This article lists events occurring in Mexico during 2024. The list also contains names of the incumbents at federal and state levels and cultural and entertainment activities of the year.
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Incumbents edit
Office | Image | Name | Tenure / Current length |
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President | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | 1 December 2018 | |
Secretariat of the Interior | Luisa María Alcalde Luján | 19 June 2023 | |
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs | Alicia Bárcena Ibarra | 3 July 2023 | |
Treasury | Rogelio Ramírez de la O | 3 August 2021 | |
Economy | Raquel Buenrostro Sánchez | 7 October 2022 | |
Environment | María Luisa Albores | 2 September 2020 | |
Tourism | Miguel Torruco Marqués | 1 October 2018 | |
Civil Service | Roberto Salcedo Aquino | 21 June 2021 | |
Health | Jorge Alcocer Varela | 1 December 2018 | |
Development | Román Meyer Falcón | 1 December 2018 | |
Welfare | Ariadna Montiel Reyes | 11 January 2022 | |
Culture | Alejandra Frausto Guerrero | 1 December 2018 | |
Defense | Luis Cresencio Sandoval | 1 December 2018 | |
Navy | José Rafael Ojeda Durán | 1 December 2023 | |
Security | Rosa Icela Rodríguez Velázquez | 2020 | |
Attorney General | Alejandro Gertz Manero | 18 January 2019 |
Supreme Court edit
Governors edit
LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress edit
President of the Senate edit
President of the Chamber of Deputies edit
Events edit
January edit
- 19 January – José Alberto García Vilano, the leader of the Gulf Cartel, is arrested in Monterrey.[1]
- 30 January:
- A bus collides with a truck on a highway in Elota, Sinaloa, killing 19 people and injuring 18 others.[2]
- Four people are killed and 15 others are rescued after a boat capsizes while travelling between Cancún and Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo.[3]
February edit
- 5 February – Four taxi and bus drivers are killed during coordinated shootings in Chilpancingo.[4]
- 26 February – Illegal loggers kill three forest rangers in the foothills of the Iztaccihuatl volcano in Puebla State.[5]
March edit
- 1 March – Four soldiers are killed by a improvised explosive device in a trap near Aguililla, Michoacán. The soldiers were inspecting a camp, likely used by cartel members, when they stepped on an anti-personnel mine set in the underbrush.[6]
- 18 March – Three officers of the Michoacan Civil Guard are killed in an attack on a highway between Patzcuaro and Uruapan.[7]
- 27 March – At least four people have died after several wildfires spread across the State of Mexico.[8]
April edit
- 5 April – After local police arrest former vice-president Jorge Glas at its embassy in Quito in violation of Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Mexico suspends diplomatic relations with Ecuador.[9]
- 8 April:
- A total solar eclipse occurs over the states of Sinaloa, Coahuila, Durango, Chihuahua, Colima, and Nayarit, the first total solar eclipse visible from Mexico since 1991.[10]
- The headquarters of the state government of Guerrero in Chilpancingo is set on fire by demonstrators protesting the Iguala mass kidnapping.[11]
- 27 April – Five people are found dead inside a house in Oaxaca City after consuming a poisoned substance during a Santeria ritual.[12]
- 28 April – Eighteen people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bus crashes on a highway in Malinalco, Mexico State.[13]
May edit
- 8 May – Rolling blackouts affect several cities in Mexico amidst an ongoing heatwave.[14]
- 11 May – Eight people are killed in a mass shooting in Huitzilac, Morelos.[15][16]
- 14 May – Eleven people are killed in two mass shootings in and around Chicomuselo, Chiapas.[17]
- 15 May – El Califa de León, located in Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City, becomes the first Mexican taco stand to receive a Michelin star.[18]
- 16 May – A mass shooting at a campaign rally in La Concordia, Chiapas kills six people, including mayoral candidate Lucero López Maza, and injures two others.[19]
References edit
- ^ "La Kena: Notorious Mexican cartel leader captured". January 19, 2024. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ "At least 19 dead and 18 injured after bus collides with truck in northern Mexico". AP News. January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
- ^ "Four Mexican tourists died after a boat capsized in the sea between Cancun and Isla Mujeres". AP News. January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
- ^ "4 bus and taxi drivers shot to death in violent southern Mexico city". AP News. February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Suspected illegal loggers kill 3 forest rangers on patrol in a forest in central Mexico". Associated Press News. February 27, 2024.
- ^ "4 soldiers killed in 'trap' in central Mexico, president says". AP News. March 1, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "3 police officers killed in an attack on western Mexico highway". AP News. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "Forest fires spread in Mexico, at least four dead". Reuters. March 27, 2024.
- ^ "Mexico suspends diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police raid embassy". The Guardian. April 6, 2024. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ "Apr 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse in Mexico". timeanddate.com. February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Protesters in southern Mexico set state government building afire and torch a dozen vehicles". Associated Press. April 9, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "Police say 5 people died in Mexico from drinking a poison potion in a Santeria 'power' ritual". Associated Press. May 2, 2024.
- ^ "At least 18 dead, 32 injured in Mexico highway bus accident". Reuters. April 28, 2024.
- ^ Rodríguez Mega, Emiliano; Yoon, John (May 8, 2024). "Rolling Blackouts Hit Several Cities as Heat Wave Scorches Mexico". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ "Mass shooting causes deaths in crime-ridden township on southern edge of Mexico City, officials say". Associated Press. May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "8 people killed in mass shooting "right in the center of town" near resort area in Mexico". CBS News. May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ "11 people die in shootings in small town in southern Mexico state of Chiapas, prosecutors say". Associated Press. May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ Stevenson, Mark (May 15, 2024). "The first Mexican taco stand to get a Michelin star is a tiny business where the heat makes the meat". Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ "Mayoral candidate and five others killed in shooting at campaign rally in Mexico". The Guardian. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
Scheduled events edit
Art and entertainment edit
Deaths edit
January edit
- 4 January – Rosie Reyes, 84, Olympic tennis player (1968).[4]
- 5 January –
- Jorge Aguilar Mora, 77, poet and writer, winner of Xavier Villaurrutia Award (2015).[5]
- Carlos Bremer, 63, businessman and philanthropist.[6]
- 6 January – Amparo Rubín, singer and lyricist.[7]
- 8 January –
- Adan Canto, 42, actor (Designated Survivor, The Cleaning Lady).[8]
- Héctor Murguía Lardizábal, 70, politician, MP (1994–2012) and mayor of Ciudad Juárez (2004–2007, 2010–2013).[9]
- 10 January – Sergio García Ramírez, 85, jurist and politician, attorney general (1982–1988) and secretary of labor and social welfare (1981–1982), president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2004–2007).[10]
- 11 January – Agustín Téllez Cruces, 105, politician, interim governor of Guanajuato (1984–1985), justice (1974–1982) and president (1977–1982) of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.[11]
- 13 January – Ernesto Martens, 90, chemical engineer, secretary of energy (2000–2003).[12]
- 16 January – José Agustín, 79, novelist (La tumba, De perfil, Ciudades desiertas), short-story writer, and essayist.[13]
- 17 January – Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez, 69, politician and engineer, senator (2000–2006) and secretary of social development (1993–1998).[14]
- 21 January – Jesús Federico Reyes Heroles, 71, politician, secretary of energy (1995–1997) and ambassador to the United States (1997–2000).[15]
- 29 January – Héctor Sanabria, 78, football player (UNAM Pumas, national team) and manager (Toluca).[16]
February edit
- 2 February –
- Francisco Jara, 82, footballer (Guadalajara, national team).[17]
- Luis Morales Reyes, 87, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Tacámbaro (1979–1985) and Torreón (1990–1999) and archbishop of San Luis Potosí (1999–2012).[18]
- 3 February – Helena Rojo, 79, actress (The House in the South, The Great Adventure of Zorro, Misterio) and model.[19]
- 5 February – Horacio Sánchez Unzueta, 74, politician, lawyer and ambassador, governor of San Luis Potosí (1993–1997) and deputy (1991–1992).[20]
- 9 February – Renata Flores, 74, actress (Rosa salvaje, La usurpadora, Amores verdaderos) and rock singer.
- 14 February –
- Diego Chávez, 28, footballer (Veracruz, Mannucci).[21]
- Sasha Montenegro, 78, actress (Rina, Una mujer marcada, Las vías del amor).[22]
- 19 February – Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías, 68, economist, secretary of finance and public credit (2018–2019).[23]
April edit
- 20 April – Lourdes Portillo, 80, filmmaker (The Devil Never Sleeps) and activist.[24]
See also edit
References edit
Notes edit
Citations edit
- ^ "Mexico's broad opposition coalition announces Sen. Xóchitl Gálvez will run for presidency in 2024". The Associated Press. September 1, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- ^ jose.marquez (June 5, 2023). "Elecciones 2024 en México: ¿qué se elige en los estados?". Uno TV (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved January 18, 2024.
- ^ "Mexico will host the U17 Women's Basketball World Cup in 2024". Archysport. November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- ^ "Vuela al cielo leyenda del deporte blanco mexicano". Excélsior (in Mexican Spanish). January 5, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Carlos Bremer murió hoy 5 de enero a los 63 años tras complicaciones de salud". sdpnoticias. January 6, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ Castillo, Por Adriana (January 6, 2024). "Muere Amparo Rubín, famosa cantautora mexicana que conquistó multitudes con Timbiriche". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ Strause, Jackie (January 9, 2024). "'The Cleaning Lady' Star Adan Canto Dies at 42". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- ^ "Falleció el político Héctor Teto Murguía". Impacto Noticias (in Spanish). January 8, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Muere Sergio García Ramírez, jurista e investigador emérito de la UNAM". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Fallece a los 105 años Agustín Téllez Cruces, ministro en retiro y exgobernador de Guanajuato". Latin US (in Mexican Spanish). January 11, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Fallece el empresario Ernesto Martens". www.reforma.com (in Spanish). Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Fallece el escritor José Agustín a los 79 años". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ Tabasco, El Heraldo de. "Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez, extitular de Sedesol, falleció a los 69 años". El Heraldo de Tabasco | Noticias Locales, Policiacas, sobre México, Tabasco y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Muere el economista Jesús Reyes Heroles González-Garza a los 71 años". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Murió Héctor Sanabria, histórico jugador de Pumas que fue campeón de Liga MX". Fox Sports (in Spanish). January 30, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Rest in Peace Campeonísimo Francisco Jara". www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx (in Mexican Spanish). March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Lutti nell'episcopato - L'Osservatore Romano". www.osservatoreromano.va (in Italian). Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Muere la actriz Helena Rojo a los años". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). February 3, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Muere exgobernador potosino y colaborador de precampaña de Xóchitl Gálvez, Horacio Sánchez Unzueta". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Liga MX: muere Diego Chávez, jugador de FC Juárez, en accidente automovilístico | TUDN Liga MX | TUDN". www.tudn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Murió Sasha Montenegro: había sufrido un derrame cerebral". TVyNovelas (in Spanish). February 15, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ MX, Político (February 19, 2024). "Muere Carlos Urzúa, exsecretario de Hacienda de AMLO". Político MX (in Spanish). Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Fallece Lourdes Portillo, mexicana nominada al Óscar". Reforma (in Mexican Spanish). April 21, 2024.