Events in the year 1971 in Mexico.
Incumbents Federal government President: Luis Echeverría Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Mario Moya Palencia Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Emilio Óscar Rabasa Communications Secretary (SCT): Eugenio Méndez Docurro Education Secretary (SEP): Víctor Bravo Ahuja Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Matías Ramos Secretary of Navy: Luis M. Bravo Carrera Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Rafael Hernández Ochoa Secretary of Welfare: Luis Enrique Bracamontes
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Alfonso Guzmán Neyra
Governors
Aguascalientes: Francisco Guel Jiménez Baja California Raúl Sánchez Díaz Martell, until October 31 Milton Castellanos Everardo starting November 1, 1971 Campeche: Carlos Sansores Pérez Chiapas: Manuel Velasco Suárez Chihuahua: Oscar Flores Sánchez Coahuila: Eulalio Gutiérrez Treviño Colima: Pablo Silva García Durango: Alejandro Páez Urquidi Guanajuato: Manuel M. Moreno Guerrero: Caritino Maldonado Pérez/Roberto Rodríguez Mercado/Israel Nogueda Otero Hidalgo: Donaciano Serna Leal Jalisco: Francisco Medina Ascencio/Alberto Orozco Romero State of Mexico: Carlos Hank González Michoacán: Servando Chávez Hernández Morelos: Felipe Rivera Crespo Nayarit: Roberto Gómez Reyes Nuevo León: Eduardo Elizondo/Luis M. Farías Oaxaca: Fernando Gómez Sandoval Puebla: Rafael Moreno Valle Querétaro: Juventino Castro Sánchez San Luis Potosí: Antonio Rocha Cordero Sinaloa: Alfredo Valdés Montoya Sonora: Faustino Félix Serna Tabasco: Mario Trujillo García Tamaulipas: Manuel A. Rabize Tlaxcala: Luciano Huerta Sánchez Veracruz: Rafael Murillo Vidal Yucatán: Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz Zacatecas: Pedro Ruiz González Regent of the Federal District Alfonso Martínez Domínguez (until June 15) Octavio Sentíes Gómez (starting June 15)
Events
Aeronáutica Agrícola Mexicana SA formed. June 10: Corpus Christi massacre. June 10: Opening of the Metro Observatorio. September 3–13: Hurricane Fern. September 5–18: Hurricane Edith. November 11: National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics is established.
Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Jaime Torres Bodet
Births February February 10 — Lorena Rojas, actress and singer (d. 2015) February 22 — Super Caló, wrestler
May May 14 − Mónica Arriola Gordillo, politician (New Alliance Party), Deputy (2006-2009); (d. 2016).
June June 16 – Alejandro Jano Fuentes, singer June 17 — Paulina Rubio, singer
July July 12 — Andrea Legarreta, actress and TV host
August August 26 — Thalía, singer
November November 24 — Jesús Rodríguez Almeida, acting Governor of Puebla 2018-2019
Date unknown Emma Laura, soap opera actress
Deaths August 11 – Archbishop Manuel Pío López Estrada, 6th bishop of Veracruz, and first archbishop of Xalapa, 1939-1968 (b. May 5, 1891)
Film
List of Mexican films of 1971.
Sport
1970–71 Mexican Primera División season. Charros de Jalisco win the Mexican League. September 19: Atlético Español founded.
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