# 1977 in Mexico

Events in the year 1977 in Mexico.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: José López Portillo
* Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Jesús Reyes Heroles
* Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Santiago Roel García
* Communications Secretary (SCT): Emilio Mújica Montoya
* Education Secretary (SEP): Porfirio Muñoz Ledo/Fernando Solana Morales
* Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Félix Galván López
* Secretary of Navy: Ricardo Cházaro Lara
* Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Pedro Ojeda Paullada
* Secretary of Welfare: Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
* Secretary of Public Education: Porfirio Muñoz Ledo/Fernando Solana Morales
* Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Guillermo Rossell de la Lama

### Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court: Mario G. Rebolledo Fernández

### Governors

* Aguascalientes: José Refugio Esparza Reyes
* Baja California
** Milton Castellanos Everardo, until October 31
** Roberto de la Madrid, starting November 1
* Baja California Sur: José Refugio Esparza Reyes
* Campeche: Rafael Rodríguez Barrera
* Chiapas: Jorge de la Vega Domínguez/Salomón González Blanco
* Chihuahua: Manuel Bernardo Aguirre
* Coahuila: Oscar Flores Tapia
* Colima: Arturo Noriega Pizano
* Durango: Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez
* Guanajuato: Luis H. Ducoing Gamba
* Guerrero: Rubén Figueroa Figueroa
* Hidalgo: José Luis Suárez Molina
* Jalisco: Alberto Orozco Romero/Flavio Romero de Velasco
* State of Mexico: Jorge Jiménez Cantú
* Michoacán: Carlos Torres Manzo
* Morelos: Armando León Bejarano (PRI)
* Nayarit: Rogelio Flores Curiel
* Nuevo León: Pedro Zorrilla Martínez
* Oaxaca: Miguel Zárate Aquino/Eliseo Jiménez Ruiz
* Puebla: Toxqui Fernández de Lara
* Querétaro: Antonio Calzada Urquiza
* Quintana Roo: Jesús Martínez Ross
* San Luis Potosí: Guillermo Fonseca Álvarez
* Sinaloa: Alfonso G. Calderón
* Sonora: Alejandro Carrillo Marcor
* Tabasco: Leandro Rovirosa Wade
* Tamaulipas: Enrique Cárdenas González
* Tlaxcala: Emilio Sánchez Piedras
* Veracruz: Rafael Hernández Ochoa
* Yucatán: Francisco Luna Kan
* Zacatecas: Fernando Pámanes Escobedo
* Regent of Mexico City: Carlos Hank González

## Events

* The now-ubiquitous convenience store chain OXXO is founded.
* The Monterrey College of Music and Dance is established.
* April 13: Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes established.
* August 29 – September 4:Hurricane Anita
* September: Liceo Mexicano Japonés opens its doors in Mexico City.

## Awards

* Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Juan de Dios Bátiz Peredes

## Births

* January 4 – Irán Castillo, Mexican actress and singer
* February 28 — Rafael Amaya, actor.
* March 4 – Ana Guevara, Athlete and Politician.
* May 2 – Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga, Chihuauhua politician (d. 2017).
* May 25 – Alberto Del Rio, pro wrestler
* June 29 – Eugenio Polgovsky, filmmaker, winner of Ariel Award (d. 2017).
* September 5 - Sin Cara, professional wrestler
* November 24 – David Alonso López, boxer (d. 2017).
* December 8 - Elsa Benítez, model and television host

## Deaths

* October 1 — Victorio Blanco, movie actor (b. 1893)

## Film

* List of Mexican films of 1977

## Sport

* 1976–77 Mexican Primera División season
* Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo win the Mexican League
* 1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics are held in Xalapa.