2016 in Mexico
This is a list of events that happened in 2016 in Mexico.
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Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Enrique Peña Nieto
- Interior Secretary (SEGOB):
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):
- Communications Secretary (SCT):
- Education Secretary (SEP):
- Secretary of Defense (SEDENA):
- Secretary of Navy:
- Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare:
- Secretary of Welfare:
- Secretary of Public Education:
- Tourism Secretary (SECTUR):
- Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT):
- Secretary of Health (SALUD):
Governors
- Aguascalientes:
- Baja California:
- Baja California Sur:
- Campeche:
- Chiapas:
- Chihuahua:
- Coahuila:
- Colima:
- Durango:
- Guanajuato:
- Guerrero:
- Hidalgo:
- Jalisco:
- State of Mexico:
- Michoacán:
- Morelos:
- Nayarit:
- Nuevo León:
- Oaxaca:
- Puebla:
- Querétaro:
- Quintana Roo:
- San Luis Potosí:
- Sinaloa:
- Sonora:
- Tabasco:
- Tamaulipas:
- Tlaxcala:
- Veracruz:
- Yucatán:
- Zacatecas:
Events
Visit of Pope Francis to Mexico. 12–17 February 2016
January
- Gunmen shot and killed Temixco mayor Gisela Mota Ocampo at her home on 2 January, the day after she was elected. Police shot and killed several suspects and arrested several more who are suspected of involvement in organized crime.[1]
- Mexican police arrested Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán on 8 January. He had been on the run since his second escape from prison in July 2015.[2]
February
- February 29 – March 6 – 2016 Monterrey Open
March
- 28 March 2016: An ash column 2,000 metres high was released from Popocateptl, prompting the establishment of a 12-kilometer "security ring" around the summit.[3]
April
- 3 April 2016 — Popocatépetl erupted, spewing lava, ash and rock. [4]
- 9-15 April – 2016 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B in Mexico City
- 16 April — Javier Duarte de Ochoa, former Governor of Veracruz (PRI) 2010-2016 is arrested and charged with corruption.[5][6]
- 20 April — At least 24 people were killed, 136 others injured, following a blast at the major Clorados 3 petrochemical plant of Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo. The plant is run by Mexichem under agreement with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the national petrochemical company, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, on the country's southern Gulf of Mexico coast. Pemex had an earlier fire at the same facility in February 2016 that killed one worker; also that month, an offshore Pemex Gulf platform fire killed two and injured eight.[7]
August
- August 2016: Eruptions continued from Popocateptl, with four discrete blasts on August 17.[8]
November
- November 10: Guillermo Padrés Elías, former Governor of Sonora (PAN) 2009-2015 is arrested for allegedly laundering US$ 8.9 million.[9][10]
Deaths
- January 2: Gisela Mota Ocampo, Presidente Municipal of Temixco, Morelos (b. 1982)
- January 7
- Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe. Politician and union leader.
- Jesús María Ramón Valdés, politician.
- January 17: Juan Manuel Ley, businessman (Casa Ley).
- January 23: Espectrito, professional wrestler (WWE, AAA).
- February 1: Miguel Gutiérrez, soccer player (Club Atlas).
- February 12: Braulio Manuel Fernández, 74, politician.
- February 13: Rafael Moreno Valle, soldier (general), physician, and politician (PRI), Governor of Puebla (1969–1972), Secretary of Health (1964–1968).[11]
- February 15 – Carlos Quintero Arce, 96, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Hermosillo (1968–1996).
- February 17 – Jesús Barrero, 57, actor and voice actor (Saint Seiya).[12]
- February 20 – Moisés Dagdug Lützow, 65, radio-station owner (XEVX-am), politician (PRD), Deputy from Villahermosa, Tabasco (2006-2009) stabbed.[13]
- February 21 – María Luisa Alcalá, 72, actress (El Chavo del Ocho, Dr. Cándido Pérez, Esmeralda).[14]
- March 14 – Mónica Arriola Gordillo, 44, Mexican politician (New Alliance Party, member of the Chamber of Deputies (2006–2009), cancer.[15]
- March 17 – Eliezer Ronen, 84, Mexican-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1974–1977).
- March 23 – Fernando Solana, 85, Mexican diplomat and politician, member of the Senate for Mexico City (1994–2000), Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1988–1993), negotiated NAFTA.
- March 26
- Raúl Cárdenas, 86, soccer player (Zacatepec) and coach (Cruz Azul, national team).[16]
- Francisco García Moreno, a member of the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympic water polo teams was shot near his home in Cuernavaca during a robbery.[17]
- April 3 – Leopoldo Flores, 82, artist, member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana (b. 1934).[18]
- April 9 – Lucas Martínez Lara, 70, prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Matehuala (2006-2016).[19]
- April 16 – Rubén Mendoza Ayala, 55, Mexican politician (PRD), Deputy (2003-2006) from the State of Mexico; heart attack.[20]
- April 18 – Arnulfo Mejía Rojas, engineer, architect, teacher, historian, painter, artist, and Catholic priest, best known for being the creator of "The Boat of the Faith".[21]
- April 24 – Ricardo Torres Origel, 59, Mexican politician (PAN) Deputy (2000-2003) and Senator (2006-2012) from Guanajuato (b. September 8, 1956).[22]
- April 26 – Álvaro Pérez Treviño, 85, Mexican politician (Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution) (b. May 8, 1930).[23]
- May 8 – Tonita Castro, 63, Mexican-born American actress (Dads, Funny People, The Book of Life), stomach cancer; (b. Jan 8, 1953).[24]
- May 18 – Luis H. Álvarez, 96, President of National Action Party, Municipal president of Chihuahua (1983-1986) (b. October 25, 1919).[25]
- May 22
- José Luis Romo Martín, 62, Otomi -Hñäñhü- artist (b. April 19, 1954).[26]
- Leonorilda Ochoa, 76, actress (Los Beverly de Peralvillo), Alzheimer's disease (b. October 30, 1937).[27]
- June 17 – Rubén Aguirre, 82, actor (Profesor Jirafales in El Chavo del Ocho, El Chapulín Colorado, Chespirito), pneumonia (b. June 15, 1934).[28]
- June 20 – Chayito Valdez, 71, Mexican-born American folk singer (Corridos de Caballos) and actress ("Hijos de tigre", "Tierra de Valientes"), complications from a cerebral hemorrhage (b. May 28, 1945).
- July 2 – Flavio Romero de Velasco, 90, lawyer and politician (PRI), Governor of Jalisco (1977–1983) (b. February 22, 1925).[29][30]
- July 3 – Mauricio Walerstein, 71, film director (Cuando quiero llorar no lloro, Españolas en París).[31]
- July 6 – Armando León Bejarano, surgeon and Governor of Morelos (PRI), 1976-1982 (b. 1916)[32]
- July 7 – Cinna Lomnitz, 90, German-born Chilean-Mexican geophysicist.[33]
- July 17 – Rafael Aguilar Talamantes. Founding politician of the Cardenista Front of National Reconstruction (PFCRN) and Federal Elections of Mexico 1994 presidential candidate in 1994 (b. October 24, 1939).
- July 18 – Aldo Monti, 87, actor (Las momias de Guanajuato, Entre el amor y el odio) (b. January 4, 1929).[34]
- August 6 – José Becerra, 80, bantamweight boxer, world champion (1959–1960) (b. April 15, 1936).[35]
- August 13 – Miguel Bortolini, 74, politician (PRD), President of the Coyoacán (2003—2006); cancer (b. September 29, 1941).[36]
- August 20 – Ignacio Padilla, 47, writer, co-founder of the Crack Movement; traffic collision (b. November 7, 1968).[37]
- August 23 – Evita Muñoz, 79, Mexican actress (Nosotros los Pobres, Mundo de juguete); pneumonia (b. November 26, 1936).[38]
- August 28 – Juan Gabriel, 56, Singer and composer originally from Michoacán, (b. 1950).[39]
- September 16 – Teodoro González de León, 90, Mexican architect (b. May 29, 1926).[40]
- October 4 – Mario Almada, 94, Mexican actor (La Viuda Negra).[41]
- October 7 – Martha Roth, 84, Italian-born Mexican actress (A Family Like Many Others).[42]
- October 9
- René Avilés Fabila, 75, author (The Games, Tantadel), heart attack (b. November 15, 1940).[43]
- El Mongol, 86, professional wrestler (GCW).[44]
- October 10 – Gonzalo Vega, 69, actor (Life Is Most Important, The Place Without Limits) (b. November 29, 1946).[45]
- October 24 – Herón Escobar, 62, politician (PT) from Sinaloa, member of Congress (2009–2012).[46]
- October 30 – René Velázquez Valenzuela, suspected hitman, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, shot.[47]
- November 5
- Israel Cavazos Garza, 93, historian.[48]
- Rodolfo Stavenhagen, 84, sociologist.[49]
- November 12 – Lupita Tovar, 106, Mexican-American actress (Drácula, Santa, Miguel Strogoff), heart disease.[50]
- November 17 – Fidel Negrete, 84, Olympic long-distance runner (1964), Pan American gold medalist (1963).[51]
- November 23 – Renato López, 33, actor and television host, shot.[52]
Public holidays
See also
References
- "Mexico mayor assassinated a day after taking office in Temixco". Associated Press via Chicago Tribune. 3 January 2016.
- 'El Chapo' Has Been Captured, Mexican President Says
- "Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano spews ash and gas into sky – video". The Guardian. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2017 – via Reuters.
- "Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano violently erupts, launching burning rocks". upi.com. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- Jorge Ricardo (October 25, 2016), "Expulsa PRI a Javier Duarte" [PRI expells Javier Duarte], Reforma.com (in Spanish), retrieved Aug 31, 2019
- "Fugitive Mexican governor Javier Duarte arrested for alleged corruption", The Telegraph, London, April 16, 2016, retrieved Aug 31, 2019
- Mexico's Pemex puts blast death toll at 24, blames leak
- Klemetti, Erik (18 August 2016). "Science: Here's What's Happening in This Volcanic Explosion at Guatemala's Santiaguito/Popocatépetl". Wired. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- "Guillermo Padrés deja el reclusorio y llevará localizador" [Guillermo Padrés leaves prison and will wear a tracker], Milenio.com (in Spanish), February 3, 2019, retrieved Aug 31, 2019
- "Encarcelan a Guillermo Padrés y su hijo por presuntos desvíos en Sonora" [Guillermo Padrés and his son are jailed for alleged money laundering in Sonora], Aristegui Noticias.com (in Spanish), November 10, 2016, retrieved Aug 31, 2019
- https://www.informador.mx/Mexico/Fallece-el-general-Rafael-Moreno-Valle-ex-gobernador-poblano-20160213-0065.html
- https://latam.ign.com/saint-seiya/20558/news/jesus-barrero-el-actor-de-doblaje-de-seiya-en-latinoamerica-ha-fallecido
- https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/politician-broadcaster-killed-in-villahermosa/
- https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/television/2016/02/21/muere-maria-luisa-alcala-actriz-de-candido-perez-y-el
- https://www.latintimes.com/mexico-sen-monica-arriola-dies-elba-esther-gordillos-daughter-loses-battle-cancer-44-374937
- "Murió Raúl Cárdenas, histórico del fútbol mexicano", Tudn (in Spanish), March 25, 2016
- "Asasinan a Ex Atleta Olimpico Francisco Garcia Moreno en Cuernavaca" [Ex Olympic Athlete Francisco Garcia Moreno murdered in Cuernavaca] (in Spanish). Zona Centro Noticias. March 27, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/cultura/artes-visuales/2016/04/4/fallece-el-artista-plastico-leopoldo-flores
- Bishop Lucas Martínez Lara
- "Muere Rubén Mendoza Ayala a los 55 años víctima de un paro cardíaco". Cronica (in Spanish). Retrieved Oct 23, 2019.
- Muere creador de Ruta de Fe en Tlaxcala
- Muere en Leon el Diputado Panista Ricardo Torres
- "Muere Álvaro Pérez Treviño, excandidato presidencial en 1994". elsiglodedurango.com.mx. Retrieved Oct 23, 2019.
- Go On's Tonita Castro Dead at 63 Archived May 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- Fallece Luis H. Álvarez Archived May 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- Legado del pintor otomí José Luis Romo Martín (in Spanish)
- Leonorilda Ochoa Dead At 76: Mexican Actress Dies After Suffering From Alzheimer's Disease
- Mexican actor Ruben Aguirre dies at 82
- Fallece ex gobernador Flavio Romero Archived October 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- Flavio Romero de Velasco, una vida para reflexionar
- Mauricio Walerstein, a Key Figure in Venezuelan Cinema, Dies Archived October 1, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- "Fallece Armando León Bejarano, ex gobernador de Morelos" [Former governor León Bejarano dies], La Union de Morelos (in Spanish), Cuernavaca, July 6, 2016, retrieved June 1, 2019
- Muere Cinna Lomnitz, el geofísico más importante de AL Archived July 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- Muere el actor Aldo Monti a los 87 años Archived July 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- Former champ Jose Becerra passes Archived 11 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Muere Miguel Bortolini, exdelegado en Coyoacán (in Spanish)
- Falleció Ignacio Padilla en accidente automovilístico (in Spanish)
- Evita Muñoz Death: Mexican Actress ‘Chachita’ Dead At 79 After Complications With Pneumonia
- "Confirman muerte de Juan Gabriel por infarto". Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- Teodoro González de Léon, el arquitecto del paisaje de la CDMX
- "Mario Almada, Legendary Mexican Actor of Ultraviolence Cinema, Passes Away". Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- Italian born Mexican actress Martha Roth passes away at 84
- Fallece el catedrático y escritor René Avilés Fabila (in Spanish)
- El Mongol
- Mexican actor Gonzalo Vega passes away at 69
- Fallece Herón Escobar, fundador del PT en Sinaloa (in Spanish)
- Tiene Ejército a 7 detenidos; 6 son de 'Los Antrax' (in Spanish)
- Muere Israel Cavazos, cronista e historiador de Monterrey (in Spanish)
- Muere, a los 84 años, el sociólogo y antropólogo Rodolfo Stavenhagen (in Spanish)
- Lupita Tovar, protagonista de la primera película del cine sonoro mexicano, fallece a los 106 años (in Spanish)
- Fallece Fidel Negrete, atleta abanderado de Tokio 64 (in Spanish)
- Actor and E! Entertainment TV host Renato Lopez found slain outside Mexico City Archived November 26, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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