This is a list of events that happened in 2017 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, Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI
Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Claudia Ruiz Massieu, until January 4 Luis Videgaray Caso, starting January 4 Communications Secretary (SCT): Gerardo Ruiz Esparza Education Secretary (SEP): Aurelio Nuño Mayer Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): Alfonso Navarrete Prida Secretary of Welfare (BIENESTAR): Luis Enrique Miranda Nava Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Enrique de la Madrid Cordero Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Rafael Pacchiano Alamán Secretary of Health (SALUD): José Narro Robles Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, (SHCP) Luis Videgaray Caso, until November 27 José Antonio González Anaya, starting November 27
Governors
Aguascalientes: Martín Orozco Sandoval PAN Baja California: Francisco Vega de Lamadrid PAN Baja California Sur: Carlos Mendoza Davis PAN Campeche: Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas PRI Chiapas: Manuel Velasco Coello PVEM Chihuahua: Javier Corral Jurado PAN. Coahuila Rubén Moreira Valdez PRI, until November 30 Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís PRI, starting December 1 Colima: José Ignacio Peralta PRI Durango: José Rosas Aispuro PAN Guanajuato: Miguel Márquez Márquez PAN Guerrero: Héctor Astudillo Flores PRI Hidalgo: Omar Fayad PRI. Jalisco: Aristóteles Sandoval PRI State of Mexico Eruviel Ávila Villegas PRI, until September 15 Alfredo del Mazo Maza PRI, starting September 16 Michoacán: Silvano Aureoles Conejo PRD Morelos: Graco Ramírez PRD. Nayarit Roberto Sandoval Castañeda PRI, until September 18 Antonio Echevarría García PAN, starting September 19 Nuevo León: Jaime Rodríguez Calderón ("El Bronco") Independent, until December 31. Oaxaca: Alejandro Murat Hinojosa PRI. Puebla Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas PAN, until January 31. José Antonio Gali Fayad PAN, starting February 1. Querétaro: Francisco Domínguez Servién PAN Quintana Roo: Carlos Joaquín González PRI. San Luis Potosí: Juan Manuel Carreras PRI Sinaloa: Quirino Ordaz Coppel PRI Sonora: Claudia Pavlovich Arellano PRI Tabasco: Arturo Núñez Jiménez PRD Tamaulipas: Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca PAN Tlaxcala: Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez PRI Veracruz: Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares PAN Yucatán: Rolando Zapata Bello PRI Zacatecas: Miguel Alonso Reyes PRI Head of Government of the Federal District/Mexico City: Miguel Ángel Mancera, Independent
Events January to March 1 January – Consumers are concerned about abrupt increases in gasoline prices, known as el gasolinazo. 18 January – Colegio Americano del Noreste shooting; a 15-year-old student shoots a teacher and three classmates in Monterrey. 12 March – Former Interim governor Flavino Ríos Alvarado of Veracruz is arrested for covering up his predecessor's, Javier Duarte de Ochoa, crimes and helping him escape. 13 March – SEP announces educational reform measures. 14 March – A mass grave site of more than 250 people is discovered in Palmas de Abajo, Veracruz. 16 March – Prison escape in Culiacán. 31 March – A driver crashes after driving his car per hour on Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City.
April to June 10 April – Former Tamaulipas governor Tomás Yarrington, (PRI), is arrested in Italy, charged with plotting the murder of gubnatorial candidate Rodolfo Torre Cantú in 2010. 15 April – Former Veracruz governor Javier Duarte, (PRI, 2010–2016) is arrested in Panajachel, Sololá Department, Guatemala. 21 May – 42-year-old Russian Alextime kills a 19-year-old man in Cancun after a mob tries to lynch the Russian. He had earlier posted anti-Mexican racist comments on YouTube, but authorities refused to deport him. 4 June – Elections Gubnatorial election in the State of Mexico, won by Alfredo del Mazo Maza (PRI). General elections in CoahuilaNayarit; Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís (PRI), elected governor. General elections in Nayarit; Antonio Echevarría García (PAN), elected governor. Municipal elections in Tlaxcala and Veracruz.
July to September August – Hurricanes Franklin and Katia; the latter kills two in Veracruz. 21 August – A partial solar eclipse is visible. 7 September A magnitude 8.1 earthquake hit off southern Mexico coast, 300 injuries, 98 people killed, and tsunami have surrounding warning issue. The Chamber of Deputies ends a logjam. 19 September – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes central Mexico, killing more than 200 people.
October to December 10 November — At 7:25 local time, eruption of Popocateptl continues. 18 to 20 November – Sales for El Buen Fin are less than anticipated. 25 December – An earthquake in Acapulco of 5.0 magnitude triggers the alarm in Mexico City, but no injuries or damages are reported.
Holidays, and observances
January 1 – New Year's Day, statutory holiday January 6 – Feast of the Epiphany February 2 – Feast of Candlemas February 6 – Constitution Day, statutory holiday February 14 – Day of Love and Friendship February 20 – Mexican Army Day, civic holiday February 23 to 28 – Carnival in Mexico February 24 – Flag Day, civic holiday March 8 – International Women's Day March 18 – Anniversary of the Mexican oil expropriation, civic holiday March 20 – March equinox March 21 – Benito Juárez's Birthday, statutory holiday April 9 to 15 – Holy Week March 13 – Holy Thursday March 14 – Good Friday April 21 – Heroic Defense of Veracruz, civic holiday April 30 – Children's Day May 1 – Labour Day, statutory holiday May 5 – Cinco de Mayo, civic holiday May 8 – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla's Birthday, civic holiday May 10 – Mother's Day May 15 – Teachers' Day June 1 – Mexican Navy Day, civic holiday June 18 – Father's Day June 20 – June solstice September 13 – Anniversary of the "Heroic Cadets", civic holiday September 15 – Cry of Dolores, civic holiday September 16 – Independence Day, statutory holiday September 30 – José María Morelos's Birthday, civic holiday October 12 – Day of the Race, civic holiday November 1 – All Saints' Day November 2 – Day of the Dead November 20 – Revolution Day, statutory holiday November 26 – Feast of Christ the King December 12 – Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe December 16 to 24 – Las Posadas December 21 – December solstice December 24 – Christmas Eve December 25 – Christmas Day, statutory holiday
Awards
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Julia Carabias Lillo Order of the Aztec Eagle David Drier, U.S. Congressman (R-CA). Stuart Gulliver, HSBC Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal National Prize for Arts and Sciences Linguistics and literature – Alberto Ruy Sánchez Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences – María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces Technology and Design – Emilio Sacristan Rock Popular Arts and Traditions – Francisco Barnett Astorga Fine arts – Nicolás Echevarría History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy – Mercedes de la Garza National Public Administration Prize Ohtli Award Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca Joseph I. Castro
Deaths January
January 1 Edson Tadeo Cárdenas Huerta (17), soccer player (Tigres UANL) (b. 1999). Martha Patricia Figueroa Juárez (53), social activist, businesswoman, politician in Cordoba, Veracruz; cáncer. Serafín Espinal (65), músician. January 2 Ernesto Franco Cobos, cultural promoter and writer in Tuxpan. Olegario Contreras Rubio, radio announcer in Sinaloa; heart problems. Analy Loera, businesswoman and cultural promoter; brain and lung cancer.Muere Analy Loera. January 3 Cecilia González Gómez, 55, politician, Deputy (2012-2915); heart attack (b. 1961). Lucía Eugenia Torres Pereda, journalist. January 5 Marco Francisco González Meza, public servant, accidente de tráfico. Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota, Roman Catholic bishop of Tepic (b. 1931). Cesáreo Víctor Santiago López, polítician from Oaxaca; murdered. Carmen Sánchez Galán (45), public servant; complicaciones post-operative complications. January 15 Isidro Baldenegro López, environmental activist, murdered. Gorky González Quiñones, ceramist (b. 1939). January 16 – Romeo Gómez Aguilar (97), músician and academic (b. 1919). January 17 – Martín Barrón Félix (52), physicist and meteorologist; liver failure and anemia (b. 1964). January 18 – Raúl Muñoz Popoca (77), businessman in tourist industry. January 19 David Contreras, polítician (PRI) and public servant; diabetes. Fernando Soto (17), músician from Jalisco; drowning. January 20 – Abraham Ibarra Robles, public servant from Santa María Colotepec, Oaxaca; murdered. January 21 – Fernando Maiz Garza (57), businessman, builder, and philanthropist; airplane crash (b. 1959). January 22 Jesus Garcia, 72, boxer. Juan Huerta Ortega (67), businessman and rancher from Puebla; heart attack (b. 1949). Isidro Patrón Lara, musician. January 23 – Giovanni Arturo Amparan Zaragoza (30), businessman; shot. January 24 Ismael Gutiérrez (79), boxer (b. 1937). Antolín Vital Martínez, polítician, mayor of Tepexco, Puebla; murdered. January 25 Adalberto Rosas López, polítician from (Ciudad Obregón), Sonora; thrombosis.Fallece Adalberto "El Pelón" Rosas en Ciudad Obregón. Agustín Sauret (85), voice actor ("Ned Flanders" in The Simpsons). Raúl Valerio, 90, actor (Por tu amor (telenovela), Clase 406, La Verdad Oculta, Imperio de Cristal). January 26 – Javier García Narro, businessperson and leader of Coparmex (a business association) in Saltillo, Coahuila. January 27 Fredman Cruz Maldonado, singer; lung problems. Mario Palestina Moreno (45), baseball player; heart attack (b. 1971). January 28 Benjamín Cabral, filmmaker. Víctor Hugo Saldaña Gutiérrez (22), soccer player; murdered (b. November 8, 1994). January 29 Omar Jair Canepa Polanco, public servant; murdered. Ángel García Cook (79), anthropologist and researcher (INAH) (b. 1937). Jorge Robles, músician and singer; cáncer. January 30 – Fidel Briano (72), lawyer and journalist. January 31 Pedro Koh Cimé, Yucatan polítician; murdered. José Luis Lagunes López, public servant; cáncer.
February February 3 – Lorenzo Servitje, 98, businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Grupo Bimbo (b. November 20, 1918. February 7 – Eusebio Ruvalcaba (65), writer (Un hilito de sange), journalist, essayist, playwright (b. 1951). February 9 – Josefina Leiner, actress (b. 1929). February 15 – José Solé, 87, stage actor and director (Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes) (b. July 28, 1929). February 16 – Teresa del Conde, art historian and critic (b. 1935). February 21 – Neus Espresate Xirau (83), Spanish-born Mexican editor (founder of Ediciones Era); complicaciones respiratorias (n. 1934). February 22 David Bárcena Ríos, equestrian and modern pentathlete (b. 1941). Ricardo Domínguez, 31, welterweight wrestler; colon cancer (b. 1985). February 27 – Eva Maria Zuk, 71, Polish-born Mexican pianist; lung problems.
March March 3 Rolando Arellano Sánchez (22), músician and singer ("Grupo Contacto"), murdered. Miguel Guzmán Rosales (66), painter. March 5 Abril Campillo (58), actress; breast cancer (b. 1958). Tony Flores (67), comedian; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Alejandro Rosales (49), television star (El Sibidibidi); heart attack. José Ignacio Rosillo Rodríguez (85), journalist. March 6 – Jesús Silva Herzog Flores, 81, economist and politician (PRI) (b. 1935) March 9 Enrique Ortiz Rivas, mathematician, politician, and labor leader; surgical complications. Raquel Parot (92), actress( Juan Gabriel Sánchez Gómez (43), leader of taxi drivers in Tizayuca, Hidalgo; murdered. Zorro (62), singer and politician, stroke. March 12 Mario Agredano Brambila (88), radio and television announcer, reporter, and commentator in Nuevo Leon. Joaquín Arizpe de la Maza, businessman and philanthropist.