# 1970 in Mexico

Events in the year 1970 in Mexico.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (until 30 November), Luis Echeverría (starting 1 December)
* Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Mario Moya Palencia
* Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Antonio Carrillo Flores/Emilio Óscar Rabasa
* Communications Secretary (SCT): José Antonio Padilla Segura/Eugenio Méndez Docurro
* Education Secretary (SEP): Agustín Yáñez/Víctor Bravo Ahuja
* Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Matías Ramos
* Secretary of Navy: Antonio Vázquez del Mercado/Luis M. Bravo Carrera
* Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Salomón González Blanco/Rafael Hernández Ochoa
* Secretary of Welfare: Gilberto Valenzuela/Luis Enrique Bracamontes

### Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court: Alfonso Guzmán Neyra

### Governors

* Aguascalientes: Francisco Guel Jiménez
* Baja California: Raúl Sánchez Díaz Martell
* Campeche: Carlos Sansores Pérez
* Chiapas: José Castillo Tielemans/Manuel Velasco Suárez
* Chihuahua: Oscar Flores Sánchez
* Coahuila: Eulalio Gutiérrez Treviño
* Colima: Pablo Silva García
* Durango: Alejandro Páez Urquidi
* Guanajuato: Manuel M. Moreno
* Guerrero: Caritino Maldonado Pérez
* Hidalgo: Manuel Sánchez Vite/Donaciano Serna Leal
* Jalisco: Francisco Medina Ascencio/Alberto Orozco Romero
* State of Mexico: Carlos Hank González
* Michoacán: Carlos Gálvez Betancourt/Servando Chávez Hernández
* Morelos
** Emilio Riva Palacio (PRI), until May 18
** Felipe Rivera Crespo (PRI), starting May 18
* Nayarit: Roberto Gómez Reyes
* Nuevo León: Eduardo Elizondo
* Oaxaca: Víctor Bravo Ahuja/Fernando Gómez Sandoval
* Puebla: Rafael Moreno Valle
* Querétaro: Juventino Castro Sánchez
* San Luis Potosí: Antonio Rocha Cordero
* Sinaloa: Alfredo Valdés Montoya
* Sonora: Faustino Félix Serna
* Tabasco: Manuel R. Mora Martínez
* Tamaulipas: Manuel A. Rabize
* Tlaxcala: Ignacio Bonillas/Crisanto Cuéllar Abaroa/Luciano Huerta Sánchez
* Veracruz: Rafael Murillo Vidal
* Yucatán: Luis Torres Mesías/Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz
* Zacatecas: Pedro Ruiz González
* Regent of the Federal District
** Alfonso Corona del Rosal (until July 31)
** Alfonso Martínez Domínguez (starting August 1)

## Events

* The Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología founded.
* May 23: Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal established.
* July 5: 1970 Mexican general election.
* August 31 – September 5: Tropical Storm Norma.
* November 20: Metro Hospital General opens.
* November 23: The Boundary Treaty of 1970 is signed.

## Awards

* Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Rosendo Salazar

## Film

* List of Mexican films of 1970

## Sport

* 1969–70 Mexican Primera División season
* 1970 Mexican Primera División season
* 1970 FIFA World Cup
* Rojos del Águila de Veracruz win the Mexican League
* 1970 Mexican Grand Prix
* Club Universidad de Guadalajara and Club Jalisco are founded.

## Births

* February 16 — Nailea Norvind, actress
* April 13 — Eduardo Capetillo, singer and actor
* June 17 — Sasha Sokol, singer, composer, actress, and television host
* September 18 — Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís, politician (PRI) and Governor of Coahuila starting 2017
* September 29 — Ninel Conde, Mexican actress, singer, and television host
* October 1 — José Ignacio Peralta, Governor of Colima starting 2016
* October 8 — Mayrín Villanueva, model and actress
* December 28 — Yolanda Andrade, Mexican actress and television presenter

## Deaths

* October 19 – Lázaro Cárdenas, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)