2009 in Mexico
Events in the year 2009 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Events
United States President
Barack Obama bids farewell to the family of Mexican President Felipe Calderon following their
meeting in Mexico City on April 16, 2009.
- 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.[1]
- March 4 – 2009 Mexico prison riot: A riot at a prison near Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, kills at least 20 inmates and injures seven others.[2]
- March 17 – At least 11 people are killed and four injured in an bus accident outside Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.[3]
- April 10 – Mexico City closes freshwater supplies to 5,000,000 people for 36 hours to combat shortages.[4]
- April 19 – Eight corrections officers are killed in an ambush during a prisoner transfer in Nayarit, Mexico.[5]
- April 25 – Mexico's government declares a state of emergency to combat the outbreak of swine influenza.[6]
- April 27 – 2009 Guerrero earthquake: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes near Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico.[7]
- May 16 – The Gulf drug cartel liberates 59 inmates from a prison in Zacatecas, Mexico.[8]
- May 22 – A 5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Chiautla de Tapia, Puebla, Mexico.[9]
- June 6 – 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire: a fire at a day-care center kills at least 40 people in Hermosillo, Mexico.[10]
- July 3 – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake centred in the Sea of Cortez shakes western Mexico.[11]
- July 5 – Mexico holds its legislative election.[12]
- August 3 – Several earthquakes, including one of 6.9 magnitude, hit northwestern Mexico.[13]
- 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.[14]
- August 15 – A prison riot in the Mexican state of Durango leaves at least 19 people dead and 20 injured.[15]
- August 21 – Mexico decriminalises the use of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs for "personal use".[16]
- 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.[17]
- September 16 – Gunmen kill 10 people at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Mexico.[18]
- 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.[19]
- December 21 – Mexico City's Legislative Assembly legalizes same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption.[20]
- 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.[21]
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
TV
Telenovelas
Notable deaths
- January 11 – Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos, 90, Mexican painter, pneumonia.[22]
- January 14 – Ricardo Montalbán, 88, Mexican-born American actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), heart failure.[23]
- February 7 – Jorge Reyes, 56, Mexican musician (Chac Mool), heart attack.[24]
- March 3 – Luis Mena Arroyo, 88, Mexican prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Mexico.[25]
- March 18 – Luis Rojas Mena, 91, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Culiacán (1969–1993).[26]
- March 22 – Abismo Negro, 37, Mexican lucha libre professional wrestler, drowned.[27]
- March 23 – Raúl Macías, 74, Mexican boxer, cancer.[28]
- March 26 – Griselda Álvarez, 95, Mexican politician and writer, Governor of Colima (1979–1985), natural causes.[29]
- April 23 – Felipe Solís Olguín, 64, Mexican archaeologist, curator of the National Anthropology Museum, cardiac arrest.[30]
- April 30 – Amparo Arozamena, 92, Mexican actress, heart attack.[31]
- May 5 – Benjamín Flores, 24, Mexican boxer, brain injury during a match.[32]
- July 19 – Guillermo Schulenburg, 93, Mexican Abbot of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (1963–1996), natural causes.[33]
- July 22 – Marco Antonio Nazareth, 23, Mexican boxer, cerebral hemorrhage.[34]
- August 20 – Carlos González Nova, 92, Mexican businessman, founder of Comercial Mexicana supermarket chain.[35]
- August 29 – Yolanda Varela, 79, Mexican film actress, natural causes.[36]
- September 6 – Jose Francisco Fuentes, 43, Mexican politician, shot.[37]
- October 25 – Lázaro Pérez Jiménez, 66, Mexican Roman Catholic Bishop of Celaya.[38]
- November 6 – Manuel Arvizu, 90, Mexican Roman Catholic Bishop of Jesús María del Nayar.[39]
- November 7 – Bernardo Garza Sada, 79, Mexican businessman, founder of ALFA.[40]
- November 16 – Antonio de Nigris, 31, Mexican football player, heart failure.[41]
- November 28 – Joaquín Vargas Gómez, 84, Mexican media owner, founder of MVS Comunicaciones, natural causes.[42]
- December 7 – Lorenzo Ochoa Salas, Mexican archeologist.[43]
- December 16 – Arturo Beltrán Leyva, 48, Mexican drug lord, shot.[44]
References
- ↑ Angel, Miguel (2009-02-11). "Mexico unearths mass grave from Spanish conquest". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "(AP via ''IHT'')". International Herald Tribune. 2009-03-29. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ (CTV)
- ↑ "(BBC)". BBC News. 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ (AP via Google) Archived April 22, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Bremer, Catherine (2009-04-25). "Mexico gov't decrees special powers in flu crisis". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "(Sky News)". News.sky.com. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "(Reuters via Yahoo! Xtra)". Nz.news.yahoo.com. 2011-07-05. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ (USGS)
- ↑ "(BBC)". BBC News. 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ (IOL)
- ↑ (El Universal)
- ↑ (USGS) (BBC)
- ↑ "(AP foreign-UK". London: Guardian. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "(BBC)". BBC News. 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ (The Times of India)
- ↑ "Mexican police end hijack drama". BBC News. 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "(CNN)". Edition.cnn.com. 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ (The Times)
- ↑ Carroll, Rory (2009-12-22). "We do: Mexico City blazes trail with legalisation of same-sex marriage". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ↑ (The Washington Post)
- ↑ La Jornada. "Falleció Ricardo Martínez, pintor inspirado en el pasado prehispánico – La Jornada". Jornada.unam.mx. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ Arnold, Laurence (2009-06-04). "David Carradine, Star of TV’s ‘Kung Fu,’ Dies at 72 (Update2)". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ Archived June 22, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Archbishop Luis Mena Arroyo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "Bishop Luis Rojas Mena". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑
- ↑ "Latin American Herald Tribune – Thousands Attend Funeral of Mexican Sports Hero". Laht.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "Latin American Herald Tribune – Mexico’s First Female State Governor Dies". Laht.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ Ignacio Villarreal. "Felipe Solis Olguin, Director of Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology, Died at 64". Artdaily.org. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "Fallece Amparito Arozamena – Espectáculos". .esmas.com. 2009-05-01. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "Boxer Benjamin Flores dies five days after title fight". Tsn.ca. 2009-05-05. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑
- ↑ "Marco Nazareth Passes Away After Chavez Loss – Boxing News". Boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "Poder 360° – Page One Daily News – Founder of Comercial Mexicana Dies". Poder360.com. 2009-08-20. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "Sepultan a la actriz Yolanda Varela – Grupo SIPSE". Sipse.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "Gunmen kill Mexican candidate, family - World news - Americas - Focus on Mexico - msnbc.com". MSNBC. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "Diario de Yucatán". Yucatan.com.mx. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "Territorial Prelature of Jesús María (del Nayar)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "Latin American Herald Tribune – Mexican Businessman Bernardo Garza Sada Dies". Laht.com. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "Member associations –". Uefa.com. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑
- ↑ "Fallece Lorenzo Ochoa Salas – RMA Red Mexicana de Arqueología". Remarq.ning.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ Booth, William; Fainaru, Steve (2009-12-18). "Mexican drug lord killed in gunfight with federal forces". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
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