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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.

Incumbents[]

Federal government[]

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See also: Cabinet of Mexico

Governors[]

Events[]

  • January 4 – Altamira prison brawl: Thirty-one killed and 13 injured in a Tamaulipas prison.[5]
  • February 7 – The Estela de Luz to commemorate the bicentennial of the Independence of Mexico is inaugurated in Mexico City.[6]
  • February 19 – Apodaca prison riot: Forty-four killed in a Nuevo León prison.[7]
  • March 20 - A magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills two and leaves 30,000 homeless in Oaxaca and Guerrero.
  • March – Pope Benedict XVI visits Guanajuato.[8]
  • 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.[9]
  • April 20 – Álamo bus accident: Forty-three killed and 17 injured in an accident in Veracruz.[10]
  • April and May – 2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres, April 17,[11] April 24[12] and May 4.[12]
  • May 3 – 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists: The bodies of two journalists were recovered in Veracruz on World Press Freedom Day.[13]
  • May 13 – Cadereyta Jiménez massacre: At least 49 people are killed in the Mexican Drug War.[14]
  • June 9 – Miss Latin America 2012 won by Georgina Méndez Pimentel, 24, in the .[15]
  • June 18 and 19 – 2012 G-20 Los Cabos summit[16]
  • August 12 – Edgar Morales Perez, PRI mayor-elect of Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, and his campaign manager were assassinated by unknown attackers.[17]
  • August 19: 2012 Michoacán murder of photographers
  • December 9: 2012 Mexico Learjet 25 crash

Elections[]

Awards[]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico
  • Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Ernesto de la Peña (post mortem)[18]
  • Order of the Aztec Eagle – Bono[19]
  • National Prize for Arts and Sciences[20]
    • 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 Maloney
    • Mel Martínez
    • David J. Schmidly
    • Richard A. Tapia
    • Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa
    • Edward James Olmos

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Misc[]

Notable births[]

Notable deaths[]

See also: List of politicians killed in the Mexican Drug War and List of journalists and media workers killed in Mexico
  • January 7 – Raúl Régulo Quirino Garza, journalist (La Última Palabra) in Cadereyta, Nuevo León; killed.[21]
  • May 13 — René Orta Salgado, journalist and politician PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI; assassinated (b. ca. 1969)
  • May 15 – Carlos Fuentes, Mexico-born author (La muerte de Artemio Cruz, Aura, Terra Nostra, Gringo Viejo), (born 1928)[8]
  • April 1 – Miguel de la Madrid, 52nd President of Mexico (PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI), 1982-1988 (born 1934)[22]
  • April 20
    • Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro, military leader (born )
    • Héctor Javier Salinas Aguirre, journalist (920 Radio Noticias), in Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed.[23][24]
    • Javier Moya Muñoz, journalist (920 Radio Noticias), in Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed.[23]
  • April 28 – Regina Martínez Pérez, journalist (Proceso) in Xalapa, Veracruz; killed.[25]
  • May 3 – 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists:
    • Gabriel Huge Córdova, journalist (Notiver) in Boca del Río, Veracruz; killed.[26]
    • Guillermo Luna Varela, journalist (Veracruznews).[26]
    • Esteban Rodríguez, journalist (Diario AZ).[27]
    • Ana Irasema Becerra Jiménez, journalist (El Dictamen).[28]
  • 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.[29]
  • May 18 – Marco Antonio Ávila García, journalist (Sonora Diario Sonora de la Tarde & El Regional de Ciudad Obregón) in Empalme, Sonora; killed.[30]
  • June 14 – Víctor Manuel Báez Chinojournalist (Milenio Xalapa) in Xalapa, Veracruz; killed.[31][32]
  • June 30 – Armando Montaño, journalist (The Associated Press) in Mexico City; killed.[33]
  • August 5 – Chavela Vargas – Costa Rican singer who lived in Cuernavaca.[8]
  • 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.[34][35]
  • August 20 – 2012 Michoacán murder of photographers in Ecuandureo, Michoacán:
    • José Antonio Aguilar Mota, freelance photographer; killed.[36]
    • Arturo Barajas López, photographer (Diario de Zamora); killed.[36]
  • September 25 – Alonso Lujambio, 50, Senator and former Secretary of Public Education; cancer[8]
  • October 7 – Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, gang leader (Los Zetas); killed by the navy[8]
  • October 15 – Ramón Abel López Aguilar, journalist (Tijuana Informativo) in Tijuana, Baja California; killed.[37]
  • November 14 – Adrián Silva Moreno, freelance journalist in Tehuacán, Puebla; killed.[38]
  • November 15 – María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar, 36, politician PRD logo (Mexico).svg PRD, former mayor of Tiquicheo, Michoacan; beaten to death (body found on this date).[39]
  • December 4 – , soccer player (C.F. Pachuca)[8]
  • December 9 – Jenni Rivera, banda singer and coach of La Voz... México[8]
  • December 22 – David Araujo Arévalo, journalist (Novedades de Acapulco) in Acapulco, Guerrero; murdered.

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