2014 in Mexico explained

This is a list of events that happened in 2014 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.

Incumbents

Federal government

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): José Antonio Meade
• Communications Secretary (SCT): Gerardo Ruiz Esparza
• Education Secretary (SEP): Emilio Chuayffet
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda
• Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): Alfonso Navarrete Prida
• Secretary of Welfare (BIENESTAR): 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

See also: Cabinet of Mexico.

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Carlos Lozano de la Torre, ^[1]
  • Baja California: Francisco Vega de Lamadrid Baja California Sur: Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor ^[2]
• 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, until October 23
  • Rogelio Ortega Martínez, Interim governor starting October 27
    • • Hidalgo: Francisco Olvera Ruiz Jalisco: Aristóteles Sandoval State of Mexico: Eruviel Ávila Villegas Michoacán
  • Fausto Vallejo, until June 19^[3]
  • Salvador Jara Guerrero, Substitute starting June 20^[4]
• Morelos: Graco Ramírez .^[5]
  • • Nayarit: Roberto Sandoval Castañeda Nuevo León: Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz Oaxaca: Gabino Cué Monteagudo ^[6]
• Puebla: Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas ^[7]
• Querétaro: José Calzada ^[8]
  • • • • • Quintana Roo: Roberto Borge Angulo San Luis Potosí: Fernando Toranzo Fernández Sinaloa: Mario López Valdez Sonora: Guillermo Padrés Elías Tabasco: Eruviel Ávila Villegas Tamaulipas: Egidio Torre Cantú ^[9]
        • 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

February

• February 22 – Alpine skier Hubertus von Hohenlohe-Langenburg sets the record for the longest span of competing at the Winter Olympic Games, at 30 years.^[10]

March

• March 2–9 – The 2014 Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament take place in Mexico City.

April

• April 13 – 36 people are killed after the bus in which they were travelling crashed in Acayucan, Veracruz.
• April 18 – A 7.5-magnitude earthquake hits near Petatlán, Guerrero.^{[11] [12]}

May

• May 12 – Galindo Mellado Cruz, one of the founding members of the Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas, and four other armed men are killed in a shootout with Mexican security forces after they raided Cruz's hideout in the city of Reynosa.

August

• 27 August–September: CENAPRED reported explosions of Popocateptl, accompanied by steam-and-gas emissions with minor ash and ash plumes that rose 800-3,000 m above the volcano's crater, which drifted west, southwest, and west-southwest. On most nights incandescence was observed, increasing during times with larger emissions.
• 29 and 31 August 2014: The Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) reported discrete ash emissions from Popocateptl.

September

• September 2 – Plans for a new Mexico City international airport are announced at the President's State of the Union Address.
• September 14 – Hurricane Odile reaches Category 4 strength as it nears Mexico's Baja California coast.
• September 19 – The biographical film Cantinflas, about the Mexican actor of the same name, is released in Mexico.
• September 26 – 6 students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers College of Ayotzinapa are killed and 43 more disappear after a protest and a confrontation with Iguala, Guerrero police officers.^[13]

October

• October 4 – A mass grave is found outside Iguala, Guerrero, southern Mexico, during the search of the students from Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers College of Ayotzinapa.^[14]
• October 25 – Nuestra Belleza México 2014 takes place.

November

• November 4 – Mexican Federal Police arrest a mayor and his wife, the alleged masterminds of the kidnapping of 43 students in Iguala, Guerrero.
• November 7 – Parents of Mexico's missing students say authorities found 6 bags containing unidentified corpses; investigations are underway to determine if they are of the missing students. Three people confess their involvement in the massacre.
• November 11 – A mob angry at the kidnapping and murder of 43 students torches the regional headquarters of Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, and briefly holds a police commander hostage.
• November 12 – Protesters attack the State Congress building in Guerrero setting alight five vehicles.
• November 17 – Former Beltrán Leyva Cartel leader Alfredo Beltrán Leyva is extradited to the United States from Mexico, facing drug trafficking and money laundering offences.
• November 20 – Thousands of protestors gather in Mexico City for a national rally in memory of the 43 missing students. Demonstrators have also called for a nationwide strike.
• November 26 – Mexico's Party of the Democratic Revolution founder Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas resigns amid internal political crisis resulting from the disappearance of the 43 students in September.

December

• December 2 – The number of Chikungunya cases in Chiapas increases from 14 to 39 in one week. Between 17,000 and 18,000 cases have been reported by the Pan American Health Organization.^[15]

Awards

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

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Eraclio Zepeda^[16]
• Order of the Aztec Eagle
  • José Mujica, President of Uruguay^[17]
• National Public Administration Prize
• Ohtli Award
  • Bismarck Lepe
  • Hispanic Heritage Foundation
  • Denise Moreno Ducheny
    • • Alma Flor Ada Fernando Valenzuela
  • Jonathan Rothschild
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences^[18]
  • Linguistics and literature – María de los Dolores Castro Varela and Eraclio Zepeda Ramos
  • Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences – Carlos Federico Arias Ortiz and Mauricio Hernández Ávila
  • History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy – Néstor García Canclini and Enrique Semo Calev
  • Technology and Design – José Mauricio López Romero
  • Popular Arts and Traditions – Carlomagno Pedro Martínez and Alberto Vargas Castellano
  • Fine arts – Arnaldo José Coen Ávila

Deaths

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

• January 23 – Miguel Ángel Guzmán Garduño, journalist (Vértice) in Chilpancingo, Guerrero; killed.^[19]
• January 26 – José Emilio Pacheco, notable writer.
• February 5 – Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz, journalist (Notisur & Liberal del Sur) in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz; killed.^[20]
• February 16 – Omar Reyes Fabiánjournalist (Oaxaca Tiempo) in Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca; killed.^[21]
• February 28 – Benjamín Galván Gómez, journalist (Última Hora & Primera Hora) in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas; killed.^{[22] [23]}
• June 2 – Jorge Torres Palacios, journalist (El Dictamen de Guerrero) in Acapulco, Guerrero; killed.^[24]
• July 14 – Antonio Riva Palacio, politician, Governor of Morelos (1988-1994), Ambassador to Ecuador (b. 1926)
• July 30 – Nolberto Herrera Rodríguez, journalist (Canal 9) in Guadalupe, Zacatecas; killed.^[25]
• August 12 – Murder of Octavio Rojas Hernández: Journalist (El Buen Tono) in Cosolapa Oaxaca; killed.^[26]
• August 21 – Marlén Valdez García, journalist (La Última Palabra) in Juárez, Nuevo León; killed.^{[27] [28]}
• August 27 – Adrián Gaona Belmonte, journalist (La Comadrita 97.3 FM Radio) in Reynosa, Tamaulipas; killed.^{[28] [29]}
• September 3 – Víctor Pérez Pérez, journalist (Sucesos) in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; killed.^[30]
• October 12 – Octavio Atilano Román Tirado, journalist (ABC Radio) in Mazatlán, Sinaloa; killed.^[31]
• September 23 (approx.) – Gabriel Gómez Michel, politician, Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress from Zacatecas.^[32]
• October 16 – María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio, journalist (Valor por Tamaulipas) in Reynosa, Tamaulipas; killed.^{[33] [34]}
• October 22 – Jesús Antonio Gamboa Urías, journalist (Nueva Prensa) in Los Mochis, Sinaloa; killed.^[35]
• November 28 – Chespirito "Roberto Gómez Bolaños", actor and writer.
• December 15 — Fausto Zapata, lawyer, politician, diplomat, Governor of San Luis Potosí in 1991

See also

• List of Mexican films of 2014

References

Citations

Notes and References

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4. Web site: Castellanos J . Francisco . Salvador Jara, nuevo gobernador de Michoacán; ofrece trabajar "de la mano de Peña" . Proceso Portal de Noticias . September 5, 2020 . es-MX . 21 June 2014.
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: PRI loses Oaxaca, takes PAN states - Mexico - The News . The News . September 11, 2020 . en . 15 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100815050649/http://thenews.com.mx/articulo/pri-loses-oaxacatakes-pan-states-1075 . 2010-08-15 .
7. Web site: Recibe Moreno Valle constancia de mayoría como gobernador electo Milenio.com . Milenio . September 11, 2020 . es . 15 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100715075758/http://www.milenio.com/node/484864 . 2010-07-15 .
8. Web site: Los últimos nueve Gobernadores del Estado de Querétaro. timeline. . Timetoast . September 11, 2020 . es.
9. News: Asume Egidio Torre Cantú el cargo de Gobernador Constitucional - Gobi… . https://archive.today/20141114225041/http://tamaulipas.gob.mx/2011/01/asume-egidio-torre-cantu-el-cargo-de-gobernador-constitucional/ . dead . Sep 11, 2020 . archive.is . Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas . 14 November 2014 . 14 November 2014 . es.
10. Web site: Zaccardi. Nick. Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe of Mexico will be second oldest Winter Olympian ever. NBC Olympic Talk . 2 January 2014. 2 January 2014.
11. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pt14108001#summary (USGS)
12. Web site: Wide area of Mexico hit by earthquake; preliminary magnitude put at 7.2. Los Angeles Times. 18 April 2014.
13. News: Gorton. Thomas. Mayor accused as 43 student protesters go missing in Mexico. 24 October 2014. Dazed. 6 October 2014.
14. News: Mass graves with charred victims found in southern Mexico. Reuters. 5 October 2014.
15. Web site: Se triplican los casos de Chikungunya en Chiapas . Excélsior . September 4, 2020 . es . 2 December 2014.
16. Web site: Senado entrega Medalla Belisario Domínguez 2014 a Eraclio Zepeda . Animal Político . August 28, 2020 . es . 15 December 2014.
17. Web site: Mujica fue condecorado por el presidente mexicano - Diario La República . La Republica . August 31, 2020 . es-ES . 28 January 2014.
18. Web site: Estos son los 10 ganadores del Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes 2014 . Animal Político . September 11, 2020 . es . 15 October 2014.
19. News: Asesinan a periodista en Guerrero. 25 January 2014. 23 January 2014. Reforma. https://web.archive.org/web/20140125200354/http://diario.mx/Nacional/2014-01-23_2fb03001/asesinan-a-periodista-en-guerrero/. 25 January 2014. live. es.
20. News: Encuentran cuerpo de periodista secuestrado. 12 February 2014. Milenio. 11 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140225030610/http://www.milenio.com/policia/Encuentran-cadaver-periodista-secuestrado-Gregorio-plagiado_0_243576016.html. 25 February 2014. live. es.
21. News: De León. Flor. Omar Reyes Fabián. 18 December 2014. Nuestra Aparente Rendición. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218074031/http://nuestraaparenterendicion.com/tuyyocoincidimosenlanocheterrible/index.php/component/k2/item/140-omar-reyes-fabian#.VJKD8MAAA. 18 December 2014. es.
22. News: ¿Quién era Benjamín Galván Gómez?. 6 April 2014. Milenio. 2 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407074635/http://www.milenio.com/region/Benjamin_Galvan_Gomez-ex_alcalde_Nuevo_Laredo-Benjamin_Galvan_NL_0_273572862.html. 7 April 2014. live. es.
23. News: Palacios. Raúl. En Nuevo León blindan la frontera con Tamaulipas. 6 April 2014. Milenio. 3 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075210/http://www.milenio.com/policia/Nuevo-Leon-blindan-frontera-Tamaulipas_0_274172604.html. 7 April 2014. live. es.
24. News: Flores Contreras . Ezequiel . Exigen a la PGR atraer caso de periodista asesinado en Guerrero . 4 June 2014 . . 3 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140604130946/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=373781 . 4 June 2014 . live . es .
25. News: Asesinan a periodista en su casa en Zacatecas. 31 July 2014. EFE. El Universal (Mexico City). 30 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140731073744/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/2014/asesinan-a-periodista-en-su-casa-de-zacatecas-1026951.html. 31 July 2014. es.
26. News: Matías . Pedro. Ejecutan en Oaxaca a funcionario y corresponsal del diario 'El Buen Tono'. 14 August 2014. Proceso. 14 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140814041404/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=379392. 14 August 2014. es.
27. News: Asesinan a puñaladas a reportera en Nuevo León. 21 August 2014. Zócalo Saltillo. 21 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140821160601/http://www.zocalo.com.mx/seccion/articulo/asesinan-a-punaladas-a-reportera-en-nuevo-leon-1408635455. 21 August 2014. es.
28. News: Espinosa . Verónica . Repudian en Guanajuato y Colima agresión contra reportera . 22 September 2014 . . 9 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140922144804/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=381716 . 22 September 2014 . es . dead .
29. News: Asesinan a locutor en Reynosa; Cártel del Golfo se deslinda . 28 August 2014 . . 27 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140828043909/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=380648 . 28 August 2014 . es . dead .
30. News: Fierro. Luis . Asesinan a periodista en su casa en Chihuahua. 22 September 2014. El Universal (Mexico City). 3 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140922144348/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/2014/periodista-chihuahua-asesinato-1035374.html. 22 September 2014. live. es.
31. News: Asesinan a Atilano Román en Mazatlán. 14 October 2014. El Sol de Mazatlán. Organización Editorial Mexicana. 12 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141014004612/http://www.oem.com.mx/laprensa/notas/n3568057.htm. 14 October 2014. es.
32. News: Kidnapped congressman's body found in western Mexico Fox News Latino . Sep 11, 2020 . EFE . 23 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140923230300/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/09/23/kidnapped-congressman-body-found-in-western-mexico/ . September 23, 2014 . en.
33. News: Alexander . Harriet. Mexican citizen journalist has her own murder posted on her Twitter account . The Daily Telegraph. 23 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150712204616/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/mexico/11183720/Mexican-citizen-journalist-has-her-own-murder-posted-on-her-Twitter-account.html. 12 July 2015 .
34. News: Asesinan a 'tuitera'; reportaba balaceras en Reynosa. Red Política. El Universal (Mexico City). 16 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017170643/http://www.redpolitica.mx/estados/asesinan-tuitera-reportaba-balaceras-en-reynosa. 17 October 2014 . es.
35. News: Localizan sin vida a periodista de Los Mochis . 1 December 2014 . Noroeste . 22 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141204153725/http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=983529 . 4 December 2014 . es . dead .