2006 in Mexico explained

This is a list of events that happened in 2006 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President

• President
  • Vicente Fox, until November 30
  • Felipe Calderón, starting December 1

Cabinet

See main article: Cabinet of Mexico.

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
  • Santiago Creel, until November 30
  • Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE)
  • Luis Ernesto Derbez, until November 30
  • Patricia Espinosa, starting December 1
• Communications Secretary (SCT)
  • Pedro Cerisola, until November 30
  • Luis Téllez, starting December 1
• Education Secretary (SEP)
  • Reyes Tamez, until November 30
  • Josefina Vázquez Mota, starting December 1
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA)
  • Gerardo Clemente Vega, until November 30
  • Guillermo Galván Galván, starting December 1
• Secretary of Navy (SEMAR)
  • Marco Antonio Peyrot González, until November 30
  • Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, starting December 1
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS)
  • Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz, until November 30
  • Javier Lozano Alarcón, starting December 1
• Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL)
  • Josefina Vázquez Mota, until November 30
  • Beatriz Zavala, starting December 1
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT)
  • José Luis Luege Tamargo, until November 30
  • Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, starting December 1
• Secretary of Health (SALUD)
  • Julio Frenk, until November 30
  • José Ángel Córdova, starting December 1
• Secretary of Public Security (SSP)
  • Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, until November 30
  • Genaro García Luna, starting December 1
• Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
  • Francisco Gil Díaz, until November 30
  • Agustín Carstens, starting December 1
• Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1
• Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA): Alberto Cárdenas, starting December 1
• Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): German Martínez Cázares, starting December 1
• Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): Germán Martínez, starting December 1
• Attorney General of Mexico (PRG)
  • Daniel Cabeza de Vaca, until November 30
  • Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, starting December 1

Supreme Court

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice.

• President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

Governors

• • • • • Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez Chiapas
  • Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía, until December 7
  • Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All), starting December 8
    • • • Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas Coahuila: Humberto Moreira Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes Durango: Ismael Hernández Guanajuato
  • Juan Carlos Romero Hicks, until September 25
  • Juan Manuel Oliva, starting September 26
    • Guerrero: Zeferino Torreblanca Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong Jalisco
  • Alberto Cárdenas, until November 20
  • Gerardo Solís Gómez, substitute governor
    • State of Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel Morelos
  • Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez, until October 1.^[2]
  • Marco Antonio Adame, starting October 1.^[3]
• Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
  • • • • • • Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán, until December 31
  • Sonora: Eduardo Bours Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz, until December 31
    • • • • Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco Zacatecas: Amalia García Head of Government of the Federal District
  • Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez, until December 4
  • Marcelo Ebrard, starting December 5

Events

• The Broad Progressive Front is founded
• The Garros Galería is established.
• The Televisa Law is approved.
• The Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve is declared by the UNESCO in Morelos.^[4]
• The Biosphere Reserve of Huatulco is declared by the UNESCO in Oaxaca.
  • January: The Other Campaign January 25: Juana Barraza is apprehended.
• February 4: Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers incident.
• February 19: Pasta de Conchos mine disaster
• March: Santiago Mexquititlán raid
  • • April 10: 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust April 17: Maltrata bus crash May: Jojutla crater discovered on Mars by astronomer Andres Eloy Martínez Rojas.^[5]
  • May 3: 2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco May 27: Eutelsat 113 West A is launched.
• June 17: Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca
• June 27: Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport inaugurated.
• June 28: Miss Latin America 2006 held in Riviera Maya.
  • September 2: Nuestra Belleza México 2006 September 16: the Faro del Comercio is re-inaugurated.
• November 10: The government of Mexico City approves a law on civil unions, becoming the first local government to allow same sex unions in Mexico.
• December 11: Beginning of the Mexican Drug War
• unknown date: Galia Moss, a Latin American sailor crosses the Atlantic Ocean alone.^[6]

Elections

• 2006 Mexican general election
  • 2006 Chiapas state election 2006 Colima state election
• 2006 Mexican Federal District election
  • • • • • 2006 Guanajuato state election 2006 Jalisco state election 2006 Nuevo León state election 2006 Sonora state election 2006 State of Mexico election 2006 Tabasco state election

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Jesús Kumate Rodríguez
  • • • Order of the Aztec Eagle National Prize for Arts and Sciences National Public Administration Prize Ohtli Award
  • Pete Gallego
  • Buddy Garcia
  • Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.
  • Ed Pastor
  • Jared Polis
  • Santiago Wood

Popular culture

Sports

• Primera División de México Clausura 2006
  • • • Primera División de México Apertura 2006 2006 InterLiga 2005 Copa Sudamericana Finals Mexico compete at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
        • • • Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional 2006 Desafío Corona season 2006 Gran Premio Telmex 2006 Rally México 2006 Mexican Figure Skating Championships Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006) 2006 Centrobasket Women in Mexico City.
• 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Baja California.
• Mexico at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Film

See main article: Mexican films of 2006.

• Una película de huevos
• Efectos secundarios – September 1
• Pretendiendo
• Pan's Labyrinth – October 2
• Así del precipicio
• Cansada de besar sapos – December

TV

Telenovelas

• Heridas de amor
• La fea más bella
• Código postal – May 22

Notable deaths

• January 1  - Mapita Cortés, 75, Puerto Rican -born actress of the cinema of Mexico
• January 13  - Raúl Anguiano, 90, painter and muralist, heart failure.
• February 10  - Juan Soriano, 85, painter and sculptor.
• February 12  - Juan Sánchez-Navarro y Peón, 92, entrepreneur and co-founder of the .
• March 7  - Ludwik Margules, 72, theatre director, cancer. https://web.archive.org/web/20060502105526/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/03/09/a05n1cul.php
• March 29  - Salvador Elizondo, 73, writer. https://web.archive.org/web/20060527180942/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/03/30/a04n1cul.php
• April 5  - Armando Labra, 62, economist. https://web.archive.org/web/20060408215641/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/04/06/022n1pol.php
• April 20  - Miguel Zacarías Nogaim, 101, film director. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/344203.html
• April 30  - Beatriz Sheridan, 71, actress and director, heart attack.
• May 4  - Valentin Trujillo, 55, actor, heart attack.
• May 22  - Lilia Prado, 78, actress, multiple organ failure. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/350849.html
• May 23  - Ángel Fernández, 80, sports broadcaster, renal failure.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/350861.html
• July 15  - Raúl Delgado Benavides, politician, Municipal president (Cuautitlán, Jalisco); murdered^{[7] [8]}
• August 4  - Julio Galán, 47, painter
• September 15  - Pablo Santos, 19, actor^[9]
• October 9  - Mario Moya Palencia, 73, politician, heart attack.
• October 24  - Rafael Ramírez Heredia, 67, writer, lung cancer. https://web.archive.org/web/20061028023821/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/10/25/a06n1cul.php
• November 1  - Daniel García "Huracán Ramírez", 80, wrestler, heart attack. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/deportes/85955.html
• November 6  - Miguel Aceves Mejía, 90, singer, bronchitis. https://web.archive.org/web/20071008071825/http://www.prensamexicana.com/news.php?nid=7620
• November 19  - Francisco Quirós Hermosillo, General. Cancer. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/11/20/index.php?section=politica&article=019n1pol
• November 23  - Jesús Blancornelas, 70, journalist, cancer. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/389751.html

See also

• 2006 Oaxaca protests

Notes and References

1. Web site: Este fue el gabinete de Felipe Calderón . www.capitalmexico.com.mx . Capital México . September 17, 2020 . es . Feb 6, 2018.
2. Web site: Cinta . Guillermo . LA HISTORIA DEL NARCO EN MORELOS . La Crónica de Morelos Noticias Guillermo Cinta . August 28, 2020 . es . Nov 19, 2018.
3. Web site: Marco Antonio Adame Castillo . Líderes Mexicanos . August 28, 2020 . es . September 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200903193915/https://lideresmexicanos.com/300/marco-antonio-adame-castillo/ . dead .
4. Web site: Sierra de Huautla. UNESCO Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development. July 2012. April 25, 2019.
5. Web site: ¿Sabías qué...? - Tierra, Jojutla y Campo. Agencia Espacial Mexicana. October 18, 2017. March 18, 2019. es. Did you know...? - Earth, Jojutla, and Fields. https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230957/https://haciaelespacio.aem.gob.mx/revistadigital/articul.php?interior=588. December 20, 2018. dead.
6. News: Eichner . Itamar . Making aliyah on board a yacht . Ynet News . October 16, 2010.
7. News: Violencia sin freno. 18 June 2012. Proceso. 23 July 2006. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035928/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=96322. 29 November 2014. live.
8. News: García. Elsa. Ejecutan a alcalde panista en Jalisco . 18 June 2012. Esmas.com. 16 July 2006. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129032755/http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/551293.html. 29 November 2014. live.
9. Web site: Pablo Santos, 19; Actor Had Role on WB’s ‘Greetings From Tucson’. 17 September 2006. LA Times (archive). 18 January 2022.