# 2009 in Mexico

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This is a list of events that happened in 2009 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: Felipe Calderón PAN
* Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Fernando Gómez Mont
* Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Patricia Espinosa
* Communications Secretary (SCT)
** Luis Téllez, until March 3
** Juan Molinar Horcasitas, starting March 3
* Education Secretary (SEP)
** Josefina Vázquez Mota, until April 4
** Alonso Lujambio, starting April 6
* Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Guillermo Galván Galván
* Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza
* Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): Javier Lozano Alarcón
* Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL)
** Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, until December 9
** Heriberto Félix Guerra, starting December 9
* Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
* Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada
* Secretary of Health (SALUD): José Ángel Córdova
* Secretary of Public Security (SSP): Genaro García Luna
* Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
** Agustín Carstens, until December 9
** Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, starting December 9
* Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1
* Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA)
** Alberto Cárdenas, until September 7
** Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda, starting September 7
* Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): Salvador Vega Casillas
* Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): Germán Martínez
* Secretary of Economy (SE): Gerardo Ruiz Mateos
* Attorney General of Mexico (PRG)
** Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, until September 7
** Arturo Chávez Chávez, starting September 24

### Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court: Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia

### Governors

* Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso, (National Action Party, PAN)
* Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán, (PAN)
* Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño (Party of the Democratic Revolution, PRD)
* Campeche
** Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until September 15.
** Fernando Ortega Bernés, (PRI), starting September 16
* Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All)
* Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI)
* Coahuila: Humberto Moreira Valdés, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* Colima:
** Silverio Cavazos, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 1 November
** Mario Anguiano Moreno, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI) from 1 November
* Durango: Ismael Hernández, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva, (National Action Party, PAN)
* Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* State of Mexico: Enrique Pena Nieto, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (until 15 February); Leonel Godoy Rangel (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (from 15 February)
* Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame (PAN).
* Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
* Nuevo León:
** José Natividad González Parás, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 3 October
** Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), from 3 October
* Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* Puebla: Mario Marín Torres, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón (National Action Party, PAN)
* Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* San Luis Potosí:
** Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 25 September
** Fernando Toranzo Fernández, Fernando Toranzo Fernández, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), from 25 September
* Sinaloa: Jesús Aguilar Padilla, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI)
* Sonora:
** Eduardo Bours, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 12 September
** Guillermo Padrés Elías, (National Action Party, PAN), from 12 September
* Tabasco: Andrés Rafael Granier Melo, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* Tlaxcala: Héctor Ortiz Ortiz (National Action Party, PAN)
* Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* Yucatán: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
* Zacatecas: Amalia García (Party of the Democratic Revolution PRD)
* Head of Government of the Federal District: Marcelo Ebrard (PRD)

## Events

* January– A Swine flu pandemic occur right after the U.S. first case of the Flu.
* February 11 – Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announces the discovery of a 16th-century mass grave at the Tlatelolco archaeological site in Mexico City.
* March 4 – 2009 Mexico prison riot: A riot at a prison near Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, kills at least 20 inmates and injures seven others.
* March 17 – At least 11 people are killed and four injured in a bus accident outside Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
* April 10 – Mexico City closes freshwater supplies to 5,000,000 people for 36 hours to combat shortages.
* April 19 – Eight corrections officers are killed in an ambush during a prisoner transfer in Nayarit, Mexico.
* April 25 – Mexico's government declares a state of emergency to combat the outbreak of swine influenza.
* April 27 – 2009 Guerrero earthquake: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes near Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico.
* May 16 – The Gulf drug cartel liberates 59 inmates from a prison in Zacatecas, Mexico.
* May 22 – A 5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Chiautla de Tapia, Puebla, Mexico.
* June 6 – 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire: a fire at a day-care center kills at least 40 people in Hermosillo, Mexico.
* July 3 – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake centred in the Sea of Cortez shakes western Mexico.
* July 5 – Mexico holds its legislative election.
* August 3 – Several earthquakes, including one of 6.9 magnitude, hit northwestern Mexico.
* August 7 – 2009 Guanajuato and Hidalgo shootings: Shootouts leave at least 11 dead in the escalating violence since Mexico's continuing national crackdown on the illegal drug trade.
* August 4 – President Felipe Calderon receives Honduras President Manuel Zelaya in Los Pinos after a coup d'etat.
* August 15 – A prison riot in the Mexican state of Durango leaves at least 19 people dead and 20 injured.
* August 21 – Mexico decriminalises the use of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs for "personal use".
* September 9 – Aeroméxico Flight 576, a Boeing 737 carrying 104 people, is hijacked shortly after take-off from Cancún, and forced to land at Mexico City International Airport.
* September 16 – Gunmen kill 10 people at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Mexico.
* December 16 – Mexican drug lord Arturo Beltrán Leyva, leader of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, is killed by personnel of the Mexican Navy during a shootout in Cuernavaca, Morelos.
* December 21 – Mexico City's Legislative Assembly legalizes same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption.
* December 25 – The death by gunshot wound of Expresiones de Tulum journalist Alberto Velázquez, the 12th journalist to be killed in Mexico in 2009, is announced.

## Awards

* Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Javier Barros Sierra (post mortem)
* Order of the Aztec Eagle
* National Prize for Arts and Sciences
* National Public Administration Prize
* Ohtli Award
** Viola Casares
** Jimmie V. Reyna
** Esperanza Andrade
** Gil Cedillo
** Gloria Molina
** Enrique Morones
** Janet Murguía

## Popular culture
### Sports

* 2009 Primera División de México Clausura
* 2009 Primera División de México Apertura
* 2009 InterLiga
* 2009 CONCACAF Champions League Finals
* 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
* 2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
* Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2009)
* 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Mexico
* 2009 LATAM Challenge Series season
* 2009 NASCAR Corona Series season
* 2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series season
* 2009 Chihuahua Express
* 2009 Carrera Panamericana
* 2009 International Rally of Nations
* 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Manzanillo)
* 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Puerto Vallarta)
* 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Tijuana)
* 2009 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
* 2009 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship
* Mexico at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
* 2009 Caribbean Series

### Music

* List of number-one albums of 2009 (Mexico)

### Film

* All inclusive
* Alamar
* Amar a morir
* Cabeza de Buda
* Otra película de huevos y un pollo
* Tlatelolco: México 68
* Recién Cazado
* Sólo quiero caminar
* Secretos de familia
* Nikté

### TV
#### Telenovelas

* Un gancho al corazón
* Mañana es para siempre
* Atrévete a soñar
* Verano de amor
* Mi pecado
* Camaleones
* Hasta que el dinero nos separe
* Sortilegio
* Alma de Hierro
* Pasión Morena
* Eternamente tuya
* Pobre diabla
* Los exitosos Pérez
* Corazón salvaje
* Mujer comprada

## Notable deaths

* January 11 – Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos, 90, Mexican painter, pneumonia.
* January 14 – Ricardo Montalbán, 88, Mexican-born American actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), heart failure.
* February 6 – Claudio Reyes Núñez, politician PRI, president of Otáez Municipality, Durango; murdered.
* February 7 – Jorge Reyes, 56, Mexican musician (Chac Mool), heart attack.
* February 22 – Francisco Javier Rodríguez Aceves, politician PRD, former president of Petatlán (municipality), Guerrero: murdered.
* February 24 – Octavio Manuel Carrillo Castellanos, politician PRI, municipal president of Vista Hermosa, Michoacán; murdered.
* March 3 – Luis Mena Arroyo, 88, Mexican prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Mexico.
* March 7 – |Gonzalo Paz Torres||N/A||Chief of city council||7 March 2009||Tancítaro, Michoacán||
* March 14 – Dimas Arzeta Cisneros, politician PRI, former president of Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero; murdered.
* March 18 – Luis Rojas Mena, 91, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Culiacán (1969–1993).
* March 22 – Abismo Negro, 37, Mexican lucha libre professional wrestler, drowned.
* March 23 – Raúl Macías, 74, Mexican boxer, cancer.
* March 26 – Griselda Álvarez, 95, Mexican politician and writer, Governor of Colima (1979–1985), natural causes.
* April 3 – Nicolás León Hernández, politician PRI, former municipal president of Isla del Cayacal, Michoacán; murdered.
* April 7 – Gustavo Bucio Rodríguez, politician PRD, candidate for Deputy in Michoacán; murdered.
* April 20 – Alfonso Rivera Cruz, municipal president pro tempore of Zapotitlán Tablas (municipality), Guerrero; murdered.
* April 23 – Felipe Solís Olguín, 64, Mexican archaeologist, curator of the National Anthropology Museum, cardiac arrest.
* April 30 – Amparo Arozamena, 92, Mexican actress, heart attack.
* May 5 – Manuel Capetillo, bullfighter, singer, and actor; respiratory illness (b. 1926)
* May 5 – Benjamín Flores, 24, Mexican boxer, brain injury during a match.
* June 2 – Luis Carlos Ramírez López, politician PAN, president of Ocampo Municipality; murdered.
* June 11 – Efraín Gutiérrez Arcos, politician PRI, former municipal president of Santa Ana Maya, Michoacán; murdered.
* June 23 — Manuel Saval, 53, actor (b. 1956)
* July 14
** Héctor Manuel Meixueiro Muñoz, politician PAN, president of Namiquipa Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered.
** Ismael Rivera, politician, treasurer of the municipality of Namiquipa, Chihuahua; murdered.
* July 19 – Guillermo Schulenburg, 93, Mexican Abbot of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (1963–1996), natural causes.
* July 22 – Marco Antonio Nazareth, 23, Mexican boxer, cerebral hemorrhage.
* August 20
** Carlos González Nova, 92, Mexican businessman, founder of Comercial Mexicana supermarket chain.
** Armando Chavarría Barrera, politician PRD, Deputy from Chilpancingo, Guerrero; murdered.
* August 29 – Yolanda Varela, 79, Mexican film actress, natural causes.
* September 6 – Jose Francisco Fuentes, 43, politician; shot.
* October 9 – Estanislao García Santelis, politician, municipal president of Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua; murdered.
* October 16 – José Sánchez Chávez, politician PRI, former municipal president of Tiquicheo, Michoacán; murdered.
* October 25 – Lázaro Pérez Jiménez, 66, Mexican Roman Catholic Bishop of Celaya.
* November 6 – Manuel Arvizu, 90, Mexican Roman Catholic Bishop of Jesús María del Nayar.
* November 7 – Bernardo Garza Sada, 79, Mexican businessman, founder of ALFA.
* November 16 – Antonio de Nigris, 31, Mexican football player, heart failure.
* November 28 – Joaquín Vargas Gómez, 84, Mexican media owner, founder of MVS Comunicaciones, natural causes.
* December 4: Leticia Palma (Zoyla Gloria Ruiz Moscoso), 82, actress (En la palma de tu mano), (b. 1926)
* December 7 – Lorenzo Ochoa Salas, Mexican archeologist.
* December 16 – Arturo Beltrán Leyva, 48, Mexican drug lord, shot.