2015 in Mexico

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 Baja California: Francisco Vega de Lamadrid PAN Baja California Sur Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor PAN, until September 10 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 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 Silvano Aureoles Conejo PRD, starting October 1 Morelos: Graco Ramírez PRD. 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 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. February 28: Mexican security forces arrest drug lord Servando Gómez Martínez in Morelia, Michoacán.

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, equivalent to 620 million dollars.

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.

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.

November November 26 – 2015–2016 Zika virus epidemic: The first three cases of Zika fever are reported in Mexico.

Awards

Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Alberto Baillères Order of the Aztec Eagle King Felipe VI of Spain Charles, Prince of Wales Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil National Prize for Arts and Sciences National Public Administration Prize Ohtli Award Hector Ruiz John D. Trasviña Valentina Alazraki Suzy Castor Maria Elena Durazo Raúl Grijalva Ana Recio Harvey José Huizar Ray Keck Eva Longoria Spencer MacCallum Antonio Olmos

Deaths January 1: Ninón Sevilla, 93, Cuban-born Mexican actress (Aventurera), heart attack. January 3: Jaime Romero Móran, 22, gymnast, shot.Jaime Humberto Romero Morán Death: Mexican Gymnast, Olympic Hopeful Murdered at 22 January 7: Julio Scherer García, 88, journalist (Excélsior and Proceso). January 25: Demetrio González, 87, Spanish-born Mexican actor (Dos Corazones y un Cielo) and singer, complications from a stroke.Muere Demetrio González "El Charro Español" January 27: Rafael Corrales Ayala, 89, politician, MP for Guanajuato (1949–1952, 1979–1982), Governor of Guanajuato (1985–1991).Fallece Rafael Corrales Ayala February 7: Gustavo Couttolenc, 93, Mexican translator and academic.Fallece sacerdote que sirvió 60 años en el Seminario Conciliar de México February 8: Mario Vázquez Raña, businessman (b. 1932) February 16: Lorena Rojas, 44, actress. February 19: Rafael Orozco, 92, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara).Chivas está de luto, fallece Rafael 'Rafles' Orozco February 25: Ariel Camacho, 22, singer, traffic collision.Ariel Camacho Dies in Car Crash; Mexican Singer Was 22 March 12: Magda Guzmán, 83, actress, heart attack.Magda Guzmán Dies: Mexican Actress Dead At 83 Following Heart Attack March 19: Carlos Mijares Bracho, 84, architect March 21: Perro Aguayo Jr., 35, professional wrestler (AAA), stroke from vertebral artery dissection.Perro Aguayo Jr.'s cause of death confirmed as cardiac arrest caused by cervical spine trauma March 22: Julieta Marín Torres, 71, politician, MP for Puebla (2009–2012), lung cancer.Fallece Julieta, hermana del exgobernador Mario Marín April 3: Rocío García Gaytán, 55, politician, MP (1997–2000), cancer.Fallece Rocío García Gaytán, ex titular de Inmujeres 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).Former Arizona Gov. Raul Castro dies at 98 April 13: Joselyn Alejandra Niño, 20, suspected assassin, shot.Hallan descuartizada en una hielera a 'La Flaca', sicaria del Cártel del Golfo April 23 Sixto Valencia Burgos, 81, comic artist (Memín Pinguín, MAD).Fallece Sixto Valencia, el creador artístico de 'Memín Pinguín' Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez, 72, academic and politician, Mayor of Xalapa (1988–1991), MP for Veracruz (1994–1997).Fallece Guillermo Zúñiga, rector de la UPAV y ex alcalde de Xalapa April 24: Max Rojas, 74, poet.Fallece el poeta mexicano Max Rojas May 1: María Elena Velasco, 74, actress, comedian and film producer (La India María), stomach cancer. May 21: Juan Molinar Horcasitas, 59, Mexican politician, ALS.Muere Juan Molinar Horcasitas June 10: Héctor Pérez Plazola, 81, politician (PAN).Fallece el panista Héctor Pérez Plazola June 12: Andrés Mora, 60, baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians), pneumonia.LMB de luto por muerte de Andrés Mora June 21: Juan José Estrada, 51, boxer, WBA bantamweight champion (1988–1989), stabbed.Asesinan al "Dinamita" Estrada June 26: Gustavo Sainz, 74, writer.Murió Gustavo Sainz, pieza esencial de la “Literatura de la onda” 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.Gelsen Gas in memoriam July 31: Rubén Espinosa, 31, photographer and journalist. murdered. August 15: Manuel Mendívil, 79, equestrian, Olympic medalist (1980).Fallece el jinete mexicano Manuel Mendívil, ganador de bronce en JO August 16: Jacob Bekenstein, 68, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist.In Memoriam Jacob Bekenstein (1947–2015) and Black Hole Entropy August 23 Ricardo García Sainz, 85, administrator and politician, Federal deputy (1997–2000).Muere Ricardo García Sainz Eugenio Méndez Docurro, 92, politician and engineer, Secretary of Communications and Transportation (1970–1976).Fallece el ingeniero y político Eugenio Méndez Docurro September 7: Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes, drug cartel leader (Los Zetas), heart attack.Zetas Drug Cartel Leader Dies in Mexican Prison September 17: Eraclio Zepeda, 78, author and politician.Eraclio Zepeda’s passing, tourists’ return, Mexico’s Oscar choice September 19: Enrique Ballesté, 68, theater director.Rinden homenaje a Enrique Ballesté, "maestro del teatro en libertad" September 25: Hugo Gutiérrez Vega, 81, poet, diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Greece (1987–1994).Conaculta lamenta muerte del poeta Hugo Gutiérrez Vega October 9: Blanca Magrassi Scagno, 92, women's rights activist.Muere Blanca Magrassi, promotora de la participación política de las mujeres October 11: Dominga Velasco, 114, Mexican-born American supercentenarian, oldest-ever verified Mexican-born person. October 14: José Luis García, 91, baseball player and manager (Tigres de Quintana Roo).Muere José Luis "Chito" García October 22: Tomás Torres Mercado, 54, politician, member of the Senate (20062012), plane crash. November 6: José Ángel Espinoza, 96, singer, composer and actor.Muere el compositor y actor José Ángel Espinoza 'Ferrusquilla' November 12: José Refugio Esparza Reyes, 94, politician, Governor of Aguascalientes (1974–1980).Muere ex gobernador de Aguascalientes November 21: Germán Robles, 86, Spanish-Mexican actor.Muere el actor Germán Robles December 1: Xavier Olea Muñoz, 92, diplomat, lawyer and politician; Governor of Guerrero (1975) December 4: Ricardo Guízar Díaz, 82, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (1996–2009).Archbishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz December 16: Lizmark, 64, professional wrestler, respiratory failure.Falleció Lizmark, el 'Geniecillo Azul' December 24: Romeo Anaya, 69, boxer, WBA Bantamweight Champion (1973).

See also

List of Mexican films of 2015

References

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