2012 in Mexico

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.

President

 * President
 * Felipe Calderon, until November 30
 * Enrique Peña Nieto, starting December 1

Cabinet

 * Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
 * Alejandro Poiré Romero, until November 30
 * Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, starting December 1
 * 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
 * Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán
 * Baja California Sur: Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor,
 * Campeche: Fernando Ortega Bernés
 * Chiapas
 * Juan Sabines Guerrero, Coalition for the Good of All, until December 7
 * Manuel Velasco Coello, starting December 8
 * Chihuahua: César Duarte Jáquez
 * Coahuila: Rubén Moreira Valdez
 * Colima: Mario Anguiano Moreno
 * Durango: Jorge Herrera Caldera
 * Guanajuato: Miguel Márquez Márquez
 * Guerrero: Ángel Aguirre Rivero
 * Hidalgo: Francisco Olvera Ruiz
 * Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez
 * State of Mexico: Eruviel Ávila Villegas
 * Michoacán: Fausto Vallejo
 * Morelos
 * Marco Antonio Adame, until October 1.
 * Graco Ramírez, starting October 1.
 * Nayarit: Roberto Sandoval Castañeda
 * Nuevo León: Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz
 * Oaxaca: Gabino Cué Monteagudo
 * Puebla: Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas
 * Querétaro: José Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa
 * Quintana Roo: Roberto Borge Angulo
 * San Luis Potosí: Fernando Toranzo Fernández
 * Sinaloa: Mario López Valdez
 * Sonora: Guillermo Padrés Elías
 * Tabasco: Andrés Granier Melo, until December 31, 2012
 * Tamaulipas: Egidio Torre Cantú
 * Tlaxcala: Mariano González Zarur
 * Veracruz: Javier Duarte de Ochoa
 * Yucatán
 * Ivonne Ortega Pacheco, until September 30
 * Rolando Zapata Bello, starting October 1
 * Zacatecas: Miguel Alonso Reyes
 * Head of Government of the Federal District
 * Marcelo Ebrard, until December 4
 * Miguel Ángel Mancera, starting December 5

Events

 * January 4 – Altamira prison brawl: Thirty-one killed and 13 injured in a Tamaulipas prison.
 * February 7 – The Estela de Luz to commemorate the bicentennial of the Independence of Mexico is inaugurated in Mexico City.
 * February 19 – Apodaca prison riot: Forty-four killed in a Nuevo León prison.
 * March 20 - A magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills two and leaves 30,000 homeless in Oaxaca and Guerrero.
 * March – Pope Benedict XVI visits Guanajuato.
 * 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.
 * April 20 – Álamo bus accident: Forty-three killed and 17 injured in an accident in Veracruz.
 * April and May – 2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres, April 17, April 24 and May 4.
 * May 3 – 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists: The bodies of two journalists were recovered in Veracruz on World Press Freedom Day.
 * May 13 – Cadereyta Jiménez massacre: At least 49 people are killed in the Mexican Drug War.
 * June 9 – Miss Latin America 2012 won by Georgina Méndez Pimentel, 24, in the Riveria Maya.
 * June 18 and 19 – 2012 G-20 Los Cabos summit
 * August 12 – Edgar Morales Perez, PRI mayor-elect of Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, and his campaign manager were assassinated by unknown attackers.
 * 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

 * Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Ernesto de la Peña (post mortem)
 * Order of the Aztec Eagle – Bono
 * National Prize for Arts and Sciences
 * Linguistics and literature – Francisco Manuel Hernández Pérez
 * Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences – Rubén Gerardo Barrera Pérez, Carlos Artemio Coello Coello, Susana Lizano
 * Technology and Design – Sergio Antonio Estrada Parra
 * Popular Arts and Traditions - Antonio Camilo Bautista Jariz, Grupo “Cofradía de San Juan Bautista”, “Comunidad de Músicos Tradicionales formada por las Familias Vega-Utrera”
 * Fine arts – Arón Claudio Bitrán Goren, Helene Joy Laville Perren, Fernando González Gortázar
 * History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy – Carlos Marichal Salinas, Carlos Muñoz Izquierdo
 * 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)

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

Notable deaths

 * January 7 – Raúl Régulo Quirino Garza, journalist (La Última Palabra) in Cadereyta, Nuevo León; killed.
 * May 13 — René Orta Salgado, journalist and politician ; assassinated (b. ca. 1969)
 * May 15 – Carlos Fuentes, Mexico-born author (La muerte de Artemio Cruz, Aura, Terra Nostra, Gringo Viejo), (born 1928)
 * April 1 – Miguel de la Madrid, 52nd President of Mexico, 1982-1988 (born 1934)
 * April 20
 * Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro, military leader (born 1942)
 * Héctor Javier Salinas Aguirre, journalist (920 Radio Noticias), in	Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed.
 * Javier Moya Muñoz, journalist (920 Radio Noticias), in Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed.
 * April 28 – Regina Martínez Pérez, journalist (Proceso) in Xalapa, Veracruz; killed.
 * May 3 – 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists:
 * Gabriel Huge Córdova, journalist (Notiver) in Boca del Río, Veracruz; killed.
 * Guillermo Luna Varela, journalist (Veracruznews).
 * Esteban Rodríguez, journalist (Diario AZ).
 * Ana Irasema Becerra Jiménez, journalist (El Dictamen).
 * May 12 - Carlos Fuentes, writer (La muerte de Artemio Cruz, Aura, Terra Nostra, Gringo Viejo)
 * May 13 – René Orta Salgado, journalist (El Sol de Cuernavaca) in Cuernavaca, Morelos; killed.
 * May 18 – Marco Antonio Ávila García, journalist (Sonora Diario Sonora de la Tarde & El Regional de Ciudad Obregón) in Empalme, Sonora; killed.
 * June 14 – Víctor Manuel Báez Chinojournalist (Milenio Xalapa) in Xalapa, Veracruz; killed.
 * June 30 – Armando Montaño, journalist (The Associated Press) in Mexico City; killed.
 * 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.
 * August 20 – 2012 Michoacán murder of photographers in Ecuandureo, Michoacán:
 * José Antonio Aguilar Mota, freelance photographer; killed.
 * 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.
 * November 14 – Adrián Silva Moreno, freelance journalist in Tehuacán, Puebla; killed.
 * November 15 – María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar, 36, politician, former mayor of Tiquicheo, Michoacan; beaten to death (body found on this date).
 * December 4 – Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez, 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.