2009 in Mexico

This is a list of events that happened in 2009 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.

Federal government

 * President: Felipe Calderón


 * Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Fernando Gómez Mont
 * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Patricia Espinosa
 * Communications Secretary (SCT)
 * Luis Téllez, until March 3
 * Juan Molinar Horcasitas, starting March 3
 * Education Secretary (SEP)
 * Josefina Vázquez Mota, until April 4
 * Alonso Lujambio, starting April 6
 * Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Guillermo Galván Galván
 * Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza
 * Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): Javier Lozano Alarcón
 * Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL)
 * Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, until December 9
 * Heriberto Félix Guerra, starting December 9
 * Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
 * Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada
 * Secretary of Health (SALUD): José Ángel Córdova
 * Secretary of Public Security (SSP): Genaro García Luna
 * Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
 * Agustín Carstens, until December 9
 * Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, starting December 9
 * Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1
 * Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA)
 * Alberto Cárdenas, until September 7
 * Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda, starting September 7
 * Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): Salvador Vega Casillas
 * Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): Germán Martínez
 * Secretary of Economy (SE): Gerardo Ruiz Mateos
 * Attorney General of Mexico (PRG)
 * Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, until September 7
 * Arturo Chávez Chávez, starting September 24

Supreme Court

 * President of the Supreme Court: Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia

Governors

 * Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso, (National Action Party, PAN)
 * Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán, (PAN)
 * Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño (Party of the Democratic Revolution, PRD)
 * Campeche
 * Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until September 15.
 * Fernando Ortega Bernés, (PRI), starting September 16
 * Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All)
 * Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI)
 * Coahuila: Humberto Moreira Valdés, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * Colima:
 * Silverio Cavazos, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 1 November
 * Mario Anguiano Moreno, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI) from 1 November
 * Durango: Ismael Hernández, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva, (National Action Party, PAN)
 * Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * State of Mexico: Enrique Pena Nieto, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (until 15 February); Leonel Godoy Rangel (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (from 15 February)
 * Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame (PAN).
 * Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
 * Nuevo León:
 * José Natividad González Parás, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 3 October
 * Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), from 3 October
 * Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * Puebla: Mario Marín Torres, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón (National Action Party, PAN)
 * Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * San Luis Potosí:
 * Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 25 September
 * Fernando Toranzo Fernández, Fernando Toranzo Fernández, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), from 25 September
 * Sinaloa: Jesús Aguilar Padilla, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI)
 * Sonora:
 * Eduardo Bours, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 12 September
 * Guillermo Padrés Elías, (National Action Party, PAN), from 12 September
 * Tabasco: Andrés Rafael Granier Melo, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * Tlaxcala: Héctor Ortiz Ortiz (National Action Party, PAN)
 * Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * Yucatán: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
 * Zacatecas: Amalia García (Party of the Democratic Revolution PRD)
 * Head of Government of the Federal District: Marcelo Ebrard (PRD)

Events

 * January– A Swine flu pandemic occur right after the U.S. first case of the Flu.
 * February 11 – Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announces the discovery of a 16th-century mass grave at the Tlatelolco archaeological site in Mexico City.
 * March 4 – 2009 Mexico prison riot: A riot at a prison near Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, kills at least 20 inmates and injures seven others.
 * March 17 – At least 11 people are killed and four injured in a bus accident outside Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
 * April 10 – Mexico City closes freshwater supplies to 5,000,000 people for 36 hours to combat shortages.
 * April 19 – Eight corrections officers are killed in an ambush during a prisoner transfer in Nayarit, Mexico.
 * April 25 – Mexico's government declares a state of emergency to combat the outbreak of swine influenza.
 * April 27 – 2009 Guerrero earthquake: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes near Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico.
 * May 16 – The Gulf drug cartel liberates 59 inmates from a prison in Zacatecas, Mexico.
 * May 22 – A 5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Chiautla de Tapia, Puebla, Mexico.
 * June 6 – 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire: a fire at a day-care center kills at least 40 people in Hermosillo, Mexico.
 * July 3 – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake centred in the Sea of Cortez shakes western Mexico.
 * July 5 – Mexico holds its legislative election.
 * August 3 – Several earthquakes, including one of 6.9 magnitude, hit northwestern Mexico.
 * August 7 – 2009 Guanajuato and Hidalgo shootings: Shootouts leave at least 11 dead in the escalating violence since Mexico's continuing national crackdown on the illegal drug trade.
 * August 4 – President Felipe Calderon receives Honduras President Manuel Zelaya in Los Pinos after a coup d'etat.
 * August 15 – A prison riot in the Mexican state of Durango leaves at least 19 people dead and 20 injured.
 * August 21 – Mexico decriminalises the use of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs for "personal use".
 * September 9 – Aeroméxico Flight 576, a Boeing 737 carrying 104 people, is hijacked shortly after take-off from Cancún, and forced to land at Mexico City International Airport.
 * September 16 – Gunmen kill 10 people at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Mexico.
 * December 16 – Mexican drug lord Arturo Beltrán Leyva, leader of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, is killed by personnel of the Mexican Navy during a shootout in Cuernavaca, Morelos.
 * December 21 – Mexico City's Legislative Assembly legalizes same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption.
 * December 25 – The death by gunshot wound of Expresiones de Tulum journalist Alberto Velázquez, the 12th journalist to be killed in Mexico in 2009, is announced.

Awards

 * Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor	– Javier Barros Sierra (post mortem)
 * Order of the Aztec Eagle
 * National Prize for Arts and Sciences
 * National Public Administration Prize
 * Ohtli Award
 * Viola Casares
 * Jimmie V. Reyna
 * Esperanza Andrade
 * Gil Cedillo
 * Gloria Molina
 * Enrique Morones
 * Janet Murguía

Sports

 * 2009 Primera División de México Clausura
 * 2009 Primera División de México Apertura
 * 2009 InterLiga
 * 2009 CONCACAF Champions League Finals
 * 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
 * 2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
 * Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2009)
 * 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Mexico
 * 2009 LATAM Challenge Series season
 * 2009 NASCAR Corona Series season
 * 2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series season
 * 2009 Chihuahua Express
 * 2009 Carrera Panamericana
 * 2009 International Rally of Nations
 * 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Manzanillo)
 * 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Puerto Vallarta)
 * 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Tijuana)
 * 2009 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
 * 2009 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship
 * Mexico at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
 * 2009 Caribbean Series

Music

 * List of number-one albums of 2009 (Mexico)

Film

 * All inclusive
 * Alamar
 * Amar a morir
 * Cabeza de Buda
 * Otra película de huevos y un pollo
 * Tlatelolco: México 68
 * Recién Cazado
 * Sólo quiero caminar
 * Secretos de familia
 * Nikté

Telenovelas

 * Un gancho al corazón
 * Mañana es para siempre
 * Atrévete a soñar
 * Verano de amor
 * Mi pecado
 * Camaleones
 * Hasta que el dinero nos separe
 * Sortilegio
 * Alma de Hierro
 * Pasión Morena
 * Eternamente tuya
 * Pobre diabla
 * Los exitosos Pérez
 * Corazón salvaje
 * Mujer comprada

Notable deaths



 * January 11 – Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos, 90, Mexican painter, pneumonia.
 * January 14 – Ricardo Montalbán, 88, Mexican-born American actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), heart failure.
 * February 6 – Claudio Reyes Núñez, politician, president of Otáez Municipality, Durango; murdered.
 * February 7 – Jorge Reyes, 56, Mexican musician (Chac Mool), heart attack.
 * February 22 – Francisco Javier Rodríguez Aceves, politician, former president of Petatlán (municipality), Guerrero: murdered.
 * February 24 – Octavio Manuel Carrillo Castellanos, politician, municipal president of Vista Hermosa, Michoacán; murdered.
 * March 3 – Luis Mena Arroyo, 88, Mexican prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Mexico.
 * March 7 – |Gonzalo Paz Torres||N/A||Chief of city council||7 March 2009||Tancítaro, Michoacán||
 * March 14 – Dimas Arzeta Cisneros, politician, former president of Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero; murdered.
 * March 18 – Luis Rojas Mena, 91, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Culiacán (1969–1993).
 * March 22 – Abismo Negro, 37, Mexican lucha libre professional wrestler, drowned.
 * March 23 – Raúl Macías, 74, Mexican boxer, cancer.
 * March 26 – Griselda Álvarez, 95, Mexican politician and writer, Governor of Colima (1979–1985), natural causes.
 * April 3 – Nicolás León Hernández, politician, former municipal president of Isla del Cayacal, Michoacán; murdered.
 * April 7 – Gustavo Bucio Rodríguez, politician, candidate for Deputy in Michoacán; murdered.
 * April 20 – Alfonso Rivera Cruz, municipal president pro tempore of Zapotitlán Tablas (municipality), Guerrero; murdered.
 * April 23 – Felipe Solís Olguín, 64, Mexican archaeologist, curator of the National Anthropology Museum, cardiac arrest.
 * April 30 – Amparo Arozamena, 92, Mexican actress, heart attack.
 * May 5 – Manuel Capetillo, bullfighter, singer, and actor; respiratory illness (b. 1926)
 * May 5 – Benjamín Flores, 24, Mexican boxer, brain injury during a match.
 * June 2 – Luis Carlos Ramírez López, politician, president of Ocampo Municipality; murdered.
 * June 11 – Efraín Gutiérrez Arcos, politician, former municipal president of Santa Ana Maya, Michoacán; murdered.
 * June 23 — Manuel Saval, 53, actor (b. 1956)
 * July 14
 * Héctor Manuel Meixueiro Muñoz, politician, president of Namiquipa Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered.
 * Ismael Rivera, politician, treasurer of the municipality of Namiquipa, Chihuahua; murdered.
 * July 19 – Guillermo Schulenburg, 93, Mexican Abbot of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (1963–1996), natural causes.
 * July 22 – Marco Antonio Nazareth, 23, Mexican boxer, cerebral hemorrhage.
 * August 20
 * Carlos González Nova, 92, Mexican businessman, founder of Comercial Mexicana supermarket chain.
 * Armando Chavarría Barrera, politician, Deputy from Chilpancingo, Guerrero; murdered.
 * August 29 – Yolanda Varela, 79, Mexican film actress, natural causes.
 * September 6 – Jose Francisco Fuentes, 43, politician; shot.
 * October 9 – Estanislao García Santelis, politician, municipal president of Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua; murdered.
 * October 16 – José Sánchez Chávez, politician, former municipal president of Tiquicheo, Michoacán; murdered.
 * October 25 – Lázaro Pérez Jiménez, 66, Mexican Roman Catholic Bishop of Celaya.
 * November 6 – Manuel Arvizu, 90, Mexican Roman Catholic Bishop of Jesús María del Nayar.
 * November 7 – Bernardo Garza Sada, 79, Mexican businessman, founder of ALFA.
 * November 16 – Antonio de Nigris, 31, Mexican football player, heart failure.
 * November 28 – Joaquín Vargas Gómez, 84, Mexican media owner, founder of MVS Comunicaciones, natural causes.
 * December 4: Leticia Palma (Zoyla Gloria Ruiz Moscoso), 82, actress (En la palma de tu mano), (b. 1926)
 * December 7 – Lorenzo Ochoa Salas, Mexican archeologist.
 * December 16 – Arturo Beltrán Leyva, 48, Mexican drug lord, shot.