2023 in Mexico
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This article lists events occurring in Mexico during 2023. It lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and will include a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues. Cultural events, including major sporting events, are also listed.
Incumbents[edit]
President and cabinet[edit]
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- Interior: Olga Sánchez Cordero
- Foreign Affairs: Marcelo Ebrard
- Treasury: Arturo Herrera
- Economy: Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo
- Environment: Maria Luisa Albores
- Tourism: Miguel Torruco Marqués
- Civil Service: Irma Sandoval-Ballesteros
- Health: Jorge Alcocer Varela
- Development: Román Meyer Falcón
- Welfare: Javier May Rodríguez
- Culture: Alejandra Frausto Guerrero
- Defense: Luis Cresencio Sandoval
- Navy: José Rafael Ojeda Durán
- Security: Alfonso Durazo Montaño
- Attorney General: Alejandro Gertz Manero
Supreme Court[edit]
- President of the Supreme Court: Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea
Governors[edit]
LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress[edit]
President of the Senate[edit]
President of the Chamber of Deputies[edit]
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 1 January - Ten prison officers and four to seven inmates are killed in an armed attack on a prison in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, in which 24-30 prisoners escaped.[1]
- 3 January - Five gunmen and two security force members are killed during a gun battle while searching for 30 inmates who escaped two days ago during the Juárez prison attack.[2]
- 5 January - The army arrests Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of incarcerated drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, in Culiacán, Sinaloa. Unrest ensues in the state, with schools and airports closed. Ten soldiers, a police officer and 19 cartel members are killed.[3]
- 7 January - One person is killed and dozens of others are injured when two trains crash on Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro in Mexico City.[4]
February[edit]
- 28 February - Nuevo Laredo military shooting: Soldiers open fire on a pickup truck carrying unarmed civilians in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, killing five people, sparking protests and riots by local people.[5]
March[edit]
- 28 March - Ciudad Juárez migrant center fire: Central and South American detainees at a migrant center in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, deliberately set fire to their mattresses, killing 38 people and injuring 28 others.[6]
April[edit]
- 1 April - Two people are killed and another is injured after a hot air balloon catches fire near Teotihuacan, State of Mexico.[7]
- 18 April - Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador accuses the United States Department of Defense of spying and says that he will classify information from the Mexican Armed Forces.[8]
May[edit]
- Health authorities urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to issue a warning about a Meningitis outbreak linked to two cosmetic surgery clinics in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.[9]
June[edit]
- 12 June - Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard resigns and announces he will run for president of Mexico in the 2024 elections. The mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, also announces that she will resign on Friday to focus on running for president.[10]
July[edit]
- 5 July - A bus plunges into a ravine near Magdalena Peñasco, Oaxaca, killing 27 people and injuring 17 others.[11]
September[edit]
- 16 September - Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, is extradited to the United States from Mexico on drug trafficking and money laundering charges.[12]
- 27 September - Authorities in Nuevo Leon find at least twelve bodies dumped on roads in the area of Monterrey, likely related to a drug cartel operating in Tamaulipas.[13]
- 28 September - Six teenagers who were kidnapped by a group of armed men a few days ago are found dead near Villanueva, Zacatecas.[14]
October[edit]
- 1 October - At least 10 people were killed, and 60 were injured at Santa Cruz Church, Ciudad Madero after the church’s roof collapsed during a baptism ceremony.[15]
- 10 October - Hurricane Lidia makes landfall in the state of Jalisco as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, killing one person.[16]
- 13 October - A military helicopter crashes in Canelas Municipality, Durango, killing three people.[17]
- 14 October - An annular solar eclipse was visible the Western U.S., Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Brazil and was the 44th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 134.[18]
- 21 October - Hurricane Norma makes landfall near Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur. Warnings have been issued for the states of Baja California Sur and Sinaloa.[19]
- 23 October - At least 24 people, including twelve police officers, are killed in three separate mass shootings and ambushes by unidentified assailants in Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero, and Tacámbaro, Michoacán.[20]
- 25 October - Hurricane Otis makes landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, as a category 5 hurricane with 1-minute sustained winds of 165 miles per hour (266 km/h).[21]
- 26 October - The Mexican government reports that at least 27 people were killed and four others are missing due to Hurricane Otis' landfall on Acapulco, Guerrero. The government also reports widespread flooding, significant infrastructure damage, and looting in some areas.[22]
November[edit]
- 7 November - The Zapatista Army of National Liberation announces they are dissolving the autonomous municipalities they established after 1994.[23]
- 20 November - A shootout between police and armed civilians in Cuernavaca, Morelos, kills nine people, including two police officers.[24]
Sports[edit]
- Association football
Deaths[edit]
January[edit]
- 5 January – Ernesto Alfredo Piñón de la Cruz, 33, criminal (Los Mexicles).[25]
- 8 January – Juan Francisco García, 69, Mexican Olympic boxer.[26]
- 10 January – Black Warrior, 54, professional wrestler (CMLL).[27]
- 15 January – Guadalupe Rivera Marín, 98, lawyer and politician[28]
- 16 January – Luisa Josefina Hernández, 94, writer, playwright and translator.[29]
- 18 January – Victor Rasgado, 63, pianist and composer.[30]
- 23 January - Polo Polo, 78, comedian.[31]
- 27 January – Albert Almanza, 86, Olympic basketball player.[32]
- 30 January – Jesús Aguilar Padilla, 70, politician, governor of Sinaloa.[33]
February[edit]
- 2 February - Gerardo Islas Maldonado, 39, businessman and politician, member of the Congress of Puebla.[34]
- 7 February - Fernando Becerril, 78, actor.[35]
- 9 February - Changoleón, c. 82, Mexican television personality.[36]
- 16 February -
- Héctor Mario Gómez Galvarriato, 85, engineer, inventor and businessman.[37]
- Marilú, 95, singer and actress.[38]
- 17 February - Ángela Gurría, 93, sculptor.[39]
- 24 February - Felipe González González, 76, politician.[40]
March[edit]
- 1 March - Irma Serrano, 89, actress.[41]
- 7 March - Salvador Farfán, 90, footballer.[42]
- 11 March - Ignacio López Tarso, 98, actor.[43]
- 17 March
- Fito Olivares, 75, cumbia musician.[44]
- Carlos Payán, 94, writer, journalist and politician.[45]
- 25 March
- Chabelo, 88, American-born Mexican actor.[46]
- Lucinda Urrusti, 94, Spanish-born Mexican artist.[47]
April[edit]
- 2 April - Raúl Padilla López, 68, academic.[48]
- 4 April - Andrés García, 81, Dominican-Mexican actor.[49]
- 22 April - Marcela González Salas, 75, politician.[50]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ "Armed attack on Mexican jail leaves 14 dead". Deccan Herald. January 2, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "Mexico prison break: Hunt for escapees turns deadly". BBC News. January 3, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "El Chapo's son, Ovidio Guzmán-López, arrested amid violence". BBC News. January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ Thrower, Antony (January 7, 2023). "One killed and 57 injured after two trains collide in horror crash". mirror. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ Peña, Alfredo. "Mexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killed in Nuevo Laredo". El Paso Times. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ "Video shows guards walking away during fire that killed 38". AP NEWS. March 28, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "2 dead in hot air balloon accident outside of Mexico City". AP NEWS. April 2, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ "Mexican president accuses Pentagon of spying, vows to restrict military information". Reuters. April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ^ "US and Mexico seek WHO help with fungal meningitis outbreak". Mexico News Daily. May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ "Top Mexican officials resign in preparation for presidential runs". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ "Bus plunges into ravine in Mexico, killing as many as 27 aboard". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ Graham, Dave (September 16, 2023). "Mexican capo Ovidio Guzman extradited to US in win on fentanyl war". Reuters. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ "7 corpses, 5 bags of body parts found scattered around Mexican city after "acts of disloyalty" within cartel - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. September 27, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ Cid, Alejandro Santos (September 28, 2023). "Six bodies and one survivor found in search for kidnapped teens in Zacatecas, Mexico". EL PAÍS English. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ "Ten dead as Mexico church roof collapses at baptism". BBC News. October 1, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ^ "Hurricane LIDIA". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ^ "Mexican military helicopter crashes in the country's north killing 3 crew members". AP News. October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ^ "14 October 2023 — Great American Eclipse (Annular Solar Eclipse)".
- ^ "Hurricane Norma makes landfall near Mexico's Los Cabos and Tammy hits tiny Barbuda in the Caribbean". AP News. October 21, 2023. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ "Armed attacks in Mexico leave 24 dead, including at least 12 police". France 24. October 24, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ^ BNO News (October 25, 2023). "Category 5 Hurricane Otis makes landfall near Acapulco, Mexico - NHC". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- ^ Association, Press (October 26, 2023). "At least 27 dead in Hurricane Otis, Mexican government says". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ^ "Mexico's Zapatista indigenous rebel movement says it is dissolving its 'autonomous municipalities'". PBS NewsHour. November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ "Gun battles in Mexican city of Cuernavaca leave 9 dead, including 2 police, authorities say". AP News. November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ Resendiz, Julian (January 5, 2023). "Fugitive 'Mexicles' gang leader killed in shootout with police". Fox2 Now. El Paso. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ "Juan Francisco García". Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Falleció Black Warrior, histórico de la Lucha Libre en México". ESPN Deportes. January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ "Fallece la escritora y académica Guadalupe Rivera Marín, hija de Diego Rivera" [Writer and academic Guadalupe Rivera Marín, daughter of Diego Rivera, dies] (in Spanish). January 15, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Muere la escritora Josefina Hernández y Lavalle" [Writer Josefina Hernández y Lavalle dies]. LaJornada (in Spanish). January 16, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Fallece el compositor Víctor Rasgado" [Composer Víctor Rasgado dies]. Imagen Radio (in Spanish). January 19, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Murió el comediante mexicanoa Polo Polo a los 78 años de edad". Infobae. January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
- ^ "Former Men's Basketball player Albert Almanza passes away". Texas Sports. January 28, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Fallece el ex Gobernador de Sinaloa Jesús Aguilar Padilla" [Former Governor of Sinaloa Jesús Aguilar Padilla dies]. Noroeste (in Spanish). January 30, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Gerardo Islas, presidente del partido Fuerza por México, muere en España a los 39 años" [Gerardo Islas, president of the Fuerza por México party, dies in Spain at the age of 39]. El Pais (in Spanish). Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Fernando Becerril, actor de El Crimen del Padre Amaro, murió a los 78 años" [Fernando Becerril, actor of The Crime of Father Amaro, died at the age of 78]. Info bae (in Spanish). February 7, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Murió 'El Changoleón'; Facundo lamenta su deceso" ['El Changoleón' died; Facundo regrets his death]. Excelsior (in Spanish). April 11, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Fallece Héctor Mario Gómez Galvarriato, fundador de Imperquimia" [Héctor Mario Gómez Galvarriato, founder of Imperquimia, dies]. Expansion (in Spanish). February 17, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Cantante y actriz Marilú, 'La Muñequita que Canta' muere a los 95 años" [Singer and actress Marilú, 'La Muñequita que Canta' dies at 95]. Az Central (in Spanish). February 16, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Muere la escultora mexicana Ángela Gurría, le rendirán tributo en Bellas Artes" [The Mexican sculptor Ángela Gurría dies, they will pay tribute to her in Fine Arts]. Esde Latino (in Spanish). February 17, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Fallece Don Felipe González González, ex gobernador de Aguascalientes" [Don Felipe González González, former governor of Aguascalientes, dies]. Lider Empresarial (in Spanish). February 24, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Murió Irma Serrano a los 89 años de edad" [Irma Serrano died at 89 years of age]. Infobae (in Spanish). March 1, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Club América de luto por fallecimiento de la leyenda Salvador Farfán" [Club América in mourning for the death of the legend Salvador Farfán]. La Opinion (in Spanish). March 9, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Muere el actor Ignacio López Tarso, el Macario inmortal del cine de oro mexicano". El Pais (in Spanish). March 12, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Reports: Mexican music legend Fito Olivares has died". My San Antonio. March 17, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Muere el escritor y periodista Carlos Payán, fundador de 'La Jornada' a los 94 años" [The writer and journalist Carlos Payán, founder of 'La Jornada', dies at the age of 94]. El Pais (in Spanish). March 18, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Murió Xavier López, 'Chabelo', actor y comediante a los 88 años" [Xavier López, 'Chabelo', actor and comedian, died at 88]. Milenio (in Spanish). March 25, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Muere la pintora Lucinda Urrusti, exiliada española y retratista de García Márquez" [The painter Lucinda Urrusti, a Spanish exile and portraitist of García Márquez, dies]. El Pais (in Spanish). March 27, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Muere Raúl Padilla, exrector de la Universidad de Guadalajara" [Raúl Padilla, former rector of the University of Guadalajara, dies]. El Pais (in Spanish). April 2, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Muere Andrés García tras su lucha contra la cirrosis hepática" [Andrés García dies after his fight against cirrhosis of the liver]. Yahoo vida y estilo (in Spanish). April 5, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Fallece Marcela González Salas, secretaria de Cultura y Turismo de Edomex a los 75 años" [Marcela González Salas, Secretary of Culture and Tourism of Edomex, dies at the age of 75]. El Financiero (in Spanish). April 23, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
