2015 in Mexico

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See also:	Other events of 2015; List of years in Mexico

This is a list of events that happened in 2015 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Enrique Peña Nieto
Interior Secretary (SEGOB):
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):
Communications Secretary (SCT):
Education Secretary (SEP):
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA):
Secretary of Navy:
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare:
Secretary of Welfare:
Secretary of Public Education:
Tourism Secretary (SECTUR):
Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT):
Secretary of Health (SALUD):

Governors

Events

January

January 7: CENAPRED reported that ash from recent explosions coats the snow on the Popocateptl volcano's upper slopes.
January 29: An explosion occurred in a maternal hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, leaving 7 dead and 60 injured.

February

February 13: A bus crashes with a freight train in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, killing at least sixteen people and injuring 30.[1]
February 28: Mexican security forces arrest drug lord Servando Gómez Martínez in Morelia, Michoacán.[2]

March

March 3:

During the international tour, in search of foreign investment, President Enrique Peña Nieto, makes various economic, financial and cultural agreements with the Queen Elizabeth II.

April

April 4: Lunar Eclipse
April 8: Mexico issues a 100-year bond for 1.5 billion euros or its equivalent to approximately 620 million dollars.

May

May 22: Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada Covarrubias dies general director of ISSSTE
May 27: The SCT opens audits on contracts awarded to OHL
May 27: Nestora Salgado will be transferred to another prison, that of Tepepan.
May 28: Murder of coordinator of Panista candidate in the delegation Azcapotzalco.
May 28: The INE agrees to pay $10,000 to Rigoberta Menchú.
May 31: Santos champion by defeating the team of Querétaro (5-3).

June

June 5: Legislative elections take place to elect the 63rd Congress of the Union.[3]

Deaths

January 1: Ninón Sevilla, 93, Cuban-born Mexican actress (Aventurera), heart attack.[4]
January 3: Jaime Romero Móran, 22, gymnast, shot.[5]
January 7: Julio Scherer García, 88, journalist (Excélsior and Proceso).[6]
January 25: Demetrio González, 87, Spanish-born Mexican actor (Dos Corazones y un Cielo) and singer, complications from a stroke.[7]
January 27: Rafael Corrales Ayala, 89, politician, MP for Guanajuato (1949–1952, 1979–1982), Governor of Guanajuato (1985–1991).[8]
February 7: Gustavo Couttolenc, 93, Mexican translator and academic.[9]
February 8: Mario Vázquez Raña, businessman (b. 1932)
February 16: Lorena Rojas, 44, actress.[10]
February 19: Rafael Orozco, 92, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara).[11]
February 25: Ariel Camacho, 22, singer, traffic collision.[12]
March 12: Magda Guzmán, 83, actress, heart attack.[13]
March 19: Carlos Mijares Bracho, 84, architect
March 21: Perro Aguayo Jr., 35, professional wrestler (AAA), stroke from vertebral artery dissection.[14]
March 22: Julieta Marín Torres, 71, politician, MP for Puebla (2009–2012), lung cancer.[15]
April 3: Rocío García Gaytán, 55, politician, MP (1997–2000), cancer.[16]
April 10: Raúl Héctor Castro, 98, Mexican-born American politician and diplomat, Governor of Arizona (1975–1977), Ambassador to El Salvador (1964–1968), Bolivia (1968–1969) and Argentina (1977–1980).[17]
April 13: Joselyn Alejandra Niño, c. 20, suspected assassin, shot.[18]
April 23
- Sixto Valencia Burgos, 81, comic artist (Memín Pinguín, MAD).[19]
- Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez, 72, academic and politician, Mayor of Xalapa (1988–1991), MP for Veracruz (1994–1997).[20]
April 24: Max Rojas, 74, poet.[21]
May 1: María Elena Velasco, 74, actress, comedian and film producer (La India María), stomach cancer.[22]
May 21: Juan Molinar Horcasitas, 59, Mexican politician, ALS.[23]
June 10: Héctor Pérez Plazola, 81, politician (PAN).[24]
June 12: Andrés Mora, 60, baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians), pneumonia.[25]
June 21: Juan José Estrada, 51, boxer, WBA bantamweight champion (1988–1989), stabbed.[26]
June 26: Gustavo Sainz, 74, writer.[27]
July 2: Jacobo Zabludovsky, 87, Recognized communicator who directed for more than 20 years the main news on national network; stroke. (b. 1928)
July 13: Joan Sebastian, 64, Popular singer and composer from Guerrero; bone cancer. (b. 1951)
July 21: Gelsen Gas, 82, artist and filmmaker.[28]
July 31: Rubén Espinosa, 31, photographer and journalist. murdered.[29]
August 15: Manuel Mendívil, 79, equestrian, Olympic medalist (1980).[30]
August 16: Jacob Bekenstein, 68, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist.[31]
August 23
- Ricardo García Sainz, 85, administrator and politician, Federal deputy (1997–2000).[32]
- Eugenio Méndez Docurro, 92, politician and engineer, Secretary of Communications and Transportation (1970–1976).[33]
September 7: Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes, drug cartel leader (Los Zetas), heart attack.[34]
September 17: Eraclio Zepeda, 78, author and politician.[35]
September 19: Enrique Ballesté, 68, theater director.[36]
September 25: Hugo Gutiérrez Vega, 81, poet, diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Greece (1987–1994).[37]
October 9: Blanca Magrassi Scagno, 92, women's rights activist.[38]
October 11: Dominga Velasco, 114, Mexican-born American supercentenarian, oldest-ever verified Mexican-born person.[39]
October 14: José Luis García, 91, baseball player and manager (Tigres de Quintana Roo).[40]
October 22: Tomás Torres Mercado, 54, politician, member of the Senate (2006–2012), plane crash.[41]
November 6: José Ángel Espinoza, 96, singer, composer and actor.[42]
November 12: José Refugio Esparza Reyes, 94, politician, Governor of Aguascalientes (1974–1980).[43]
November 21: Germán Robles, 86, Spanish-Mexican actor.[44]
December 1: Xavier Olea Muñoz, 92, diplomat, lawyer and politician; Governor of Guerrero (1975)[45]
December 4: Ricardo Guízar Díaz, 82, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (1996–2009).[46]
December 16: Lizmark, 64, professional wrestler, respiratory failure.[47]
December 24: Romeo Anaya, 69, boxer, WBA Bantamweight Champion (1973).[48]

References

"Mexico train, bus crash kills at least 16".
"Mexican police capture top cartel capo 'La Tuta' Gomez".
"Calendario electoral 2015" (PDF). INE. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
Ninón Sevilla dies of a heart attack
Jaime Humberto Romero Morán Death: Mexican Gymnast, Olympic Hopeful Murdered at 22
"Influential Mexican Journalist Julio Scherer Garcia, Dead At 88". NBC News. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
Muere Demetrio González "El Charro Español" Archived 2018-10-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
Fallece Rafael Corrales Ayala Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
Fallece sacerdote que sirvió 60 años en el Seminario Conciliar de México (in Spanish)
"Lorena Rojas dies: Actress loses battle to cancer at 44".
Chivas está de luto, fallece Rafael 'Rafles' Orozco (in Spanish)
Ariel Camacho Dies in Car Crash; Mexican Singer Was 22
Magda Guzmán Dies: Mexican Actress Dead At 83 Following Heart Attack
Perro Aguayo Jr.'s cause of death confirmed as cardiac arrest caused by cervical spine trauma
Fallece Julieta, hermana del exgobernador Mario Marín (in Spanish)
Fallece Rocío García Gaytán, ex titular de Inmujeres (in Spanish)
Former Arizona Gov. Raul Castro dies at 98 Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
Hallan descuartizada en una hielera a 'La Flaca', sicaria del Cártel del Golfo (in Spanish)
Fallece Sixto Valencia, el creador artístico de 'Memín Pinguín' (in Spanish)
Fallece Guillermo Zúñiga, rector de la UPAV y ex alcalde de Xalapa (in Spanish)
Fallece el poeta mexicano Max Rojas (in Spanish)
"Mexican Slapstick Comedy Icon 'La India Maria' Dies at 74". The Hollywood Reporter.
Muere Juan Molinar Horcasitas (in Spanish)
Fallece el panista Héctor Pérez Plazola (in Spanish)
LMB de luto por muerte de Andrés Mora (in Spanish)
Asesinan al "Dinamita" Estrada (in Spanish)
Murió Gustavo Sainz, pieza esencial de la “Literatura de la onda” (in Spanish)
Gelsen Gas in memoriam (in Spanish)
Mexican photojournalist Rubén Espinosa found dead in capital
Fallece el jinete mexicano Manuel Mendívil, ganador de bronce en JO (in Spanish)
In Memoriam Jacob Bekenstein (1947–2015) and Black Hole Entropy
Muere Ricardo García Sainz Archived 2015-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
Fallece el ingeniero y político Eugenio Méndez Docurro Archived 2015-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
Zetas Drug Cartel Leader Dies in Mexican Prison
Eraclio Zepeda’s passing, tourists’ return, Mexico’s Oscar choice Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
Rinden homenaje a Enrique Ballesté, "maestro del teatro en libertad" (in Spanish)
Conaculta lamenta muerte del poeta Hugo Gutiérrez Vega (in Spanish)
Muere Blanca Magrassi, promotora de la participación política de las mujeres (in Spanish)
Dominga Velasco, American supercentenarian, Died at 114 Archived October 16, 2015, at Archive.today
Muere José Luis "Chito" García (in Spanish)
Muere ex diputado mexicano Tomás Torres en accidente aéreo (in Spanish)
Muere el compositor y actor José Ángel Espinoza 'Ferrusquilla' (in Spanish)
Muere ex gobernador de Aguascalientes (in Spanish)
Muere el actor Germán Robles (in Spanish)
"Murió en Taxco el ex gobernador Xavier Olea Muñoz, a los 92 años". Diario de Guerrero. 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
Archbishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
Falleció Lizmark, el 'Geniecillo Azul' (in Spanish)
"Romeo Anaya dies". supersport.com.

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[1] "Mexico train, bus crash kills at least 16".

[2] "Mexican police capture top cartel capo 'La Tuta' Gomez".

[3] "Calendario electoral 2015" (PDF). INE. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

[4] Ninón Sevilla dies of a heart attack

[5] Jaime Humberto Romero Morán Death: Mexican Gymnast, Olympic Hopeful Murdered at 22

[6] "Influential Mexican Journalist Julio Scherer Garcia, Dead At 88". NBC News. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

[7] Muere Demetrio González "El Charro Español" Archived 2018-10-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[8] Fallece Rafael Corrales Ayala Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[9] Fallece sacerdote que sirvió 60 años en el Seminario Conciliar de México (in Spanish)

[10] "Lorena Rojas dies: Actress loses battle to cancer at 44".

[11] Chivas está de luto, fallece Rafael 'Rafles' Orozco (in Spanish)

[12] Ariel Camacho Dies in Car Crash; Mexican Singer Was 22

[13] Magda Guzmán Dies: Mexican Actress Dead At 83 Following Heart Attack

[14] Perro Aguayo Jr.'s cause of death confirmed as cardiac arrest caused by cervical spine trauma

[15] Fallece Julieta, hermana del exgobernador Mario Marín (in Spanish)

[16] Fallece Rocío García Gaytán, ex titular de Inmujeres (in Spanish)

[17] Former Arizona Gov. Raul Castro dies at 98 Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine

[18] Hallan descuartizada en una hielera a 'La Flaca', sicaria del Cártel del Golfo (in Spanish)

[19] Fallece Sixto Valencia, el creador artístico de 'Memín Pinguín' (in Spanish)

[20] Fallece Guillermo Zúñiga, rector de la UPAV y ex alcalde de Xalapa (in Spanish)

[21] Fallece el poeta mexicano Max Rojas (in Spanish)

[22] "Mexican Slapstick Comedy Icon 'La India Maria' Dies at 74". The Hollywood Reporter.

[23] Muere Juan Molinar Horcasitas (in Spanish)

[24] Fallece el panista Héctor Pérez Plazola (in Spanish)

[25] LMB de luto por muerte de Andrés Mora (in Spanish)

[26] Asesinan al "Dinamita" Estrada (in Spanish)

[27] Murió Gustavo Sainz, pieza esencial de la “Literatura de la onda” (in Spanish)

[28] Gelsen Gas in memoriam (in Spanish)

[29] Mexican photojournalist Rubén Espinosa found dead in capital

[30] Fallece el jinete mexicano Manuel Mendívil, ganador de bronce en JO (in Spanish)

[31] In Memoriam Jacob Bekenstein (1947–2015) and Black Hole Entropy

[32] Muere Ricardo García Sainz Archived 2015-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[33] Fallece el ingeniero y político Eugenio Méndez Docurro Archived 2015-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[34] Zetas Drug Cartel Leader Dies in Mexican Prison

[35] Eraclio Zepeda’s passing, tourists’ return, Mexico’s Oscar choice Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[36] Rinden homenaje a Enrique Ballesté, "maestro del teatro en libertad" (in Spanish)

[37] Conaculta lamenta muerte del poeta Hugo Gutiérrez Vega (in Spanish)

[38] Muere Blanca Magrassi, promotora de la participación política de las mujeres (in Spanish)

[39] Dominga Velasco, American supercentenarian, Died at 114 Archived October 16, 2015, at Archive.today

[40] Muere José Luis "Chito" García (in Spanish)

[41] Muere ex diputado mexicano Tomás Torres en accidente aéreo (in Spanish)

[42] Muere el compositor y actor José Ángel Espinoza 'Ferrusquilla' (in Spanish)

[43] Muere ex gobernador de Aguascalientes (in Spanish)

[44] Muere el actor Germán Robles (in Spanish)

[dguerrero-45] "Murió en Taxco el ex gobernador Xavier Olea Muñoz, a los 92 años". Diario de Guerrero. 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2015-12-28.

[46] Archbishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine

[47] Falleció Lizmark, el 'Geniecillo Azul' (in Spanish)

[48] "Romeo Anaya dies". supersport.com.

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