2012 in Mexico explained

This is a list of events that happened in 2012 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.

Incumbents

Federal government

President

• President
  • Felipe Calderon, until November 30
  • Enrique Peña Nieto, starting December 1^[1]

Cabinet

See also: Cabinet of Mexico.

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
  • Alejandro Poiré Romero, until November 30
  • Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, starting December 1^[2]
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE)
  • Patricia Espinosa, until November 30
  • José Antonio Meade, starting December 1
• Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SEGARPA)
  • Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda, until November 30
  • Enrique Martínez y Martínez, starting December 1
• Secretary of Agricultural, Territorial and Urban Development (SEDATU)
  • Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín(starting December 1)
• Communications Secretary (SCT)
  • Dionisio Pérez-Jácome Friscione, until November 30
  • Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, starting December 1
• Education Secretary (SEP)
  • Alonso Lujambio, until March 16
  • José Ángel Córdova, March 16-November 30
  • Emilio Chuayffet Chemor, starting December 1
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA)
  • Guillermo Galván Galván, until November 30
  • Salvador Cienfuegos Cepeda, starting December 1
• Secretary of Navy (SEMAR)
  • Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, until November 30
  • Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz, starting December 1
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS)
  • Rosalinda Vélez Juárez, until November 30
  • Alfonso Navarrete Prida (starting December 1)
• Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL)
  • Heriberto Félix Guerra, until November 30
  • Rosario Robles, starting December 1
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR)
  • Gloria Guevara, until November 30
  • Claudia Ruiz Massieu, starting December 1
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT)
  • Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, until November 30
  • Juan José Guerra Abud, starting December 1
• Secretary of Health (SALUD)
  • Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg, November 30
  • Mercedes Juan López, starting December 1
• Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
  • José Antonio Meade, until November 30
  • Luis Videgaray Caso, starting December 1
• Secretary of Economy (SE)
  • Bruno Ferrari García de Alba, until November 30
  • Idelfonso Guajardo, starting December 1
• Secretary of Energy (SENER)
  • Jordy Herrera Flores, until November 30
  • Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, starting December 1
  • Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE)
    • Francisco Rojas Gutiérrez, starting December 1
  • Pemex
    • Emilio Lozoya, starting December 1
• Attorney General (PRG)
  • Marisela Morales, until December 4)
  • Jesús Murillo Karam, starting December 4
• Chief of Staff: Aurelio Nuño Mayer, starting December 4
• Coordinación de Comunicación Social de Presidencia (Coordination of Social Communication of the Presidency): David López Gutiérrez (starting December 1)
• Estado Mayor Presidencial (Presidential Security Staff): Rodolfo Miranda Moreno, (starting December 1)

Governors

• • • Aguascalientes: Carlos Lozano de la Torre Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán Baja California Sur

Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor, ^[3]

• • Campeche: Fernando Ortega Bernés Chiapas
  • Juan Sabines Guerrero, Coalition for the Good of All, until December 7
  • Manuel Velasco Coello, starting December 8
    • • • • • • • • • Chihuahua: César Duarte Jáquez Coahuila: Rubén Moreira Valdez Colima: Mario Anguiano Moreno Durango: Jorge Herrera Caldera Guanajuato: Miguel Márquez Márquez Guerrero: Ángel Aguirre Rivero Hidalgo: Francisco Olvera Ruiz Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez State of Mexico: Eruviel Ávila Villegas Michoacán: Fausto Vallejo Morelos
  • Marco Antonio Adame, until October 1.
  • Graco Ramírez, starting October 1.^[4]
    • • • • • • • • Nayarit: Roberto Sandoval Castañeda Nuevo León: Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz Oaxaca: Gabino Cué Monteagudo Puebla: Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas Querétaro: José Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa Quintana Roo: Roberto Borge Angulo San Luis Potosí: Fernando Toranzo Fernández Sinaloa: Mario López Valdez Sonora: Guillermo Padrés Elías Tabasco: Andrés Granier Melo, until December 31, 2012
      • Tamaulipas: Egidio Torre Cantú Tlaxcala: Mariano González Zarur Veracruz: Javier Duarte de Ochoa Yucatán
  • Ivonne Ortega Pacheco, until September 30
  • Rolando Zapata Bello, starting October 1
  • Zacatecas: Miguel Alonso Reyes Head of Government of the Federal District
  • Marcelo Ebrard, until December 4
  • Miguel Ángel Mancera, starting December 5

Events

• January 4 – Altamira prison brawl: Thirty-one killed and 13 injured in a Tamaulipas prison.^[5]
• February 7 – The Estela de Luz to commemorate the bicentennial of the Independence of Mexico is inaugurated in Mexico City.^[6]
• February 19 – Apodaca prison riot: Forty-four killed in a Nuevo León prison.^[7]
• March 20 - A magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills two and leaves 30,000 homeless in Oaxaca and Guerrero.
• March – Pope Benedict XVI visits Guanajuato.^[8]
• April 15 - Reports of superheated rock fragments being hurled into the air by the Popocateptl volcano. Ash and water vapor plumes were reported 15 times over 24 hours.^[9]
• April 20 – Álamo bus accident: Forty-three killed and 17 injured in an accident in Veracruz.^[10]
• April and May – 2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres, April 17,^[11] April 24^[12] and May 4.
• May 3 – 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists: The bodies of two journalists were recovered in Veracruz on World Press Freedom Day.^[13]
• May 13 – Cadereyta Jiménez massacre: At least 49 people are killed in the Mexican Drug War.^[14]
• June 9 – Miss Latin America 2012 won by Georgina Méndez Pimentel, 24, in the Riveria Maya.^[15]
• June 18 and 19 – 2012 G-20 Los Cabos summit^[16]
• August 12 – Edgar Morales Perez, PRI mayor-elect of Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, and his campaign manager were assassinated by unknown attackers.^[17]
  • August 19: 2012 Michoacán murder of photographers December 9: 2012 Mexico Learjet 25 crash

Elections

• 2012 Mexican general election
• 2012 Federal District of Mexico head of government election
• 2012 Chiapas gubernatorial election
• 2012 Guanajuato gubernatorial election
• 2012 Jalisco gubernatorial election
• 2012 Morelos gubernatorial election
• 2012 Tabasco gubernatorial election
• 2012 Yucatán gubernatorial election

Awards

See main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico.

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Ernesto de la Peña (post mortem)^[18]
• Order of the Aztec Eagle – Bono^[19]
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences^[20]
  • Linguistics and literature – Francisco Manuel Hernández Pérez
  • Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences – Rubén Gerardo Barrera Pérez, Carlos Artemio Coello Coello, Susana Lizano
  • Technology and Design – Sergio Antonio Estrada Parra
  • Popular Arts and Traditions - Antonio Camilo Bautista Jariz, Grupo “Cofradía de San Juan Bautista”, “Comunidad de Músicos Tradicionales formada por las Familias Vega-Utrera”
  • Fine arts – Arón Claudio Bitrán Goren, Helene Joy Laville Perren, Fernando González Gortázar
  • History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy – Carlos Marichal Salinas, Carlos Muñoz Izquierdo
• National Public Administration Prize
• Ohtli Award
  • Alexander Gonzalez
  • Charlie Gonzalez
  • Carlos Gutierrez
  • Salud Carbajal
    • • Francisco G. Cigarroa Paddy Moloney
  • Mel Martínez
  • David J. Schmidly
  • Richard A. Tapia
  • Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa
  • Edward James Olmos

Film

• List of Mexican films of 2012

Music

• List of number-one albums of 2012 (Mexico)

Sport

Soccer/Football

• • • • • • 2011–12 Mexican Primera División season Apertura 2012 Copa MX 2012 Copa de México de Naciones 2012 CONCACAF Champions League Finals 2012 Homeless World Cup Mexico wins the 2012 Olympic Football tournament

Racing

• • • 2012 LATAM Challenge Series season 2012 Rally México 2012 Super Copa Telcel

Wrestling

• Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2012)
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • Héroes Inmortales (2012) Rebelión de los Juniors (2012) Rey del Ring (2012) IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte (2012) Arena Naucalpan 35th Anniversary Show Caravan de Campeones (May 2012) Caravan de Campeones (August 2012) El Castillo del Terror (2012) Prison Fatal (2012) Legado Final (2012) Gran Cruzada (2012) Festival de las Máscaras (2012) CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles (2012) Guerra de Empresas (2012)
• Guerra del Golfo (2012)

Misc

• • • • • • • 2012 Vuelta a Mexico Men's Abierto Mexicano de Raquetas 2012 2012 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics 2012 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup 2012 Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship 2012 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship Mexico at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  • Mexico at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Mexico at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Notable deaths

See also: List of politicians killed in the Mexican Drug War and List of journalists and media workers killed in Mexico.

• January 7 – Raúl Régulo Quirino Garza, journalist (La Última Palabra) in Cadereyta, Nuevo León; killed.^[21]
• May 13 — René Orta Salgado, journalist and politician ; assassinated (b. ca. 1969)
• May 15 – Carlos Fuentes, Mexico-born author (La muerte de Artemio Cruz, Aura, Terra Nostra, Gringo Viejo), (born 1928)
• April 1 – Miguel de la Madrid, 52nd President of Mexico, 1982-1988 (born 1934)^[22]
• April 20
  • Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro, military leader (born 1942)
  • Héctor Javier Salinas Aguirre, journalist (920 Radio Noticias), in Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed.^{[23] [24]}
  • Javier Moya Muñoz, journalist (920 Radio Noticias), in Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed.^[23]
• April 28 – Regina Martínez Pérez, journalist (Proceso) in Xalapa, Veracruz; killed.^[25]
• May 3 – 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists:
  • Gabriel Huge Córdova, journalist (Notiver) in Boca del Río, Veracruz; killed.^[26]
  • Guillermo Luna Varela, journalist (Veracruznews).^[26]
  • Esteban Rodríguez, journalist (Diario AZ).^[27]
  • Ana Irasema Becerra Jiménez, journalist (El Dictamen).^[28]
• May 12 - Carlos Fuentes, writer (La muerte de Artemio Cruz, Aura, Terra Nostra, Gringo Viejo)
• May 13 – René Orta Salgado, journalist (El Sol de Cuernavaca) in Cuernavaca, Morelos; killed.^[29]
• May 18 – Marco Antonio Ávila García, journalist (Sonora Diario Sonora de la Tarde & El Regional de Ciudad Obregón) in Empalme, Sonora; killed.^[30]
• June 14 – Víctor Manuel Báez Chinojournalist (Milenio Xalapa) in Xalapa, Veracruz; killed.^{[31] [32]}
• June 30 – Armando Montaño, journalist (The Associated Press) in Mexico City; killed.^[33]
• August 5 – Chavela Vargas – Costa Rican singer who lived in Cuernavaca.
• August 12 – Edgar Morales Perez, mayor-elect of Matehuala, San Luis Potosi
• August 19 – Ernesto Araujo Cano, journalist (El Heraldo de Chihuahua) in Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed.^{[34] [35]}
• August 20 – 2012 Michoacán murder of photographers in Ecuandureo, Michoacán:
  • José Antonio Aguilar Mota, freelance photographer; killed.^[36]
  • Arturo Barajas López, photographer (Diario de Zamora); killed.^[36]
• September 25 – Alonso Lujambio, 50, Senator and former Secretary of Public Education; cancer
• October 7 – Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, gang leader (Los Zetas); killed by the navy
• October 15 – Ramón Abel López Aguilar, journalist (Tijuana Informativo) in Tijuana, Baja California; killed.^[37]
• November 14 – Adrián Silva Moreno, freelance journalist in Tehuacán, Puebla; killed.^[38]
• November 15 – María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar, 36, politician, former mayor of Tiquicheo, Michoacan; beaten to death (body found on this date).^[39]
• December 4 – Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez, soccer player (C.F. Pachuca)
• December 9 – Jenni Rivera, banda singer and coach of La Voz... México
• December 22 – David Araujo Arévalo, journalist (Novedades de Acapulco) in Acapulco, Guerrero; murdered.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mexico's Enrique Pena Nieto inaugurated as president . BBC News . September 5, 2020 . 1 December 2012.
2. Web site: Conoce el Gabinete de Enrique Peña Nieto . Sopitas.com . September 1, 2020 . es . 30 November 2012.
3. Web site: April 2011. August 31, 2020. Rulers.
4. Web site: Vera . Rodrigo . Graco Ramírez gana Morelos; lleva ventaja de 8.6 puntos . Proceso Portal de Noticias . August 28, 2020 . es-MX . 3 July 2012.
5. Web site: Pelea entre presos deja 31 muertos en México . BBC News Mundo . September 1, 2020 . es . 5 Jan 2012.
6. Web site: Estela de Luz . CAyE.mx . September 1, 2020 . es . 4 August 2017.
7. Web site: Dozens killed in Mexico prison fight . aljazeera.com . September 1, 2020 . en . 19 Feb 2012.
8. Web site: ¿Qué acontecimientos marcaron el 2012 en México? . wradio.com.mx . September 1, 2020 . es . Jan 1, 2013.
9. News: Mexican volcano hurls hot rock into sky. CBC News . 2012-04-20 . 2012-04-19.
10. Web site: Mexico bus crash kills 43 . The Guardian . September 1, 2020 . en . 21 April 2012.
11. Web site: Mexico authorities say bodies of 14 men dumped in Nuevo Laredo . LA Times Blogs - World Now . September 1, 2020 . en . 17 April 2012.
12. Web site: Ahora fue Tamaulipas, autoridades hallan 23 muertos . Excélsior . September 1, 2020 . es . 5 May 2012.
13. Web site: Mexico violence: Two journalists killed in Veracruz . BBC News . September 1, 2020 . en . 3 May 2012.
14. Web site: Mexico violence: Monterrey police find 49 bodies . BBC News . September 1, 2020 . en . 13 May 2012.
15. Web site: Guatemalteca gana Miss América Latina – Mi Jutiapa . mijutiapa.com . September 1, 2020 . es-ES.
16. Web site: Cumbre G20 México 2012, la crisis financiera como tema principal . Coyuntura Economica . September 1, 2020 . es . 19 June 2012.
17. Web site: Mayor-elect Edgar Morales shot dead in San Luis Potosi . August 12, 2012 . BBC News . January 14, 2013 . https://archive.today/20130114000351/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19237915 . live . December 10, 2012 .
18. Web site: Medalla de Honor Belisario Domínguez 2012 . Senado de la Republica . August 28, 2020.
19. News: DOF - Diario Oficial de la Federación . Sep 11, 2020 . dof.gob.mx . Sep 20, 2012 . es.
20. Web site: González Gortázar recibirá Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes 2012 . El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento . September 11, 2020 . es-ES . 27 Nov 2012.
21. News: Asesinan a reportero al norte de México. 21 May 2012. El Universal. 7 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130719220837/http://m.eluniversal.com/internacional/120107/asesinan-a-reportero-al-norte-de-mexico. 19 July 2013. live. es.
22. Web site: Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado. Busca Biografias. es. May 30, 2019.
23. News: Deaths in Mexico bar shootout. 21 May 2012. Al Jazeera. 22 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120615164530/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/20124220573716132.html. 15 June 2012 . live.
24. News: Javier Salinas fue jefe de prensa del PRI y vocero en Fomento Social. 19 July 2013. El Heraldo de Chihuahua. 22 April 2012. Organización Editorial Mexicana. https://web.archive.org/web/20130719221256/http://www.oem.com.mx/elmexicano/notas/n2514654.htm. 19 July 2013. live. es.
25. Web site: Regina Martínez Pérez. Committee to Protect Journalists. 15 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130428090354/http://cpj.org/killed/2012/regina-martinez-perez.php. live. 28 April 2013.
26. News: Two Mexican photojournalists found dead in Veracruz. 21 May 2012. Los Angeles Times. 3 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130601053950/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/05/veracruz-news-photographers-found-dead-media.html. 1 June 2013 . live.
27. Web site: Mexican photographers murdered in Veracruz. 21 May 2012. Committee to Protect Journalists. 4 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130613000145/http://www.cpj.org/2012/05/mexican-photographers-murdered-in-veracruz.php. 13 June 2013. live.
28. News: Suspect arrested in media worker's killing. 13 August 2012. Herald Sun. 13 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160309095129/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/suspect-arrested-in-media-workers-killing/story-e6frf7k6-1226449648870. 9 March 2016. live.
29. News: Jackson. Allison . Mexico violence: Police find body of journalist in car. 21 May 2012. Global Post. 14 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120618130033/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/mexico/120514/mexico-violence-police-find-body-journalist-car. 18 June 2012 . live.
30. News: Journalist kidnapped and killed in northern Mexico. 18 May 2012. Olga R. Rodriguez. 19 May 2012. Associated Press. https://web.archive.org/web/20120519055630/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5isCKg0shIX-_7C5CpSiq3sZsZeFQ?docId=c1bc8017e73b4791966a1b1d8f62e111. 19 May 2012 .
31. News: Asesinan a reportero de Milenio Xalapa. 14 June 2012. Milenio. 14 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130503195946/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/608664688e3a6100209d709e408d5639. 3 May 2013. dead. es. dmy-all.
32. News: Mexican crime reporter killed . 20 July 2013 . . 15 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120622154311/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/15/mexican-crime-reporter-killed?newsfeed=true . 22 June 2012 . live .
33. News: Associated Press intern Armando Montano found dead in Mexico City. 16 May 2013. NBC News. 2 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130516163445/http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/02/12528500-associated-press-intern-armando-montano-found-dead-in-mexico-city?lite. 16 May 2013. live.
34. News: García Amaro. Juan José. Asesinan a reportero gráfico en Chihuahua. 20 August 2012. Milenio. 19 August 2012. https://archive.today/20130128214652/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/88bb6fc5edd1ab4f8c0d5060c02bd5e7. 28 January 2013. live. es.
35. News: Matan en Chihuahua a reportero gráfico en intento de asalto . 20 July 2013 . . 19 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130720072251/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=317485 . 20 July 2013 . live . es .
36. News: Ejecutan a dos fotógrafos. 20 August 2012. Organización Editorial Mexicana. 20 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140301210035/http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldemorelia/notas/n2663017.htm. 1 March 2014. live. es.
37. News: Martínez . Mariana. Hallan muerto a periodista de Tijuana. 15 October 2012. Milenio. 15 October 2012. https://archive.today/20130129174135/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/2db216e0f2db9c9f366d931129173fd8. 29 January 2013. live. es. Tijuana, Baja California.
38. News: La Procuraduría de Puebla investiga el asesinato de un periodista. 15 November 2012. CNNMéxico. 14 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121115160606/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/11/14/la-procuraduria-de-puebla-investiga-el-asesinato-de-un-periodista. 15 November 2012. live. es.
39. Web site: Golpe en la cabeza, causa de la muerte de ex alcaldesa de Tiquicheo . Excélsior . September 1, 2020 . es . 17 November 2012.