2008 in Mexico explained
This is a list of events that happened in 2008 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
See main article: Cabinet of Mexico.
Supreme Court
See also: National Supreme Court of Justice.
Governors
Narciso Agúndez Montaño, (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)
- Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All)
- Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Coahuila: Humberto Moreira Valdés, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Colima: Silverio Cavazos, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Durango: Ismael Hernández, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva, (National Action Party, PAN)
- Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- State of Mexico: Enrique Pena Nieto, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (until 15 February); Leonel Godoy Rangel (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (from 15 February)
- Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame (PAN).[2]
- Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
- Nuevo León: José Natividad González Parás, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Puebla: Mario Marín Torres, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón (National Action Party, PAN)
- Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Sinaloa: Jesús Aguilar, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Sonora: Eduardo Bours, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Tabasco: Andrés Rafael Granier Melo, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Tlaxcala: Héctor Ortiz Ortiz (National Action Party, PAN)
- Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Yucatán: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
- Zacatecas: Amalia García (Party of the Democratic Revolution PRD)
- Head of Government of the Federal District
Marcelo Ebrard (PRD)
Events
Elections
Awards
Popular culture
Sports
Film
See main article: Mexican films of 2008.
TV
Telenovelas
Notable deaths
- January 10 – Andrés Henestrosa
- January 30 – Marcial Maciel
- February 2 – Francisco de Santiago Silva, visual artist
- February 11 – Emilio Carballido
- February 25 – Alan Ledesma, 30, actor, stomach cancer.
- March 22 – Adolfo Antonio Suarez Rivera
- April 8 – Jacqueline Voltaire, 59, actress, melanoma.
- April 10 – Ernesto Corripio Ahumada
- April 14 – Miguel Galvan, 50, actor, renal failure.
- May 8 – Leopoldo Juárez Urbina, politician (Convergence), former municipal president of Cherán, Michoacán; murdered.[3] [4] [5]
- May 24 – Eugenio Garza Lagüera
- June 1 – Marcelo Ibarra Villa, politician, municipal president of Villa Madero, Michoacán; murdered.[6]
- June 4 – Manuel de Jesús Angulo Torres, politician, municipal president of Topia, Durango; murdered[7] [8]
- June 21 – Adalberto Almeida y Merino
- July 24 – Juan Manuel Orozco Serrano, politician, former municipal president of Cuautitlán, Jalisco; murdered.[9] [10]
- July 25 — Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Ávila (born 1955)
- July 27 – Isaac Saba Raffoul
- July 30 – Alejandro Aura
- August 30 – Gilberto Rincón Gallardo
- September 24 – Héctor Lorenzo Ríos, politician, municipal president of Ayutla, Guerrero; murdered.[11] [12]
- September 29 – Miguel Córcega, 78, actor and director, stroke.
- October 4 – Servando González
- October 8 – Salvador Vergara Cruz, politician, municipal president of Ixtapan de la Sal, State of Mexico; murdered.[13]
- November 4 – Juan Camilo Mouriño
- December 2 – Carlos Abascal
- December 12 – Amalia Solórzano, First Lady of Mexico (1934-1940) (b. 1911)
Notes and References
- Web site: Este fue el gabinete de Felipe Calderón . www.capitalmexico.com.mx . Capital México . September 17, 2020 . es . Feb 6, 2018.
- 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 .
- News: Magaña. Javier. Impunidad y muerte tienen a comunidad autóctona en estado de sitio . 18 June 2012 . CNNMéxico. 10 May 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120627070548/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/05/10/impunidad-y-muerte-tienen-a-comunidad-autoctona-en-estado-de-sitio. 27 June 2012. live.
- News: Ejecutan a Leopoldo Juárez; pobladores señalan al alcalde de Cherán y al síndico como responsables. 18 June 2012. La Jornada. 10 May 2008. es. https://archive.today/20130221015958/http://archivo.lajornadamichoacan.com.mx/2008/05/10/index.php?section=politica&article=005n1pol. 21 February 2013. dead.
- News: Se agudiza el conflicto en Cherán; continúa desaparecido el ex alcalde Leopoldo Juárez. 18 June 2012. La Jornada. 9 May 2008. es. https://archive.today/20130221132530/http://archivo.lajornadamichoacan.com.mx/2008/05/09/index.php?section=municipios&article=011n1mun. 21 February 2013. dead.
- News: Martínez Eloriiaga. Ernesto. Asesinan al edil de Villa Madero. 16 June 2012. La Jornada. 3 June 2008. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20131111161934/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2008/06/03/index.php?section=estados&article=033n1est. 11 November 2013. live.
- Angulo Torres was kidnapped with his brother at a restaurant on 4 June 2008. His body has not been found and he is not reported as dead.
- News: Presidentes municipales de Durango están a merced del crimen organizado . 16 June 2012. La Jornada. 24 February 2010. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220063354/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/02/24/estados/035n2est. 20 December 2014. live.
- News: Sicarios ejecutan a exalcalde de Cuatlitlán, en Jalisco. 18 June 2012. Proceso. 25 July 2008. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035932/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=200446. 29 November 2014. live.
- News: Ex alcalde de Cuautitlán de García Barragán fue ejecutado . 18 June 2012. El Informador (Mexico). July 2010. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20141128185327/http://www.informador.com.mx/jalisco/2008/27457/6/ex-alcalde-de-cuautitlan-de-garcia-barragan-fue-ejecutado.htm. 28 November 2014. live.
- News: Ordaz. David. Claves: los alcaldes asesinados de México. 16 June 2012. El Economista. 31 January 2011. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20110203012435/http://eleconomista.com.mx/seguridad-publica/2011/01/31/claves-alcaldes-asesinados-mexico. 3 February 2011. live.
- News: Briseño. Héctor. Candidatos del PRD "están en riesgo", dice dirigente. 16 June 2012. La Jornada. 12 June 2012. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120619045510/http://www.lajornadaguerrero.com.mx/2012/06/12/index.php?section=politica&article=004n2pol. 19 June 2012. live.
- News: Wilkinson. Tracy. Killing of Mexico mayor sends message. 16 June 2012. Los Angeles Times. 8 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20120531111459/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mayor8-2008oct08,0,2221488.story. 31 May 2012. live.