2022 in Mexico explained

This article lists events occurring in Mexico during the year 2022. The article lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and will include a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues. Cultural events, including major sporting events, are also listed.

Incumbents

President and cabinet

See also: Cabinet of Mexico.

• Interior: Adán Augusto López
• Foreign Affairs: Marcelo Ebrard
• Treasury: Rogelio Ramírez de la O
• Economy: Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo
• Environment: Maria Luisa Albores
• Tourism: Miguel Torruco Marqués
• Civil Service: Irma Sandoval-Ballesteros
• Health: Jorge Alcocer Varela
• Development: Román Meyer Falcón
• Welfare: Javier May Rodríguez
• Culture: Alejandra Frausto Guerrero
• Defense: Luis Cresencio Sandoval
• Navy: José Rafael Ojeda Durán
• Security: Rosa Icela Rodríguez
• Attorney General: Alejandro Gertz Manero

Supreme Court

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice.

• President of the Supreme Court: Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea

Governors

See also: List of current state governors in Mexico and National Governors Conference (Mexico).

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Aguascalientes: Martín Orozco Sandoval Baja California: Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda Baja California Sur: Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío Campeche: Layda Elena Sansores Chiapas: Rutilio Escandón Chihuahua: Javier Corral Jurado Coahuila: Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís Colima: Indira Vizcaíno Silva Durango: José Rosas Aispuro Guanajuato: Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo Guerrero: Evelyn Salgado Pineda Hidalgo: Omar Fayad Jalisco: Enrique Alfaro Ramírez Mexico City: Claudia Sheinbaum México (state): Alfredo del Mazo Maza Michoacán: Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla Morelos: Cuauhtémoc Blanco Nayarit: Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero Nuevo León: Samuel García Sepúlveda,
  • Oaxaca: Alejandro Murat Hinojosa Puebla: Miguel Barbosa Huerta until december 13, Sergio Salomón Céspedes since december 15

LXV Legislature of the Mexican Congress

See main article: LXV Legislature of the Mexican Congress.

President of the Chamber of Deputies

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico

January-March

• 2 March – Mexico voted on a United Nations resolution condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.^{[1] [2]}
• 5 March - Querétaro–Atlas riot^[3]
• 27 March - Las Tinajas massacre^[4]

April-June

• 10 April - 2022 Mexican presidential recall referendum
• 26 April - Mexico transited to the endemic phase.
• 23 May - Celaya massacre
• 5 June - 2022 Mexican local elections
• 16 June - FIFA makes its final selection for the sixteen venues to host matches during the 2026 World Cup, and three Mexican venus are selected: Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, and Estadio Akron in Guadalajara.

July-September

• 19 September - 2022 Western Mexico earthquake

Sports

See main article: 2022 in sports.

Association football

• 2021–22 Liga MX season
• 2021–22 Liga MX Femenil season

Motorsport

• 2022 Mexico City ePrix
• 2022 NACAM Formula 4 Championship

Tennis

• 2022 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
• 2022 Abierto Zapopan
• 2022 Guanajuato Open
• 2022 Monterrey Challenger
• 2022 Monterrey Open

Other sports

• Mexico at the 2022 Winter Olympics
• Mexico at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
• 2022 LFA season
• 2022 Pan Am Badminton Championships

Deaths

January

• 15 January – María Cristina Sangri Aguilar, politician (born 1941).^[5]
• 21 January – Adolfo Lugo Verduzco, politician (born 1933).^[6]
• 23 January – Lourdes Maldonado López, journalist (born 1954).^[7]
• 27 January
  • Ruy Pérez Tamayo, medical pathologist, immunologist (born 1924).^[8]
  • Diego Verdaguer, singer (born 1951).^[9]
• 31 January – Onésimo Cepeda Silva, Roman Catholic prelate (born 1937).^[10]

February

• 2 February – Alberto Baillères, billionaire businessman (born 1931).^[11]
• 3 February – Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla, Roman Catholic prelate (born 1921).^[12]
• 5 February – Rubén Fuentes, violinist and composer (born 1926).^[13]
• 9 February – Super Muñeco, professional wrestler (born 1962).^[14]
• 12 February – Héctor Pulido, footballer (born 1942).^[15]
• 19 February – Xavier Marc, actor, film director and cinematographer (born 1948).^[16]
• 21 February
  • Eduardo González Pálmer, footballer (born 1934).^[17]
  • Celeste Sánchez Romero, politician (born 1990).^[18]
• 22 February – José Isidro Guerrero Macías, Roman Catholic prelate (born 1951).^[19]

March

• 2 March – Israel Beltrán Montes, businessman and politician (born 1947).^[20]
• 4 March – Juan Carlos Muñiz, journalist (born 1984).^[21]
• 7 March – Jesús Zúñiga, farmer and politician (born 1947).^[22]
• 8 March – Tomás Boy, footballer and manager (born 1951).^[23]
• 14 March – Francisco Solís Peón, politician (born 1968).^[24]
• 17 March – Martha Palafox Gutiérrez, politician (born 1949).^[25]
• 28 March – Raquel Pankowsky, actress (born 1952).^[26]

April

• 4 April – Raziel, professional wrestler (born 1972).^[27]

June

• 23 June – Yrma Lydya, singer (born 1999).^[28]

July

• 8 July - Luis Echeverria, politician (born 1922)

References

Citations

Notes and References

1. News: Borger. Julian. 2022-03-02. UN votes to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and calls for withdrawal. The Guardian. Washington, D.C.. London. live. 2022-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20220302170440/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/united-nations-russia-ukraine-vote. 2022-03-02.
2. News: Saric. Ivana. Basu. Zachary. 2022-03-02. 141 countries vote to condemn Russia at UN. en. Axios. live. 2022-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20220306142132/https://www.axios.com/united-nations-ukraine-russia-141-55872481-a143-4423-9d3d-80450f01c754.html. 2022-03-06.
3. News: Baer . Jack . Mexican soccer league suspends all Sunday matches after fan riot . 6 March 2022 . . 6 March 2022.
4. Web site: Gunmen 'storm cockfighting pit' in Mexico, kill 19 . 2022-03-28 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
5. News: Morales. Eduardo. 15 January 2022. Fallece María Cristina Sangri Aguilar; primera alcaldesa de Q. Roo. Spanish. SIPSE. 16 January 2022.
6. https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/murio-adolfo-lugo-verduzco-expresidente-nacional-del-pri/1494252 Murió Adolfo Lugo Verduzco, expresidente nacional del PRI
7. News: 2022-02-05. Mexican journalists shocked with surge in targeted killings. en-GB. BBC News. 2022-02-05.
8. News: Adiós a Ruy Pérez Tamayo, eminencia de la medicina y amante de las letras y artes . 31 January 2022 . . 28 January 2022 . es.
9. News: Diego Verdaguer, popular Mexican-Argentinian singer, dies of Covid . 29 January 2022 . The Guardian . 29 January 2022.
10. Web site: AMLO externa su pésame por la muerte de Onésimo Cepeda.
11. News: Noguez . Roberto . Fallece Alberto Baillères, expresidente de Palacio de Hierro y Grupo Bal . 4 February 2022 . Forbes . 3 February 2022.
12. News: Amezcua . Ernesto . Parte a la casa del Padre monseñor Francisco Villalobos Padilla . 4 February 2022 . Siete de Junio . 3 February 2022. es.
13. https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/fallece-el-compositor-mexicano-ruben-fuentes Fallece el compositor mexicano Rubén Fuentes
14. News: Muere Súper Muñeco, legendario luchador mexicano . 9 February 2022 . Milenio . 9 February 2022.
15. Web site: Héctor Pulido, legend of Cruz Azul, dies. 18 February 2022. D1SoftBallNews. February 18, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220218234224/https://d1softballnews.com/hector-pulido-legend-of-cruz-azul-dies/. dead.
16. https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/fallece-el-actor-mexicano-xavier-marc Fallece el actor mexicano Xavier Marc
17. News: 21 February 2022. Murió Lalo Palmer, legendario goleador de América. Spanish. Infobae. 24 February 2022.
18. News: Diputada Celeste Sánchez dejó una nota antes de ser hallada sin vida, revela fiscal de Durango . 13 March 2022 . Milenio . 22 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301213321/https://www.milenio.com/estados/durango-investigan-muerte-diputada-federal-celeste-sanchez . 1 March 2022 . Spanish.
19. News: Fallece el obispo de Mexicali por COVID19 . 3 March 2022 . . 23 February 2022. es.
20. News: Muere una leyenda de la radio en Cuauhtémoc: Israel Beltrán Montes la voz de la noticia. Lizzy. Salazar. Grupo BM Radio. es. 2 March 2022. 2 March 2022. Cuauhtémoc radio legend Israel Beltrán Montes, "the voice of the news", dies. 3 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220303180227/https://gbmradio.com/noticia/119309. live.
21. Web site: Reporter killed in Mexico to become seventh journalist killing this year. 2022-03-05. City. Associated Press in Mexico. 2022-03-04. the Guardian. en.
22. News: Álvarez. Rosario. Munguía. Juan Carlos. 8 March 2022. Asesinan a ex diputado de Jalisco José de Jesús Zúñiga en Autlán de Navarro. Spanish. Milenio. Guadalajara. 9 March 2022.
23. Web site: Tomás Boy fue hospitalizado de emergencia por una tromboembolia pulmonar. Milenio. es. 7 March 2022. 8 March 2022.
24. News: Rodríguez Galaz. Yazmín. 14 March 2022. Muere Francisco Solis Peón, conocido como "Pancho Cachondo". Spanish. El Universal. 17 March 2022.
25. Web site: Fallece la política tlaxcalteca Martha Palafox Gutiérrez. es.
26. Web site: 2022-03-28 . Muere la actriz Raquel Pankowsky . 2022-03-28 . Noticieros Televisa . es-MX.
27. News: Muere Súper Muñeco, legendario luchador mexicano . 9 February 2022 . Milenio . 9 February 2022.
28. Web site: Caso Yrma Lydya: Observatorio Ciudadano del Feminicidio pide justicia para la cantante . 2023-01-03 . El Financiero . July 2, 2022 . es.