2012 in Mexico

none 2012 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 PAN, until November 30 Enrique Peña Nieto PRI, starting December 1Mexico's Enrique Pena Nieto inaugurated as president https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-20564446 BBC News September 5, 2020 1 December 2012 Cabinet Cabinet of Mexico Interior Secretary (SEGOB) Alejandro Poiré Romero, until November 30 Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, starting December 1Conoce el Gabinete de Enrique Peña Nieto https://www.sopitas.com/noticias/conoce-al-gabinete-de-pena-nieto/ Sopitas.com September 1, 2020 es 30 November 2012 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 PRI Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán PAN Baja California Sur: Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor, PANhttp://rulers.org/2011-04.html August 31, 2020 April 2011 Rulers Campeche: Fernando Ortega Bernés PRI Chiapas Juan Sabines Guerrero, Coalition for the Good of All, until December 7 Manuel Velasco Coello PVEM, starting December 8 Chihuahua: César Duarte Jáquez PRI Coahuila: Rubén Moreira Valdez PRI Colima: Mario Anguiano Moreno PRI Durango: Jorge Herrera Caldera PRI Guanajuato: Miguel Márquez Márquez PAN Guerrero: Ángel Aguirre Rivero PRD Hidalgo: Francisco Olvera Ruiz PRI Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez PAN State of Mexico: Eruviel Ávila Villegas PRI Michoacán: Fausto Vallejo PRI Morelos Marco Antonio Adame PAN, until October 1. Graco Ramírez PRD, starting October 1.Vera Rodrigo Graco Ramírez gana Morelos; lleva ventaja de 8.6 puntos https://www.proceso.com.mx/313020/confirma-prep-triunfo-de-graco-en-morelos Proceso Portal de Noticias August 28, 2020 es-MX 3 July 2012 Nayarit: Roberto Sandoval Castañeda PRI Nuevo León: Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz PRI Oaxaca: Gabino Cué Monteagudo MC Puebla: Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas PAN Querétaro: José Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa PRI Quintana Roo: Roberto Borge Angulo PRI San Luis Potosí: Fernando Toranzo Fernández PRI Sinaloa: Mario López Valdez PAN Sonora: Guillermo Padrés Elías PAN Tabasco: Andrés Granier Melo PRI, until December 31, 2012 Tamaulipas: Egidio Torre Cantú PRI Tlaxcala: Mariano González Zarur PRI Veracruz: Javier Duarte de Ochoa PRI Yucatán Ivonne Ortega Pacheco PRI, until September 30 Rolando Zapata Bello PRI, starting October 1 Zacatecas: Miguel Alonso Reyes PRI Head of Government of the Federal District Marcelo Ebrard PRD, until December 4 Miguel Ángel Mancera PRD, starting December 5 Events January 4 – Altamira prison brawl: Thirty-one killed and 13 injured in a Tamaulipas prison.Pelea entre presos deja 31 muertos en México https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2012/01/120104_mexico_carcel_altamira_tsb.shtml BBC News Mundo September 1, 2020 es 5 Jan 2012 February 7 – The Estela de Luz to commemorate the bicentennial of the Independence of Mexico is inaugurated in Mexico City.Estela de Luz https://www.caye.mx/monumentos/estela-de-luz CAyE.mx September 1, 2020 es 4 August 2017 February 19 – Apodaca prison riot: Forty-four killed in a Nuevo León prison.Dozens killed in Mexico prison fight https://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/02/2012219165349443681.html aljazeera.com September 1, 2020 en 19 Feb 2012 March 20 - A magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills two and leaves 30,000 homeless in Oaxaca and Guerrero. March – Pope Benedict XVI visits Guanajuato.¿Qué acontecimientos marcaron el 2012 en México? https://wradio.com.mx/radio/2013/01/01/nacional/1357068420_818162.html wradio.com.mx September 1, 2020 es Jan 1, 2013 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.https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mexican-volcano-hurls-hot-rock-into-sky-1.1131071 Mexican volcano hurls hot rock into sky CBC News 2012-04-20 2012-04-19 April 20 – Álamo bus accident: Forty-three killed and 17 injured in an accident in Veracruz.Mexico bus crash kills 43 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/21/mexico-bus-crash-kills-43 The Guardian September 1, 2020 en 21 April 2012 April and May – 2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres, April 17,Mexico authorities say bodies of 14 men dumped in Nuevo Laredo https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/04/bodies-of-14-men-dumped-in-mexican-border-city.html LA Times Blogs - World Now September 1, 2020 en 17 April 2012 April 24Ahora fue Tamaulipas, autoridades hallan 23 muertos https://www.excelsior.com.mx/node/831656 Excélsior September 1, 2020 es 5 May 2012 and May 4. May 3 – 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists: The bodies of two journalists were recovered in Veracruz on World Press Freedom Day.Mexico violence: Two journalists killed in Veracruz https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-17945766 BBC News September 1, 2020 en 3 May 2012 May 13 – Cadereyta Jiménez massacre: At least 49 people are killed in the Mexican drug war.Mexico violence: Monterrey police find 49 bodies https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18052540 BBC News September 1, 2020 en 13 May 2012 June 9 – Miss Latin America 2012 won by Georgina Méndez Pimentel, 24, in the Riveria Maya.Guatemalteca gana Miss América Latina – Mi Jutiapa http://www.mijutiapa.com/noticias/guatemalteca-gana-miss-america-latina/ mijutiapa.com September 1, 2020 es-ES June 18 and 19 – 2012 G-20 Los Cabos summitCumbre G20 México 2012, la crisis financiera como tema principal https://coyunturaeconomica.com/actualidad/cumbre-g20-mexico-2012 Coyuntura Economica September 1, 2020 es 19 June 2012 August 12 – Edgar Morales Perez, PRI mayor-elect of Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, and his campaign manager were assassinated by unknown attackers.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin- August 12, 2012 BBC News January 14, 2013 https://archive.today/20130114000351/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19237915 Mayor-elect Edgar Morales shot dead in San Luis Potosi dead December 10, 2012 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 Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Ernesto de la Peña (post mortem)Medalla de Honor Belisario Domínguez 2012 http://www.revista.ibd.senado.gob.mx/index.php/PluralidadyConsenso/article/view/57/0 Senado de la Republica August 28, 2020 November 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201128092748/http://www.revista.ibd.senado.gob.mx/index.php/PluralidadyConsenso/article/view/57/0 dead Order of the Aztec Eagle – BonoDOF - Diario Oficial de la Federación http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5269482&fecha=20/09/2012 Sep 11, 2020 dof.gob.mx Sep 20, 2012 es National Prize for Arts and SciencesGonzález Gortázar recibirá Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes 2012 https://www.informador.mx/Cultura/Gonzalez-Gortazar-recibira-Premio-Nacional-de-Ciencias-y-Artes-2012-20121127-0181.html El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento September 11, 2020 es-ES 27 Nov 2012ENTREGAN LOS PREMIOS NACIONALES DE CIENCIAS Y ARTES 2012 Comunicación, AMC 2012-11-28 https://www.comunicacion.amc.edu.mx/comunicados/entregan-los-premios-nacionales-de-ciencias-y-artes-2012 es 2025-01-27 Linguistics and literature – Francisco Hernández Pérez es Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences – Ruben Gerardo Barrera, Carlos Artemio Coello Coello es, Susana Lizano Technology and Design – Sergio Antonio Estrada Parra es Popular Arts and Traditions - Antonio Camilo Bautista Jariz es, Cofradía de San Juan Bautista group,Pública Secretaría de Educación "Cofradía de San Juan Bautista" gob.mx 2025-01-09 https://www.gob.mx/sep/acciones-y-programas/cofradia-de-san-juan-bautista es 2025-01-27 Traditional music community formed by the Vega-Utrera family Fine arts – Arón Claudio Bitrán Goren es, Helene Joy Laville Perren, Fernando González Gortázar History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy – Carlos Marichal, Carlos Muñoz Izquierdo es 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 Births births in 2012 Category:2012 births Notable deaths List of politicians killed in the Mexican drug war List of journalists and media workers killed in Mexico January 7 – Raúl Régulo Quirino Garza, journalist (La Última Palabra) in Cadereyta, Nuevo León; killed.Asesinan a reportero al norte de México http://www.eluniversal.com/internacional/120107/asesinan-a-reportero-al-norte-de-mexico 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 April 1 – Miguel de la Madrid, 52nd President of Mexico (PRI), 1982-1988 (born 1934)https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/5826/Miguel%20de%20la%20Madrid%20Hurtado Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado Busca Biografias es May 30, 2019 April 20 Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro, military leader (born 1942) Héctor Javier Salinas Aguirre, journalist (920 Radio Noticias), in Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed.Deaths in Mexico bar shootout http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/20124220573716132.html 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 liveJavier Salinas fue jefe de prensa del PRI y vocero en Fomento Social http://www.oem.com.mx/elmexicano/notas/n2514654.htm 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 Javier Moya Muñoz, journalist (920 Radio Noticias), in Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed. April 28 – Regina Martínez Pérez, journalist (Proceso) in Xalapa, Veracruz; killed.Regina Martínez Pérez http://www.cpj.org/killed/2012/regina-martinez-perez.php 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 May 3 – 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists: Gabriel Huge Córdova, journalist (Notiver) in Boca del Río, Veracruz; killed.Two Mexican photojournalists found dead in Veracruz http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/05/veracruz-news-photographers-found-dead-media.html 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 Guillermo Luna Varela, journalist (Veracruznews). Esteban Rodríguez, journalist (Diario AZ).Mexican photographers murdered in Veracruz http://www.cpj.org/2012/05/mexican-photographers-murdered-in-veracruz.php 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 Ana Irasema Becerra Jiménez, journalist (El Dictamen).Suspect arrested in media worker's killing http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/suspect-arrested-in-media-workers-killing/story-e6frf7k6-1226449648870 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 May 13 – René Orta Salgado, journalist (El Sol de Cuernavaca) and PRI politician, in Cuernavaca, Morelos; assassinated (b. ca. 1969).Jackson Allison Mexico violence: Police find body of journalist in car http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/mexico/120514/mexico-violence-police-find-body-journalist-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 May 15 – Carlos Fuentes, Mexico-born author (La muerte de Artemio Cruz, Aura, Terra Nostra, Gringo Viejo), (born 1928) May 18 – Marco Antonio Ávila García, journalist (Sonora Diario Sonora de la Tarde & El Regional de Ciudad Obregón) in Empalme, Sonora; killed.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5isCKg0shIX-_7C5CpSiq3sZsZeFQ?docId=c1bc8017e73b4791966a1b1d8f62e111 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 June 14 – Víctor Manuel Báez Chinojournalist (Milenio Xalapa) in Xalapa, Veracruz; killed.Asesinan a reportero de Milenio Xalapa http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/608664688e3a6100209d709e408d5639 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-allMexican crime reporter killed https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/15/mexican-crime-reporter-killed?newsfeed=true 20 July 2013 The Guardian 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 June 30 – Armando Montaño, journalist (The Associated Press) in Mexico City; killed.Associated Press intern Armando Montano found dead in Mexico City http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/02/12528500-associated-press-intern-armando-montano-found-dead-in-mexico-city?lite 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 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.García Amaro Juan José Asesinan a reportero gráfico en Chihuahua http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/88bb6fc5edd1ab4f8c0d5060c02bd5e7 20 August 2012 Milenio 19 August 2012 https://archive.today/20130128214652/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/88bb6fc5edd1ab4f8c0d5060c02bd5e7 28 January 2013 live esMatan en Chihuahua a reportero gráfico en intento de asalto http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=317485 20 July 2013 Proceso 19 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130720072251/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=317485 20 July 2013 live es August 20 – 2012 Michoacán murder of photographers in Ecuandureo, Michoacán: José Antonio Aguilar Mota, freelance photographer; killed.Ejecutan a dos fotógrafos http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldemorelia/notas/n2663017.htm 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 Arturo Barajas López, photographer (Diario de Zamora); killed. 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.Martínez Mariana Hallan muerto a periodista de Tijuana http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/2db216e0f2db9c9f366d931129173fd8 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 November 14 – Adrián Silva Moreno, freelance journalist in Tehuacán, Puebla; killed.La Procuraduría de Puebla investiga el asesinato de un periodista http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/11/14/la-procuraduria-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 November 15 – María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar, 36, politician PRD, former mayor of Tiquicheo, Michoacan; beaten to death (body found on this date).Golpe en la cabeza, causa de la muerte de ex alcaldesa de Tiquicheo https://www.excelsior.com.mx/node/870282 Excélsior September 1, 2020 es 17 November 2012 December 4 – Miguel Calero, 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. References External links 2012 in Mexico