The following lists events that happened in 1924 in Mexico.
Incumbents Federal government President: Álvaro Obregón (until 30 November); Plutarco Elías Calles (from 1 December)Krauze, Enrique, Mexico: Biography of Power. New York: HarperCollins 1997. Pages 398-401. Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Romeo Ortega Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Aarón Sáenz Garza Communications Secretary (SCT): Education Secretary (SEP):
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court:
Governors Aguascalientes: Victorino Medina Campeche: Ángel Castillo Lanz Chiapas: Rogelio García Castro Chihuahua: Vicente N. Mendoza Coahuila: Carlos Garza Castro Colima: Gerardo Hurtado Sánchez Guanajuato: Jesús S. Soto (interim), Arturo Sierra (interim) Guerrero: Francisco Figueroa Mata Jalisco: José Guadalupe Zuno State of Mexico: Abundio Gómez Michoacán: Sidronio Sánchez Pineda then Enrique Ramírez Aviña Morelos: Alfredo Ortega; Amilcar Magaña; Ismael Velazco Nayarit: Pascual Villanueva Paredes Nuevo León: Oaxaca: Manuel García Vigil Puebla: Querétaro: Julián Malo Juvera San Luis Potosí: Aurelio Manrique De Lara Sinaloa: Ángel Flores Sonora: Alejo Bay Tabasco: Tomás Garrido Canabal Tamaulipas: Benecio López Padilla/Pelayo Quintana/Candelario Garza/Gregorio Garza Salinas Veracruz: Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (until November 30); Heriberto Jara Corona (from December 1) Yucatán: Felipe Carrillo Puerto/José María Iturralde Traconis Zacatecas: Felipe Carrillo Puerto/Juan Ricárdez Broca/Miguel Cantón (acting)/José María Iturralde Traconis
Events The federal government reports that troops loyal to President Álvaro Obregón have defeated rebels led by Adolfo de la Huerta near Zacualpan. February 5 – Anti-government rebels retreat from Veracruz when federal troops are victorious at Córdoba. February 7 – Former president and rebel leader Adolfo de la Huerta escapes by boat to Mérida, Yucatán, after federal troops recapture Veracruz. February 10 – Federal troops decisively defeat rebels at Ocotlán. February 15 – Grupo Sonido 13, directed by Julián Carrillo, holds the first concert of microtonal music in Mexico City. February 24 – Federal troops defeat rebels in the oil region of Tamaulipas. Land belonging to Mexican President-elect Plutarco Elías Calles is expropriated in accordance with agrarian laws.
Births January 16 – Katy Jurado, actress (died 2002) February 29 – Agustín Hernández Navarro, architect and sculptor (died 2022)Margarita Tortajada Quiroz: Amalia Hernández: audacia y fuerza creativa (Spanish) March 13 — Raúl Córdoba, international footballer (died 2017) June 26 – Juan Gómez, footballer (died 2009) November 13 — Jesús Kumate Rodríguez, physician and politician (died 2018)
Deaths January 3 — Felipe Carrillo Puerto, journalist, politician and revolutionary (born 1874) June 10 — Salvador Alvarado, politician and soldier (born 1880)
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