spanish)
- ^ "Mexican photojournalist Rubén Espinosa found dead in capital". The Guardian. 2015-08-02. Archived from the original on 2023-07-27.
- ^ Fallece el jinete mexicano Manuel Mendívil, ganador de bronce en JO (in Spanish)
- ^ In Memoriam Jacob Bekenstein (1947–2015) and Black Hole Entropy
- ^ Muere Ricardo García Sainz Archived 2015-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece el ingeniero y político Eugenio Méndez Docurro Archived 2015-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Zetas Drug Cartel Leader Dies in Mexican Prison
- ^ Eraclio Zepeda’s passing, tourists’ return, Mexico’s Oscar choice Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rinden homenaje a Enrique Ballesté, "maestro del teatro en libertad" (in Spanish)
- ^ Conaculta lamenta muerte del poeta Hugo Gutiérrez Vega (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere Blanca Magrassi, promotora de la participación política de las mujeres (in Spanish)
- ^ Dominga Velasco, American supercentenarian, Died at 114 Archived October 16, 2015, at archive.today
- ^ Muere José Luis "Chito" García (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere el compositor y actor José Ángel Espinoza 'Ferrusquilla' (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere ex gobernador de Aguascalientes (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere el actor Germán Robles (in Spanish)
- ^ "Murió en Taxco el ex gobernador Xavier Olea Muñoz, a los 92 años". Diario de Guerrero. 2015-12-02. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ^ Archbishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Falleció Lizmark, el 'Geniecillo Azul' (in Spanish)
- ^ "Romeo Anaya dies". supersport.com.
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