2013 in Mexico explained

This is a list of events that happened in 2013 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.

Incumbents

Federal government

President

See also: Cabinet of Mexico.

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong^[1]
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): José Antonio Meade
  • • • Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SEGARPA): Enrique Martínez y Martínez Secretary of Agricultural, Territorial and Urban Development (SEDATU): Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín Communications Secretary (SCT): Gerardo Ruiz Esparza Education Secretary (SEP): Emilio Chuayffet Chemor
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Salvador Cienfuegos Cepeda
• Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Alfonso Navarrete Prida
• Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Rosario Robles
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Claudia Ruiz Massieu
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Juan José Guerra Abud
• Secretary of Health (SALUD): Mercedes Juan López
• Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP): Luis Videgaray Caso
• Secretary of Economy (SE): Idelfonso Guajardo
• Secretary of Energy (SENER): Pedro Joaquín Coldwell
  • Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE): Francisco Rojas Gutiérrez
  • Pemex

Emilio Lozoya

• Attorney General (FGR): Jesús Murillo Karam
• Chief of Staff: Aurelio Nuño Mayer
• Coordinación de Comunicación Social de Presidencia (Coordination of Social Communication of the Presidency): David López Gutiérrez
• Estado Mayor Presidencial (Presidential Security Staff): Rodolfo Miranda Moreno

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Carlos Lozano de la Torre ^[2]
• Baja California
  • José Guadalupe Osuna Millán, until October 31.
  • Francisco Vega de Lamadrid, starting November 1.
• Baja California Sur

Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor ^[3]

• • • • • • • • • • Campeche: Fernando Ortega Bernés Chiapas: Manuel Velasco Coello 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, until February 28
  • Aristóteles Sandoval, starting March 1
  • State of Mexico: Eruviel Ávila Villegas Michoacán
  • Fausto Vallejo, until March 7 and from October 21^[4]
  • Jesús Reyna García, Interim governor from March 7 to October 21
• Morelos: Graco Ramírez .^[5]
  • • • • • • • • • 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: Arturo Núñez Jiménez, starting January 1
          • Tamaulipas: Egidio Torre Cantú Tlaxcala: Mariano González Zarur Veracruz: Javier Duarte de Ochoa Yucatán: Rolando Zapata Bello Zacatecas: Miguel Alonso Reyes Head of Government of the Federal District

Events

• January
  • Clausura 2013 Copa MX (through April)
  • 1 – New Year's Day, civic holiday, Minimum wage increase of 3.9% (MXN $2.04)
  • 31 – Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion: Thirty-seven killed and 126 injured, followed by three days of mourning.^[6]
• February
  • 20 – 5.6 magnitude earthquake centered in Armería, Colima. No reported damages or injuries.^[7]
  • National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) publishes figures indicating 3.9% economic growth during 2012 but warns of a possible deceleration of the economy in 2013.^[8]
• March
  • 2013 Rally México
  • 8 – Bank of Mexico (Banixco) cuts prime interest rates to 4.50%.
  • 26 – Satmex 8 launched.^[9]
  • 28 – First same-sex marriage performed in Oaxaca^[10]
• April 21 – 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Michoacan causes blackouts in Mexico City but no reported injuries or other damages.^[11]
• May
  • 2 – United States President Barack Obama makes an official trip to Mexico.^[12]
  • 7 – the 2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion: Twenty-seven killed and at least 30 injured.
  • 8 – The value of the peso increases and Mexico's Fitch Ratings increase from BBB to BBB+.
  • 26 – Club America wins the 2012–13 Liga MX season.
• June – Chactún, a Mayan ruin, is discovered in Campeche^[13]
• July
  • 7 – Elections in seven states.
  • 23 – Chihuahua International Airport is closed because of flooding due to heavy rains.^[14]
  • Hurricane Erick strikes Southwestern Mexico, Western Mexico and Baja California Sur
  • 2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

Mexican men win 23 medals, women win 24.

• • 2013 World Taekwondo Championships in Puebla: Mexico wins five medals. The men's team is ranked third and the women's is ranked ninth.
• August
  • 25 – the 2013 Mexico train accident, at least five killed, at least 22 injured, mostly undocumented immigrants
  • 31 – Miss Latin America 2013 in the Riviera Maya won by Julia Guerra of Brasil. Mexico's Fanny Barroso finishes third.
  • 2013 Copa de México de Naciones in Aztec Stadium won by Argentina.
  • Hurricane Manuel strikes much of Mexico
• September
  • 2 – President Peña gives his first annual message.**Hurricane Ingrid strikes^[15]
  • Banixco cuts its prime rate to 3.75%.
• October
  • 5 – Chihuahua monster truck accident
  • 19 – Nuestra Belleza México 2013, won by Josselyn Garciglia from Baja California Sur.
  • Hurricane Raymond strikes the southwestern coast
• November
  • INEGI reports economic growth between 0.8% and 1.3% during the third trimester, avoiding recession.
  • Museo Jumex opens^[16]
• December
  • 19 – S&P Global Ratings increases Mexico credit rating to BBB+.
  • 20 – The Senate approves partial privatization of the oil industry.

Anticipated

The SEGH-CFE 1 solar power array was expected to go online in 2013.

Awards

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

• National Prize for Arts and Sciences^[17]
  • Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences – Federico Bermúdez Rattoni, Magdaleno Medina Noyola
  • Technology and Design – Martín Ramón Aluja Schuneman Hofer
  • Fine arts – Javier Álvarez (composer), Ángela Gurría, Paul Leduc (film director)
  • Linguistics and literature – Hugo Gutiérrez Vega, Luis Fernando Lara Ramos
  • History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy – Roger Bartra, Carlos Martínez Assad
  • Popular Arts and Traditions – Narciso Lico Carrillo
• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Manuel Gómez Morín (post mortem)^[18]
• Order of the Aztec Eagle – Takashi Yamanouchi, Japanese businessperson^[19]
• Ohtli Award
  • Alberto M. Carvalho
    • • Henry Cisneros Jesús "Chuy" García
  • Lincoln Díaz-Balart
  • José M. Hernández

Notable deaths

• January 8 – Raúl Araiza, 77, actor, director, and producer (b. 1935)
• January 31 – Rubén Bonifaz Nuño
• February 19 – Joaquín Cordero
• February 21 — Francisco José Madero González, accountant and politician (PRI); Governor of Coahuila in 1981
• March 3 – Jaime Guadalupe González Domínguez
• May 10 – Félix Agramont Cota, Mexican engineer and politician, 8th Governor of Baja California Sur (b. 1918)
• May 26 – Héctor Garza
• July 17 – Alberto López Bello
• September 18 – Rafael Corkidi
• October 15 – El Brazo (Juan Alvarado Nieves)
• October 18 – Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix
• November 15 – Karla Álvarez
• December 11 – Javier Jauregui

See also

• List of Mexican films of 2013

Notes and References

1. Web site: Conoce el Gabinete de Enrique Peña Nieto . Sopitas.com . September 1, 2020 . es . 30 November 2012.
2. Web site: El Universal - - Entregan constancia de mayoría a Lozano . archivo.eluniversal.com.mx . August 28, 2020 . es . July 11, 2013.
3. Web site: April 2011. August 31, 2020. Rulers.
4. Web site: Fausto Vallejo se ausenta de sus funciones, otra vez, por salud . Animal Político . September 5, 2020 . es . 10 April 2013.
5. Web site: Redacción Uno . Graco Ramírez, exgobernador de Morelos, enfrentaría juicio político . Uno TV . August 28, 2020 . es-MX . 20 August 2020.
6. Web site: Decreta Peña Nieto tres días de luto nacional . El Universal . September 5, 2020 . es . Feb 1, 2013.
7. Web site: Se registra sismo de 5.6 grados en el DF, reportan saldo blanco . Excélsior . September 5, 2020 . es . 20 February 2013.
8. Web site: Forbes Staff . Los momentos económicos que marcaron al 2013 ]. Forbes México . September 5, 2020 . es-MX . 30 December 2013.
9. Book: Al-Ekabi . Cenan . Baranes . Blandina . Hulsroj . Peter . Lahcen . Arne . Yearbook on Space Policy 2012/2013: Space in a Changing World . 6 February 2015 . Springer . 978-3-7091-1827-6 . 349 . en.
10. Web site: "Oaxaca celebra su primera boda gay tras fallo de SCJN", Terra, 28 March 2013 . 16 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161030202236/https://noticias.terra.com.mx/mexico/estados/oaxaca-celebra-su-primera-boda-gay-tras-fallo-de-scjn,cf5e81d1513bd310VgnVCM20000099cceb0aRCRD.html . 30 October 2016 . dead .
11. Web site: Reportan apagones en cuatro colonias del DF por sismo . El Universal . September 5, 2020 . es . April 21, 2013.
12. Web site: Shear . Michael D. . Archibold . Randal C. . Obama Arrives in Mexican Capital to Meet With New Leader . The New York Times . 21 March 2021 . 2 May 2013.
13. Web site: Ruins of Maya City Discovered in Remote Jungle. Live Science. 20 June 2013.
14. Web site: El aeropuerto de Chihuahua está cerrado por inundación . Animal Político . September 5, 2020 . es . 20 July 2013.
15. Web site: Ya esperamos la reforma fiscal de Peña Nieto: Gutiérrez Candiani . Vanguardia . September 5, 2020 . es . Sep 2, 2013.
16. Web site: Waite . Richard . First look at Chipperfield's long-awaited Museu Jumex in Mexico City . The Architects’ Journal . 21 March 2021 . en . 13 November 2013.
17. Web site: El Universal - Ciencia - Nombran ganadores del Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes 2013 . archivo.eluniversal.com.mx . El Universal . September 5, 2020 . es . Nov 22, 2013.
18. Web site: Senado entrega la medalla Belisario Domínguez a Gómez Morín . Excélsior . August 28, 2020 . es . 6 November 2013.
19. Web site: Operations . Mazda North American . El presidente y CEO de Mazda Takashi Yamanouchi recibe el premio Orden del Águila Azteca . www.prnewswire.com . September 5, 2020 . en . Apr 10, 2013.