2015 in Mexico explained

This is a list of events that happened in 2015 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President

Enrique Peña Nieto PRI

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE)
  • José Antonio Meade, until August 25
  • Claudia Ruiz Massieu, starting August 27
• Communications Secretary (SCT): Gerardo Ruiz Esparza
• Education Secretary (SEP)
  • Emilio Chuayffet, until August 27
  • Aurelio Nuño Mayer, starting August 27
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda
• Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS):
• Secretary of Welfare (BIENESTAR)
  • Rosario Robles, until August 27
  • José Antonio Meade, starting August 27
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR):
  • Claudia Ruiz Massieu, until August 27
  • Enrique de la Madrid Cordero, starting August 27
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT)
  • Juan José Guerra Abud, until August 27
  • Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, starting August 27
• 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 PRI^[1]
• Baja California: Francisco Vega de Lamadrid PAN
• Baja California Sur
  • Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor PAN, until September 10^[2]
  • Carlos Mendoza Davis PAN, starting September 10
• Campeche
  • Fernando Ortega Bernés PRI, until September 15
  • Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas PRI, starting September 16
• Chiapas: Manuel Velasco Coello PVEM
• Chihuahua: César Horacio Duarte Jáquez PRI
• Coahuila: Rubén Moreira Valdez, PRI
• Colima: Mario Anguiano Moreno, PRI
• Durango: Jorge Herrera Caldera PAN
• Guanajuato: Miguel Márquez Márquez, PAN
• Guerrero
  • Rogelio Ortega Martínez, Interim governor, until October 27^[3]
  • Héctor Astudillo Flores PRI, since October 27
• Hidalgo: Francisco Olvera Ruiz PRI
• Jalisco: Aristóteles Sandoval PRI
  • State of Mexico: Eruviel Ávila Villegas PRI Michoacán
  • Salvador Jara Guerrero PRI, Substitute governor until September 30^[4]
  • Silvano Aureoles Conejo PRD, starting October 1
• Morelos: Graco Ramírez PRD.^[5]
• Nayarit: Roberto Sandoval Castañeda PRI
• Nuevo León
  • Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz PRI, until October 4
  • Jaime Rodríguez Calderón ("El Bronco"), Independent, starting October 4^[6]
• Oaxaca: Gabino Cué Monteagudo MC
• Puebla: Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, PAN
• Querétaro: José Calzada, PRI
• Quintana Roo: Roberto Borge Angulo, PRI
• San Luis Potosí
  • Fernando Toranzo Fernández PRI, until September 25
  • Juan Manuel Carreras PRI, since September 26
  • Sinaloa: Mario López Valdez, PAN Sonora
  • Guillermo Padrés Elías PAN, until September 12
  • Claudia Pavlovich Arellano PRI, starting September 13
• Tabasco: Arturo Núñez Jiménez PRD
  • Tamaulipas: Egidio Torre Cantú, PRI Tlaxcala: Mariano González Zarur PRI
• Veracruz: Javier Duarte de Ochoa PRI
• Yucatán: Rolando Zapata Bello PRI
• Zacatecas: Miguel Alonso Reyes PRI
• Head of Government of the Federal District

Miguel Ángel Mancera, Independent

Events

January

• January 7: CENAPRED reported that ash from recent explosions coats the snow on the Popocateptl volcano's upper slopes.
• January 29: An explosion occurred in a maternal hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, leaving 7 dead and 60 injured.

February

• February 13: A bus crashes with a freight train in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, killing at least sixteen people and injuring 30.^[7]
• February 28: Mexican security forces arrest drug lord Servando Gómez Martínez in Morelia, Michoacán.^[8]

March

• March 3: During the international tour, in search of foreign investment, President Enrique Peña Nieto, makes various economic, financial and cultural agreements with the Queen Elizabeth II.

April

• April 4: Lunar Eclipse
• April 8: Mexico issues a 100-year bond for 1.5 billion euros, equivalent to 620 million dollars.

May

• May 22: Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada Covarrubias dies general director of ISSSTE
• May 27: The SCT opens audits on contracts awarded to OHL
• May 27: Nestora Salgado will be transferred to another prison, that of Tepepan.
• May 28: Murder of coordinator of Panista candidate in the delegation Azcapotzalco.
• May 28: The INE agrees to pay $10,000 to Rigoberta Menchú.
• May 31: Santos champion by defeating the team of Querétaro (5–3).

June

• June 5: Legislative elections take place to elect the 63rd Congress of the Union.^[9]

July

• July 11: Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the notorious Mexican drug lord and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, escaped from the maximum-security Altiplano Federal Prison in Almoloya de Juárez. This was his second escape from a Mexican prison, his first being in 2001.^[10]

November

• November 26 – 2015–2016 Zika virus epidemic: The first three cases of Zika fever are reported in Mexico.^[11]

Awards

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

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Alberto Baillères^[12]
• Order of the Aztec Eagle
  • King Felipe VI of Spain^[13]
  • Charles, Prince of Wales^[14]
  • Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil^[15]
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences
• National Public Administration Prize
• Ohtli Award
  • Hector Ruiz
  • John D. Trasviña
  • Valentina Alazraki
  • Suzy Castor
  • Maria Elena Durazo
  • Raúl Grijalva
  • Ana Recio Harvey
  • José Huizar
  • Ray Keck
  • Eva Longoria
    • • Spencer MacCallum Antonio Olmos

Deaths

• January 1: Ninón Sevilla, 93, Cuban-born Mexican actress (Aventurera), heart attack.^[16]
• January 3: Jaime Romero Móran, 22, gymnast, shot.^[17]
• January 7

Julio Scherer García, 88, journalist (Excélsior and Proceso).^[18]

• January 25: Demetrio González, 87, Spanish-born Mexican actor (Dos Corazones y un Cielo) and singer, complications from a stroke.^[19]
• January 27: Rafael Corrales Ayala, 89, politician, MP for Guanajuato (1949–1952, 1979–1982), Governor of Guanajuato (1985–1991).^[20]
• February 7: Gustavo Couttolenc, 93, Mexican translator and academic.^[21]
• February 8

Mario Vázquez Raña, businessman (b. 1932)

• February 16

Lorena Rojas, 44, actress.^[22]

• February 19: Rafael Orozco, 92, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara).^[23]
• February 25: Ariel Camacho, 22, singer, traffic collision.^[24]
• March 12: Magda Guzmán, 83, actress, heart attack.^[25]
• March 19

Carlos Mijares Bracho, 84, architect

• March 21: Perro Aguayo Jr., 35, professional wrestler (AAA), stroke from vertebral artery dissection.^[26]
• March 22: Julieta Marín Torres, 71, politician, MP for Puebla (2009–2012), lung cancer.^[27]
• April 3: Rocío García Gaytán, 55, politician, MP (1997–2000), cancer.^[28]
• April 10: Raúl Héctor Castro, 98, Mexican-born American politician and diplomat, Governor of Arizona (1975–1977), Ambassador to El Salvador (1964–1968), Bolivia (1968–1969) and Argentina (1977–1980).^[29]
• April 13: Joselyn Alejandra Niño, 20, suspected assassin, shot.^[30]
• April 23
  • Sixto Valencia Burgos, 81, comic artist (Memín Pinguín, MAD).^[31]
  • Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez, 72, academic and politician, Mayor of Xalapa (1988–1991), MP for Veracruz (1994–1997).^[32]
• April 24: Max Rojas, 74, poet.^[33]
• May 1: María Elena Velasco, 74, actress, comedian and film producer (La India María), stomach cancer.^[34]
• May 21: Juan Molinar Horcasitas, 59, Mexican politician, ALS.^[35]
• June 10: Héctor Pérez Plazola, 81, politician (PAN).^[36]
• June 12: Andrés Mora, 60, baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians), pneumonia.^[37]
• June 21: Juan José Estrada, 51, boxer, WBA bantamweight champion (1988–1989), stabbed.^[38]
• June 26: Gustavo Sainz, 74, writer.^[39]
• July 2: Jacobo Zabludovsky, 87, Recognized communicator who directed for more than 20 years the main news on national network; stroke. (b. 1928)
• July 13: Joan Sebastian, 64, Popular singer and composer from Guerrero; bone cancer. (b. 1951)
• July 21: Gelsen Gas, 82, artist and filmmaker.^[40]
• July 31: Rubén Espinosa, 31, photographer and journalist. murdered.^[41]
• August 15: Manuel Mendívil, 79, equestrian, Olympic medalist (1980).^[42]
• August 16: Jacob Bekenstein, 68, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist.^[43]
• August 23
  • Ricardo García Sainz, 85, administrator and politician, Federal deputy (1997–2000).^[44]
  • Eugenio Méndez Docurro, 92, politician and engineer, Secretary of Communications and Transportation (1970–1976).^[45]
• September 7: Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes, drug cartel leader (Los Zetas), heart attack.^[46]
• September 17: Eraclio Zepeda, 78, author and politician.^[47]
• September 19: Enrique Ballesté, 68, theater director.^[48]
• September 25: Hugo Gutiérrez Vega, 81, poet, diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Greece (1987–1994).^[49]
• October 9: Blanca Magrassi Scagno, 92, women's rights activist.^[50]
• October 11: Dominga Velasco, 114, Mexican-born American supercentenarian, oldest-ever verified Mexican-born person.^[51]
• October 14: José Luis García, 91, baseball player and manager (Tigres de Quintana Roo).^[52]
• October 22: Tomás Torres Mercado, 54, politician, member of the Senate (20062012), plane crash.
• November 6: José Ángel Espinoza, 96, singer, composer and actor.^[53]
• November 12: José Refugio Esparza Reyes, 94, politician, Governor of Aguascalientes (1974–1980).^[54]
• November 21: Germán Robles, 86, Spanish-Mexican actor.^[55]
• December 1

Xavier Olea Muñoz, 92, diplomat, lawyer and politician; Governor of Guerrero (1975)^[56]

• December 4: Ricardo Guízar Díaz, 82, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (1996–2009).^[57]
• December 16: Lizmark, 64, professional wrestler, respiratory failure.^[58]
• December 24: Romeo Anaya, 69, boxer, WBA Bantamweight Champion (1973).^[59]

See also

• List of Mexican films of 2015

Notes and References

1. Web site: El Universal - - Entregan constancia de mayoría a Lozano . archivo.eluniversal.com.mx . August 28, 2020 . es . July 11, 2013.
2. Web site: April 2011. August 31, 2020. Rulers.
3. Web site: VILLAGÓMEZ . ENRIQUE . PERFIL: Salvador Rogelio Ortega Martínez . www.elfinanciero.com.mx . El Financiero . August 31, 2020 . es . 26 October 2014.
4. Web site: Salvador Jara nuevo gobernador de Michoacán . www.milenio.com . September 3, 2020 . es-MX . June 20, 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: Althaus . Dudley . Independent Wins Mexican Governorship . Wall Street Journal . August 31, 2020 . pay site . en . 8 June 2015.
7. Web site: Mexico train, bus crash kills at least 16. .
8. Web site: Mexican police capture top cartel capo 'La Tuta' Gomez.
9. Web site: Calendario electoral 2015. INE. 31 December 2014.
10. Web site: 2015-07-15 . 'El Chapo' escape: 'Sometimes I think they are searching to not find him' . 2024-07-28 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
11. Web site: WHO Zika virus infection – Mexico . https://web.archive.org/web/20151209043506/http://www.who.int/csr/don/03-december-2015-zika-mexico/en/ . dead . December 9, 2015 . WHO . September 4, 2020 . en . 3 Dec 2015.
12. Web site: La Medalla de Honor Belisario Domínguez 2015: un premio a la desigualad . La Jornada de San Luis . August 28, 2020 . es . 12 November 2015.
13. Web site: DOF - Diario Oficial de la Federación . dof.gob.mx . Secretariat de Relaciones Exteriores . August 30, 2020 . es . 26 June 2015.
14. Web site: HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES WAS AWARDED WITH THE MEXICAN ORDER OF THE AZTEC EAGLE . embamex.sre.gob.mx . Secretariat de Relaciones Exteriores . es . 4 Mar 2015.
15. Web site: Otorga Peña Orden del Águila Azteca a Rousseff; recibe la Cruz del Sur . Quadratín CDMX . August 31, 2020 . es . 26 May 2015.
16. Web site: Ninón Sevilla dies of a heart attack . 2019-10-28 . 2015-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150102020753/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/in-english/2015/mexico-cuba-ninon-sevilla-death-99543.html . dead .
17. http://www.latinpost.com/articles/30201/20150105/mexican-gymnast-olympic-hopeful-jaime-humberto-romero-mor%C3%A1n-murdered-at-22.htm Jaime Humberto Romero Morán Death: Mexican Gymnast, Olympic Hopeful Murdered at 22
18. News: Influential Mexican Journalist Julio Scherer Garcia, Dead At 88. 11 January 2015. NBC News. 7 January 2015.
19. http://www.aztecanoticias.com.mx/notas/entretenimiento/211518/muere-demetrio-gonzalez-el-charro-espanol Muere Demetrio González "El Charro Español"
20. http://www.am.com.mx/leon/local/fallece-rafael-corrales-ayala-176423.html Fallece Rafael Corrales Ayala
21. https://www.aciprensa.com/noticias/fallece-anciano-sacerdote-que-sirvio-en-el-seminario-conciliar-de-mexico-durante-60-anos-63613/ Fallece sacerdote que sirvió 60 años en el Seminario Conciliar de México
22. Web site: Lorena Rojas dies: Actress loses battle to cancer at 44.
23. http://www.informador.com.mx/deportes/2015/577331/6/chivas-esta-de-luto-fallece-rafael-rafles-orozco.htm Chivas está de luto, fallece Rafael 'Rafles' Orozco
24. http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2015/02/ariel-camacho-dies-in-car-crash-mexican-singer-was-22/ Ariel Camacho Dies in Car Crash; Mexican Singer Was 22
25. http://www.latintimes.com/magda-guzman-dies-mexican-actress-dead-83-following-heart-attack-301979 Magda Guzmán Dies: Mexican Actress Dead At 83 Following Heart Attack
26. http://www.cagesideseats.com/indies-independent-wrestling-indy-promotions/2015/3/21/8270923/perro-aguayo-jr-s-cause-of-death-confirmed-as-cardiac-arrest-cervical-spinal-trauma Perro Aguayo Jr.'s cause of death confirmed as cardiac arrest caused by cervical spine trauma
27. http://e-consulta.com/nota/2015-03-22/sociedad/fallece-julieta-hermana-del-exgobernador-mario-marin Fallece Julieta, hermana del exgobernador Mario Marín
28. http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2015/584935/6/fallece-rocio-garcia-gaytan-ex-titular-de-inmujeres.htm Fallece Rocío García Gaytán, ex titular de Inmujeres
29. http://ktar.com/22/1824210/Former-Arizona-Gov-Raul-Castro-dies-at-98 Former Arizona Gov. Raul Castro dies at 98
30. https://www.proceso.com.mx/401859/hallan-descuartizada-en-una-hielera-a-la-flaca-sicaria-del-cartel-del-golfo Hallan descuartizada en una hielera a 'La Flaca', sicaria del Cártel del Golfo
31. http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/after-office/muere-sixto-valencia-creador-de-memin-pinguin.html Fallece Sixto Valencia, el creador artístico de 'Memín Pinguín'
32. http://www.xeu.com.mx/nota.cfm?id=711631 Fallece Guillermo Zúñiga, rector de la UPAV y ex alcalde de Xalapa
33. http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/after-office/fallece-el-poeta-mexicano-max-rojas.html Fallece el poeta mexicano Max Rojas
34. Web site: Mexican Slapstick Comedy Icon 'La India Maria' Dies at 74. The Hollywood Reporter.
35. http://www.reforma.com/aplicacioneslibre/preacceso/articulo/default.aspx?id=545336&v=25&urlredirect=http://www.reforma.com/aplicaciones/articulo/default.aspx?id=545336&v=25 Muere Juan Molinar Horcasitas
36. http://www.milenio.com/politica/Fallece-panista-Hector-Perez-Plazola_0_533946756.html Fallece el panista Héctor Pérez Plazola
37. http://estoenlinea.oem.com.mx/76610-lmb-de-luto-por-muerte-de-andres-mora/ LMB de luto por muerte de Andrés Mora
38. https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story/_/id/2404132/asesinan-al-dinamita-estrada Asesinan al "Dinamita" Estrada
39. http://aristeguinoticias.com/0207/lomasdestacado/murio-gustavo-sainz-pieza-esencial-de-la-literatura-de-la-onda/ Murió Gustavo Sainz, pieza esencial de la “Literatura de la onda”
40. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2015/07/21/opinion/a08a1cul Gelsen Gas in memoriam
41. Web site: Mexican photojournalist Rubén Espinosa found dead in capital . 2015-08-02 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230727150230/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/02/mexican-photojournalist-ruben-espinosa-found-dead-in-capital . 2023-07-27 . live .
42. http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/falleceeljinetemexicanomanuelmendivilganadordebronceenjo-2364564.html Fallece el jinete mexicano Manuel Mendívil, ganador de bronce en JO
43. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/in-memorium-jacob-bekenstein-1947-2015-and-black-hole-entropy/ In Memoriam Jacob Bekenstein (1947–2015) and Black Hole Entropy
44. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2015/08/23/muere-ricardo-garcia-sainz-a-los-85-anos-de-edad-6631.html Muere Ricardo García Sainz
45. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2015/08/23/fallece-el-ingeniero-y-politico-eugenio-mendez-docurro-7442.html Fallece el ingeniero y político Eugenio Méndez Docurro
46. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/zetas-drug-cartel-leader-dies-mexican-prison-33610987 Zetas Drug Cartel Leader Dies in Mexican Prison
47. http://www.eldailypost.com/news/2015/09/eraclio-zepedas-passing-tourists-return-mexicos-oscar-choice/ Eraclio Zepeda’s passing, tourists’ return, Mexico’s Oscar choice
48. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2015/09/22/cultura/a07n1cul Rinden homenaje a Enrique Ballesté, "maestro del teatro en libertad"
49. http://www.excelsior.com.mx/expresiones/2015/09/26/1047861 Conaculta lamenta muerte del poeta Hugo Gutiérrez Vega
50. http://www.sdpnoticias.com/nacional/2015/10/09/muere-blanca-magrassi-promotora-de-la-participacion-politica-de-las-mujeres Muere Blanca Magrassi, promotora de la participación política de las mujeres
51. http://www.deadfamous.info/dominga-velasco-american-supercentenarian-died-at-114 Dominga Velasco, American supercentenarian, Died at 114
52. https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193025/http://yucatan.com.mx/deportes/beisbol-nacional/muere-jose-luis-chito-garcia Muere José Luis "Chito" García
53. http://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/2015/11/07/1055638 Muere el compositor y actor José Ángel Espinoza 'Ferrusquilla'
54. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/estados/2015/11/13/muere-ex-gobernador-de-aguascalientes Muere ex gobernador de Aguascalientes
55. http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2015/627866/6/muere-el-actor-german-robles.htm Muere el actor Germán Robles
56. News: Murió en Taxco el ex gobernador Xavier Olea Muñoz, a los 92 años . https://web.archive.org/web/20220115224850/http://www.diariodeguerrero.com.mx/secciones/noticias-del-dia/7733-murio-en-taxco-el-ex-gobernador-xavier-olea-munoz-a-los-92-anos . dead . January 15, 2022 . . 2015-12-02 . 2015-12-28 .
57. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bguizar.html Archbishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz
58. http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2015/12/17/fallecio-lizmark-el-geniecillo-azul Falleció Lizmark, el 'Geniecillo Azul'
59. Web site: Romeo Anaya dies. supersport.com.