1977 in Mexico

Events in the year 1977 in Mexico.

Federal government

 * President: José López Portillo
 * Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Jesús Reyes Heroles
 * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Santiago Roel García
 * Communications Secretary (SCT): Emilio Mújica Montoya
 * Education Secretary (SEP): Porfirio Muñoz Ledo/Fernando Solana Morales
 * Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Félix Galván López
 * Secretary of Navy: Ricardo Cházaro Lara
 * Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Pedro Ojeda Paullada
 * Secretary of Welfare: Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
 * Secretary of Public Education: Porfirio Muñoz Ledo/Fernando Solana Morales
 * Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Guillermo Rossell de la Lama

Supreme Court

 * President of the Supreme Court: Mario G. Rebolledo Fernández

Governors

 * Aguascalientes: José Refugio Esparza Reyes
 * Baja California
 * Milton Castellanos Everardo, until October 31
 * Roberto de la Madrid, starting November 1
 * Baja California Sur: José Refugio Esparza Reyes
 * Campeche: Rafael Rodríguez Barrera
 * Chiapas: Jorge de la Vega Domínguez/Salomón González Blanco
 * Chihuahua: Manuel Bernardo Aguirre
 * Coahuila: Oscar Flores Tapia
 * Colima: Arturo Noriega Pizano
 * Durango: Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez
 * Guanajuato: Luis H. Ducoing Gamba
 * Guerrero: Rubén Figueroa Figueroa
 * Hidalgo: José Luis Suárez Molina
 * Jalisco: Alberto Orozco Romero/Flavio Romero de Velasco
 * State of Mexico: Jorge Jiménez Cantú
 * Michoacán: Carlos Torres Manzo
 * Morelos: Armando León Bejarano (PRI)
 * Nayarit: Rogelio Flores Curiel
 * Nuevo León: Pedro Zorrilla Martínez
 * Oaxaca: Miguel Zárate Aquino/Eliseo Jiménez Ruiz
 * Puebla: Toxqui Fernández de Lara
 * Querétaro: Antonio Calzada Urquiza
 * Quintana Roo: Jesús Martínez Ross
 * San Luis Potosí: Guillermo Fonseca Álvarez
 * Sinaloa: Alfonso G. Calderón
 * Sonora: Alejandro Carrillo Marcor
 * Tabasco: Leandro Rovirosa Wade
 * Tamaulipas: Enrique Cárdenas González
 * Tlaxcala: Emilio Sánchez Piedras
 * Veracruz: Rafael Hernández Ochoa
 * Yucatán: Francisco Luna Kan
 * Zacatecas: Fernando Pámanes Escobedo
 * Regent of Mexico City: Carlos Hank González

Events

 * The now-ubiquitous convenience store chain OXXO is founded.
 * The Monterrey College of Music and Dance is established.
 * April 13: Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes established.
 * August 29 – September 4:Hurricane Anita
 * September: Liceo Mexicano Japonés opens its doors in Mexico City.

Awards

 * Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Juan de Dios Bátiz Peredes

Births

 * January 4 – Irán Castillo, Mexican actress and singer
 * February 28 — Rafael Amaya, actor.
 * May 2 – Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga, Chihuauhua politician (d. 2017).
 * May 25 – Alberto Del Rio, pro wrestler
 * June 29 – Eugenio Polgovsky, filmmaker, winner of Ariel Award (d. 2017).
 * September 5 - Sin Cara, professional wrestler
 * November 24 – David Alonso López, boxer (d. 2017).
 * December 8 - Elsa Benítez, model and television host

Deaths

 * October 1 — Victorio Blanco, movie actor (b. 1893)

Film

 * List of Mexican films of 1977

Sport

 * 1976–77 Mexican Primera División season
 * Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo win the Mexican League
 * 1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics are held in Xalapa.