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This is a list of events that happened in 2011 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.

Incumbents[]

Federal government[]

See also: Cabinet of Mexico

Governors[]

Events[]

January–March[]

August 25 – 2011 Monterrey casino attack: Casino Royale in fire, after the attack
January
  • January 6 – the poet and women's rights activist Susana Chávez is murdered in Ciudad Juarez.
  • January 14 – Mexican Drug War: 14 people are killed in a shootout after 100 soldiers, marines and police in Xalapa, Veracruz, surround a house.[4][5]
  • January 25 – Gunmen open fire on a crowd at a soccer game in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, killing seven people.[6]
  • January 30 – State elections in Guerrero.
February
  • February 6 – State elections in Baja California Sur.
  • February 8 – The Mexican Army rescues 44 Guatemalan immigrants in Reynosa in northern Mexico.[7]
  • February 13 – Unidentified gunmen kill eight people in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl part of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area.[8]
  • February 15 – Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are shot while travelling between Monterrey and Mexico City with one officer dying.[9]
  • February 20 – Mexican Drug War: 53 people are killed in a 72-hour period in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.[10]
March
  • March 1 – Seventeen bodies are found in clandestine graves in Mexico's Guerrero state.[11]

April–June[]

April
  • April 6 – 2011 Tamaulipas massacre: At least 177 bodies are found in a mass grave in Mexico's Tamaulipas state.[12]
May
  • May 8 – Bicentennial celebrations in Monterrey.
June
  • June 7 – The former Governor of Chiapas state in Mexico Pablo Salazar is arrested on charges on embezzling more than $90 million from hurricane relief funds.[13]

July–September[]

July
  • July 3
    • State elections in the State of Mexico.
    • State elections in Nayarit.
    • Voters in Mexico go to the polls for local elections in the states of Mexico, Coahuila, Nayarit, Puebla and Hidalgo.[14]
August
  • August 8 – Monterrey Tech bombing: A homemade bomb explodes at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Estado de México Campus in Atizapán de Zaragoza. The bomb was sent to a professor of robotics who was injured along with a guard at the university.[15][16]
  • August 25 – 2011 Monterrey casino attack: more than 50 people are killed in an attack on a casino in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.[17][18]
  • August 30 – The Popocatepetl volcano south of Mexico City starts spewing ash into the sky.[19]
September

October–December[]

October
November
December

Awards[]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico

Notable deaths[]

January to June[]

See also: List of politicians killed in the Mexican Drug War and List of journalists and media workers killed in Mexico
Pedro Armendáriz, Jr.
  • January 5 – , politician PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI, Mayor of Zaragoza, Coahuila; shot. (body found on this date)[20][21]
  • January 11
    • , politician PVE Party (Mexico).svg PVEM, Mayor of Temoac, Morelos; shot.[22]
    • Susana Chávez, poet and human rights activist, strangled. (death confirmed on this date)
  • January 13 – , politician, Mayor of Santiago Amoltepec; shot.[23][24]
  • February 4 – Juan Carlos Guardado Méndez, politician PT logo (Mexico).svg PT, former municipal president of Fresnillo, Zacatecas; murdered.[nb 1][25]
  • February 9 – Rodolfo Ochoa Moreno, journalist (Grupo Multimedios Laguna), Torreón, Coahuila; killed.[26]
  • February 12 – Saturnino Valdez Llanos, politician ||PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI, municipal president of Tampico Alto, Veracruz; murdered.[nb 2][27][28]
  • February 22 – José Luis Prieto Torres, politician, former president of Allende Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered.[29]
  • February 28 – Enrique Chávez Gómez, politician PRD logo (Mexico).svg PRD, former candidate for municipal president of Saucillo, Chihuahua; murdered.[30]
  • March 10 – Mario Chuc Aguilar, politician, former municipal president of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo; murdered.[31][32]
  • March 25 – José Luis Cerda Meléndez & Luis Emanuel Ruiz Carrillo, journalists (La Prensa), Guadalupe, Nuevo León; killed.[33]
  • April 7 – Enterbio Reyes Bello, politician, former president of Copanatoyac (municipality), Guerrero; murdered.[34]
  • May 14 – Silvia Moreno Leal, politician, former president of Balleza Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered.[35][36]
  • May 18 – Fernando Duarte Flores, politician, former municipal president of Hidalgo, Coahuila; murdered.[37]
  • May 31 – Noel López Olguín, journalist (La Verdad de Jáltipan), Chinameca, Veracruz; killed.[38]
  • June 7 – Gonzalo Amador Ortega, politician PAN Party (Mexico).svg PAN, former candidate for municipal president of Huauchinango, Puebla; murdered.[39]
  • June 14 – Pablo Ruelas Barraza, journalist (Diario del Yaqui & El Regional de Sonora), Huatabampo, Sonora; killed.[40][41]
  • June 20 – Miguel Ángel López Velasco, journalist (Notiver), Veracruz; killed.[42]
  • June 24 – Gonzalo Amador Ortega, politician PAN Party (Mexico).svg PAN, former candidate for municipal president of Huauchinango, Puebla; murdered.[43]

July to December[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Guardado Méndez was abducted on 4 February 2011 and is currently disappeared. He is not reported as dead.
  2. ^ Valdez Llanos was intercepted by gunmen and has not been found. He is not reported as dead.
  3. ^ Cartel members broke into Galván's house and kidnapped him. He remains disappeared.

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