1938 in Mexico

Events in the year 1938 in Mexico. == Incumbents == === Federal government === President: Lázaro Cárdenas Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Silvestre Guerrero; Ignacio García Téllez Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Eduardo Hay Communications Secretary (SCT): Francisco J. Múgica Education Secretary (SEP): Gonzalo Vázquez Vela Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Manuel Ávila Camacho === Supreme Court === President of the Supreme Court: Daniel V. Valencia === Governors === Aguascalientes: Enrique Osorio Camarena/Juan G. Alvarado Lavallade Campeche: Eduardo Mena Córdova Chiapas: Victórico R. Grajales/Efraín A. Gutiérrez Chihuahua: Rodrigo M. Quevedo Coahuila: Jesús Valdez Sánchez Colima: Miguel G. Santa Ana Durango: Enrique R. Calderón Guanajuato: José Inocente Lugo Guerrero: José Inocente Lugo Hidalgo: Ernesto Viveros Jalisco: Everardo Topete State of Mexico: Eucario López Michoacán: Rafael Ordorica/Gildardo Magaña Morelos: José Refugio Bustamante Nayarit: Joaquín Cardoso Nuevo León: Gregorio Morales Sánchez/Anacleto Guerrero Guajardo Oaxaca: Anastasio García Toledo/Constantino Chapital Puebla: Gustavo Ariza Querétaro: Ramón Rodríguez Familiar San Luis Potosí: Mateo Fernández Netro Sinaloa: Manuel Páez Sonora: Ramón Ramos Tabasco: Víctor Fernández Manero Tamaulipas: Enrique Canseco Tlaxcala: Adolfo Bonilla Veracruz: Miguel Alemán Valdés Yucatán: Florencio Palomo Valencia/Humberto Canto Echeverría Zacatecas: Matías Ramos == Events == March 18 – Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders. == Popular culture == === Sports === 1938–39 Primera Fuerza season === Music === === Film === Beautiful Mexico, musical directed by and starring Ramón Pereda, with Adriana Lamar and Antonio R. Frausto === Literature === José Rubén Romero — La vida inútil de Pito Pérez == Births == 12 February — Pilar Pellicer, actress (d. 2020) 4 May — Carlos Monsiváis, philosopher (d. 2010) 20 August Jacqueline Andere, actress Irma González, wrestler == Deaths == 19 October – Niño Fidencio, Roman Catholic priest and saint (b. 1898) == References ==