2015 in Mexico

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This is a list of events that happened in 2015 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

  • 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

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, equivalent to 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

July

  • July 11: Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the notorious Mexican drug lord and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, escaped from the maximum-security Altiplano Federal Prison in Almoloya de Juárez. This was his second escape from a Mexican prison, his first being in 2001.[10]

November

Awards

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico

Deaths

See also

References

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  17. ^ Jaime Humberto Romero Morán Death: Mexican Gymnast, Olympic Hopeful Murdered at 22
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  19. ^ Muere Demetrio González "El Charro Español" Archived 2018-10-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  20. ^ Fallece Rafael Corrales Ayala Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  21. ^ Fallece sacerdote que sirvió 60 años en el Seminario Conciliar de México (in Spanish)
  22. ^ "Lorena Rojas dies: Actress loses battle to cancer at 44".
  23. ^ Chivas está de luto, fallece Rafael 'Rafles' Orozco (in Spanish)
  24. ^ Ariel Camacho Dies in Car Crash; Mexican Singer Was 22
  25. ^ Magda Guzmán Dies: Mexican Actress Dead At 83 Following Heart Attack
  26. ^ Perro Aguayo Jr.'s cause of death confirmed as cardiac arrest caused by cervical spine trauma
  27. ^ Fallece Julieta, hermana del exgobernador Mario Marín (in Spanish)
  28. ^ Fallece Rocío García Gaytán, ex titular de Inmujeres (in Spanish)
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  30. ^ Hallan descuartizada en una hielera a 'La Flaca', sicaria del Cártel del Golfo Archived 2018-03-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  31. ^ Fallece Sixto Valencia, el creador artístico de 'Memín Pinguín' (in Spanish)
  32. ^ Fallece Guillermo Zúñiga, rector de la UPAV y ex alcalde de Xalapa (in Spanish)
  33. ^ Fallece el poeta mexicano Max Rojas (in Spanish)
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  35. ^ Muere Juan Molinar Horcasitas (in Spanish)
  36. ^ Fallece el panista Héctor Pérez Plazola (in Spanish)
  37. ^ LMB de luto por muerte de Andrés Mora (in Spanish)
  38. ^ Asesinan al "Dinamita" Estrada (in Spanish)
  39. ^ Murió Gustavo Sainz, pieza esencial de la “Literatura de la onda” (in Spanish)
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  42. ^ Fallece el jinete mexicano Manuel Mendívil, ganador de bronce en JO (in Spanish)
  43. ^ In Memoriam Jacob Bekenstein (1947–2015) and Black Hole Entropy
  44. ^ Muere Ricardo García Sainz Archived 2015-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  45. ^ Fallece el ingeniero y político Eugenio Méndez Docurro Archived 2015-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  46. ^ Zetas Drug Cartel Leader Dies in Mexican Prison
  47. ^ Eraclio Zepeda’s passing, tourists’ return, Mexico’s Oscar choice Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  48. ^ Rinden homenaje a Enrique Ballesté, "maestro del teatro en libertad" (in Spanish)
  49. ^ Conaculta lamenta muerte del poeta Hugo Gutiérrez Vega (in Spanish)
  50. ^ Muere Blanca Magrassi, promotora de la participación política de las mujeres (in Spanish)
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  52. ^ Muere José Luis "Chito" García (in Spanish)
  53. ^ Muere el compositor y actor José Ángel Espinoza 'Ferrusquilla' (in Spanish)
  54. ^ Muere ex gobernador de Aguascalientes (in Spanish)
  55. ^ Muere el actor Germán Robles (in Spanish)
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  58. ^ Falleció Lizmark, el 'Geniecillo Azul' (in Spanish)
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