2021 in Mexico
This article lists events occurring in Mexico during the year 2021. The article lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and will include a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues. Cultural events, including major sporting events, are also listed. For a more expansive list of political events, see 2021 in Mexican politics and government.
Incumbents[edit source | edit]
President and cabinet[edit source | edit]
- Interior: Olga Sánchez Cordero
- Foreign Affairs: Marcelo Ebrard
- Treasury: Arturo Herrera
- Economy
- Graciela Márquez Colín (until January 5)
- Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo (starting January 5)[1]
- Energy: Norma Rocío Nahle García
- Agriculture: Víctor Villalobos
- Labor: Luisa María Alcalde Luján
- Education: Esteban Moctezuma
- Communications: Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal
- Environment: Maria Luisa Albores
- Tourism: Miguel Torruco Marqués
- Civil Service: Irma Sandoval-Ballesteros
- Health: Jorge Alcocer Varela
- Development: Román Guillermo Meyer
- Welfare: Javier May Rodríguez
- Culture: Alejandra Frausto Guerrero
- Defense: Luis Cresencio Sandoval
- Navy: José Rafael Ojeda Durán
- Security: Alfonso Durazo Montaño
- Attorney General: Alejandro Gertz Manero
Supreme Court[edit source | edit]
- President of the Supreme Court: Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea
Governors[edit source | edit]
- Aguascalientes: Martín Orozco Sandoval Template:PAN party
- Baja California: Jaime Bonilla Template:MRN party
- Baja California Sur: Carlos Mendoza Davis Template:PAN party
- Campeche: Carlos Miguel Aysa González acting governor Template:PRI party
- Chiapas: Rutilio Escandón Template:MRN party
- Chihuahua: Javier Corral Jurado Template:PAN party
- Coahuila: Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís Template:PRI party
- Colima: José Ignacio Peralta Template:PRI party
- Durango: José Rosas Aispuro Template:PAN party
- Guanajuato: Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo Template:PAN party
- Guerrero: Héctor Astudillo Flores Template:PRI party
- Hidalgo: Omar Fayad Template:PRI party
- Jalisco: Enrique Alfaro Ramírez Template:CON party
- Mexico City: Claudia Sheinbaum Template:MRN party
- México (state): Alfredo del Mazo Maza Template:PRI party
- Michoacán: Silvano Aureoles Conejo Template:PRD party
- Morelos: Cuauhtémoc Blanco Template:PES party
- Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría García Template:PAN party
- Nuevo León: Jaime Rodríguez Calderón, Independent
- Oaxaca: Alejandro Murat Hinojosa Template:PRI party
- Puebla: Miguel Barbosa Huerta Template:MRN party
- Querétaro: Francisco Domínguez Servién Template:PAN party
- Quintana Roo: Carlos Joaquín González Template:PRD party
- San Luis Potosí: Juan Manuel Carreras Template:PRI party
- Sinaloa: Quirino Ordaz Coppel Template:PRI party
- Sonora: Claudia Pavlovich Arellano Template:PRI party
- Tabasco: Adán Augusto López Hernández Template:MRN party
- Tamaulipas: Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca Template:PAN party
- Tlaxcala: Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez Template:PRI party
- Veracruz: Cuitláhuac García Jiménez Template:MRN party
- Yucatán: Mauricio Vila Dosal Template:PAN party
- Zacatecas: Alejandro Tello Cristerna Template:PRI party
LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress[edit source | edit]
President of the Senate[edit source | edit]
Mónica Fernández Balboa Template:MRN party
President of the Chamber of Deputies[edit source | edit]
Dulce María Sauri Riancho Template:PRI party
Monthly events[edit source | edit]
January[edit source | edit]
- January 1 – Sixty tourists and crew were rescued when the Canuwa sank 400 meters from Quimixto beach in Puerto Vallarta. No one was injured.[2]
- January 2 – Fireworks and bonfires cause the deaths of two adult women and a preteen girl in Topolobampo, Sinaloa.[3]
- January 4
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico: Dr. Hugo López-Gatell announces that the government has authorized use of the AstraZeneca vaccine.[4]
- A fisherman dies after his boat collided on December 31, 2020, with the Farley Mowat operated by U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in the Gulf of California. The family says the man's boat was rammed by the Farley Mowat, and the conservationists claim their boat was attacked while removing illegal fishing nets.[5]
- January 6 – Epiphany: Armed members of the Gulf Cartel are photographed delivering toys to children in Villa Progreso, Río Bravo, Tamaulipas.[6] Members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) distributes toys in Bonifacio Moreno “El Aguaje”, Aguililla, Michoacán.[7]
- January 7 – Mexican drug war: Nine killed at a funeral in Celaya, five others killed in other parts of the city.[8]
- January 8
- Carlos Slim, with a fortune of US$62.1 billion, is the wealthiest person in Mexico, and María Asunción Aramburuzabala (US$5.8 billion), is the wealthiest woman, according to Forbes.[9]
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico: Thirty-five medical students working in a hospital in Ecatepec, State of Mexico, have tested positive; one died on January 4. Students have complained of low salaries, lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the fact that they have not been vaccinated but bureaucrats have.[10]
- A fire in the hotel zone of Tulum, Quintana Roo, burns 36 businesses; 1,000 evacuated.[11]
- January 9 – A fire in the Mexico City Metro kills one, injures 32, and shuts down half the rapid transit lines in the city.[12]
- January 10 – Speaking from Manzanillo, Colima, AMLO says that contol of the ports by the Mexican Navy does not mean "militarization" of the ports.[13]
- January 11
- A running gun battle leaves a police officer and nine gunmen dead in Santa Rosa de Lima (Villagrán), Guanajuato.[14]
- Mexico and the United States agree to continue border restrictions until February 21.[15]
- January 12 – A law prohibiting corporal punishment or humiliating treatment of children or teenagers goes into effect.[16]
- January 13 – COVID-19 pandemic
- The Army and Navy begin distribution of 439,725 doses of vaccine for health workers at 879 hospitals across the country.[17]
- Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl reports 100% occupation in its hospitals, and four patients with serious symptoms of COVID-19 are turned away.[18]
- January 14 – Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero announces that General Salvador Cienfuegos, former Secretary of National Defense (2012–2018) will not be charged for drug offenses due to a lack of evidence.[19]
- January 16 – COVID-19 pandemic: For the second day in a row, record-breaking 20,000 new cases are reported. A near-record 1,219 more deaths were also reported.[20]
- January 18 – Twelve bodies whose hands were tied are found along a road in Las Choapas, Veracruz.[21]
Predicted and scheduled events[edit source | edit]
- February 14 – Homage to Vicente Guerrero in Cuilapan de Guerrero, Oaxaca.[22]
- February 24 – Ceremony honoring 200 years of the Plan de Iguala[22]
- March 25 – Day of Indigenous Peoples' Resistance in Champotón, Campeche.[22]
- July – 2021 Mexican legislative election
- May 3 – '′Ceremonia de la Cruz Parlante′′ (Ceremony of the End of the Caste War of Yucatán in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo.[22]
- May 12 – Seven hundred years since the founding of Tenochtitlan.[22]
- August 13 – Five hundred years of the history of Mexico City.[22]
- August 24 – Two hundred years since the signing of the Treaty of Córdoba.[22]
- TBA – The "Secretariat of Communications and Transportation" (SCT) will change its name to "Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation" (SICT).[23]
Culture and entertainment[edit source | edit]
Music[edit source | edit]
Sports[edit source | edit]
- March 1 to 9 – 2020 Women's Baseball World Cup
- March 15 to 28 – 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in Guadalajara.[24]
- July to September 2021 – 2021 Leagues Cup
- August 24 to September 5 – Mexico at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- TBA – 2021 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
- TBA – Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Deaths[edit source | edit]
January[edit source | edit]
- January 1 – Ximena Hita, 21, student and beauty queen (Miss Aguascalientes 2019).[25]
- January 5
- January 6
- Samara Aurora Arroyo Lemarroy, nutrologist (IMSS) in Xalapa, Veracruz; murdered (body found on this date).[28]
- Antonio Camacho Romero, environmentalist (Asamblea Permanente de los Pueblos de Morelos); COVID-19.[29]
- Rafael Loyola Díaz, sociologist (UNAM); COVID-19.[30]
- Mauro Antonio Mendoza Juárez ("El Trup’o"), playwright, theater director, actor; renal failure.[31]
- Tania Merino García, employee of Veracruz state government; COVID-19 complicated by government negligence.[32]
- Rafael Monroy Martínez, biologist and environmentalist (Asamblea Permanente de los Pueblos de Morelos); COVID-19.[29]
- "Reyna Zapoteca" band members – Miguel Chávez, 18; Joaquín Antonio, 19; Basilio Antonio Cruz, 19; from Ejutla de Crespo, Oaxaca; shot.[33]
- January 7
- Manuel Jimenez Guzmán, 71, politician (Template:PRI party and 33° Mason; COVID-19.[34]
- Adriana Beatriz López Rodríguez, 27, housewife and mother from Cosoleacaque, Veracruz; murdered (body found on this date).[28]
- January 9 – Roberto Hernández Vázquez, 54, telenovela producer (Corazón salvaje, Tres mujeres, Amor de barrio); COVID-19.[35]
- January 10 – Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier, 85, politician, Governor of Durango (Template:PRI party 1998–2004).[36]
- January 12 – Juan Antonio Acosta Cano, politician (Template:PAN party, deputy in Congress of Guanajuato from Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas); shot.[37]
- January 14
- Carlos Armando Biebrich, 81, lawyer and politician, Governor of Sonora (1973–1975), Deputy (1967–1970); COVID-19.[38]
- José Luis Caballero, 65, Olympic footballer (1976).[39]
- Jesús Escamilla, politician (53rd Congress of Morelos, founder of Humanist Party (Mexico)); COVID-19.[40]
- Ivan Trejo, 42, poet (″Premio Nuevo León de Literatura en Poesía″), translator, and plawright.[41]
- January 18 – Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, 65, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Archbishop of Mexico (since 2020); COVID-19.[42]
See also[edit source | edit]
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References[edit source | edit]
Footnotes[edit source | edit]
Citations[edit source | edit]
- ↑ "Asume Tatiana Clouthier en la Secretaría de Economía". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ↑ "El impactante momento en que una embarcación se hundió con 60 turistas en Puerto Vallarta". infobae (in Spanish). Infobae. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ↑ "La Jornada - Incendios en Topolobampo por fogatas y quema de piroctecnia". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ↑ "México autoriza la vacuna de AstraZeneca contra Covid: López-Gatell". El Universal (in Spanish). El Universal. January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ↑ "Mexican fisherman 'dies after attack on Sea Shepherd conservationists'". news.yahoo.com. BBC World News. January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ↑ "La Jornada - Hombres armados regalaron juguetes a menores en zonas de Tamaulipas". .jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ↑ "El CJNG entregó juguetes de Día de Reyes en el Aguaje, zona donde ha sembrado el terror por años". infobae (in Spanish). Infobae. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Sicarios abren fuego en un velorio en Celaya y matan a 9 personas". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ↑ "Carlos Slim, Salinas Pliego y más: quién es quién entre los millonarios de México". infobae (in Spanish). Infobae. January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ↑ "Suman 35 estudiantes de medicina con Covid-19 en hospital donde murió alumno de la UNAM, denuncian". El Universal (in Spanish). El Universal. January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- ↑ "Fire consumes 36 businesses in Tulum, 1,000 people evacuated". Mexico News Daily. January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Control center fire shuts down half Mexico City subway lines". ABC News. AP. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ↑ "Que la Marina se haga cargo de puertos no es militarizar, considera AMLO". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. January 10, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ↑ "Running gun battle in Mexico leaves 9 gunmen, 1 police dead". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. AP. January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ↑ "La Jornada - Extienden México y EU restricciones al tránsito fronterizo". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ↑ Becerril, Andrea; Ballinas, Víctor (January 12, 2021). "La Jornada - Vigente desde hoy la reforma que prohíbe castigos físicos a niñas y niños". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ↑ Urrutia, Alonso; Martínez, Fabiola (January 13, 2021). "La Jornada - Llegan 439,725 dosis; aplicación masiva desde hoy en 879 hospitales". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ↑ Ramón, René (January 13, 2021). "La Jornada - Registra Nezahualcóyotl 100% de ocupación hospitalaria por Covid-19". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ↑ Linthicum, Kate; McDonnell, Patrick J. (January 15, 2021). "Mexican president accuses U.S. of fabricating drug case against ex-defense chief". news.yahoo.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Mexico sees 2nd straight day of 20,000 coronavirus cases". AP NEWS. January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ↑ "Violencia en Veracruz: abandonaron 12 cuerpos en un camino de terracería en Las Choapas". infobae (in Spanish). Infobae. January 18, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 "Gobierno de AMLO anuncia 12 eventos para celebrar bicentenario de consumación de Independencia". El Financiero (in Spanish). September 30, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ↑ Vara, Rodrigo (January 10, 2021). "La Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes cambiará de nombre". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ↑ "CONCACAF resets men's Olympic qualifying for March 18-30". AP NEWS. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Luto en Miss México: murió Ximena Hita, quien fuera Miss Aguascalientes 2019". infobae (in Spanish). Infobae. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ↑ "Directiva de FES Iztacala retira a internos de Hospital General de Ecatepec". infobae (in Spanish). Infobae. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Fue atacada por su ex pareja y días más tarde falleció: el primer feminicidio del año ocurrió en Cancún". infobae (in Spanish). Infobae. January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 "Hallan en una maleta el cuerpo de Adriana Beatriz, desaparecida en diciembre". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Morelos Cruz, Rubicela (January 6, 2021). "Luchadores sociales de Morelos fallecen por Covid-19". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Murió de covid-19 Rafael Loyola, sociólogo e investigador de la UNAM". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ↑ Ponce, Roberto (January 10, 2021). "Murió Mauro Mendoza, alegría de La Trouppe". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ↑ "Padecía diabetes, le negaron permiso en gobierno de Veracruz, y falleció de covid-19". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ↑ "Asesinan a tres integrantes de una banda musical en Oaxaca". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ↑ "Muere dirigente de Fuerza Por México, Manuel Jiménez Guzmán, a los 71 años". El Universal (in Spanish). January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- ↑ Muere por complicaciones del COVID-19 el productor Roberto Hernández Vázquez (in Spanish)
- ↑ Fallece Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier, ex gobernador de Durango (in Spanish)
- ↑ García, Carlos. "La Jornada - Asesinan en Guanajuato al diputado local del PAN Juan Antonio Acosta". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ↑ Muere por Covid-19 Carlos Armando Biebrich (in Spanish)
- ↑ Muere José Luis Caballero exjugador de Chivas, Cruz Azul y Seleccionado Olímpico en Montreal 1976 (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Falleció exdiputado Jesús Escamilla víctima de covid-19". Noticias de Cuautla (in Spanish). January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ↑ "La Jornada - Muere Iván Trejo, formador de una nueva generación de poetas". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ↑ Murió obispo auxiliar de la Arquidiócesis de México tras luchar contra covid-19 (in Spanish)
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