2012 in Mexico

Federal government President • President • Felipe Calderon PAN, until November 30 • Enrique Peña Nieto PRI, starting December 1 Cabinet • Interior Secretary (SEGOB) • Alejandro Poiré Romero, until November 30 • Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, starting December 1 • Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE) • Patricia Espinosa, until November 30 • José Antonio Meade, starting December 1 • Campeche: Fernando Ortega Bernés PRI • Chiapas • Juan Sabines Guerrero, Coalition for the Good of All, until December 7 • Manuel Velasco Coello PVEM, starting December 8 • Chihuahua: César Duarte Jáquez PRI • Coahuila: Rubén Moreira Valdez PRI • Colima: Mario Anguiano Moreno PRI • Durango: Jorge Herrera Caldera PRI • Guanajuato: Miguel Márquez Márquez PAN • Guerrero: Ángel Aguirre Rivero PRD • Hidalgo: Francisco Olvera Ruiz PRI • Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez PAN • State of Mexico: Eruviel Ávila Villegas PRI • Michoacán: Fausto Vallejo PRI • Morelos • Marco Antonio Adame PAN, until October 1. • Graco Ramírez PRD, starting October 1. • Nayarit: Roberto Sandoval Castañeda PRI • Nuevo León: Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz PRI • Oaxaca: Gabino Cué Monteagudo MC • Puebla: Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas PAN • Querétaro: José Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa PRI • Quintana Roo: Roberto Borge Angulo PRI • San Luis Potosí: Fernando Toranzo Fernández PRI • Sinaloa: Mario López Valdez PAN • Sonora: Guillermo Padrés Elías PAN • Tabasco: Andrés Granier Melo PRI, until December 31, 2012 • Tamaulipas: Egidio Torre Cantú PRI • Tlaxcala: Mariano González Zarur PRI • Veracruz: Javier Duarte de Ochoa PRI • Yucatán • Ivonne Ortega Pacheco PRI, until September 30 • Rolando Zapata Bello PRI, starting October 1 • Zacatecas: Miguel Alonso Reyes PRI • Head of Government of the Federal District • Marcelo Ebrard PRD, until December 4 • Miguel Ángel Mancera PRD, starting December 5 ==Events==

• January 4 – Altamira prison brawl: Thirty-one killed and 13 injured in a Tamaulipas prison. • February 7 – The Estela de Luz to commemorate the bicentennial of the Independence of Mexico is inaugurated in Mexico City. • February 19 – Apodaca prison riot: Forty-four killed in a Nuevo León prison. • March 20 - A magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills two and leaves 30,000 homeless in Oaxaca and Guerrero. • March – Pope Benedict XVI visits Guanajuato. • April 15 - Reports of superheated rock fragments being hurled into the air by the Popocateptl volcano. Ash and water vapor plumes were reported 15 times over 24 hours. • April 20 – Álamo bus accident: Forty-three killed and 17 injured in an accident in Veracruz. • April and May – 2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres, April 17, April 24 and May 4. • May 13 – Cadereyta Jiménez massacre: At least 49 people are killed in the Mexican drug war. • June 9 – Miss Latin America 2012 won by Georgina Méndez Pimentel, 24, in the Riveria Maya. • June 18 and 19 – 2012 G-20 Los Cabos summit • August 12 – Edgar Morales Perez, PRI mayor-elect of Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, and his campaign manager were assassinated by unknown attackers. • August 19: 2012 Michoacán murder of photographers • December 9: 2012 Mexico Learjet 25 crash ==Elections==

• 2012 Mexican general election • 2012 Federal District of Mexico head of government election • 2012 Chiapas gubernatorial election • 2012 Guanajuato gubernatorial election • 2012 Jalisco gubernatorial election • 2012 Morelos gubernatorial election • 2012 Tabasco gubernatorial election • 2012 Yucatán gubernatorial election ==Awards==

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Ernesto de la Peña (post mortem) • Order of the Aztec Eagle – Bono • National Prize for Arts and Sciences • Linguistics and literature – • Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences – Ruben Gerardo Barrera, , Susana Lizano • Technology and Design – • Popular Arts and Traditions - , Cofradía de San Juan Bautista group, Traditional music community formed by the Vega-Utrera family • Fine arts – , Helene Joy Laville Perren, Fernando González Gortázar • History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy – Carlos Marichal, • National Public Administration Prize • Ohtli Award • Alexander Gonzalez • Charlie Gonzalez • Carlos Gutierrez • Salud Carbajal • Francisco G. Cigarroa • Paddy Moloney • Mel Martínez • David J. Schmidly • Richard A. Tapia • Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa • Edward James Olmos ==Film==

• List of Mexican films of 2012 ==Music==

• List of number-one albums of 2012 (Mexico) ==Sport==

Soccer/Football • 2011–12 Mexican Primera División season • Apertura 2012 Copa MX • 2012 Copa de México de Naciones • 2012 CONCACAF Champions League Finals • 2012 Homeless World Cup • Mexico wins the 2012 Olympic Football tournament Racing • 2012 LATAM Challenge Series season • 2012 Rally México • 2012 Super Copa Telcel Wrestling • Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2012) • Héroes Inmortales (2012) • Rebelión de los Juniors (2012) • Rey del Ring (2012) • IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte (2012) • Arena Naucalpan 35th Anniversary Show • Caravan de Campeones (May 2012) • Caravan de Campeones (August 2012) • El Castillo del Terror (2012) • Prison Fatal (2012) • Legado Final (2012) • Gran Cruzada (2012) • Festival de las Máscaras (2012) • CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles (2012) • Guerra de Empresas (2012) • Guerra del Golfo (2012) Misc • 2012 Vuelta a Mexico • Men's Abierto Mexicano de Raquetas 2012 • 2012 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics • 2012 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup • 2012 Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship • 2012 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship • Mexico at the 2012 Summer Olympics • Mexico at the 2012 Summer Paralympics • Mexico at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics ==Births==

• January 7 – Raúl Régulo Quirino Garza, journalist (La Última Palabra) in Cadereyta, Nuevo León; killed. • April 1 – Miguel de la Madrid, 52nd President of Mexico (PRI), 1982-1988 (born 1934) • April 20 • Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro, military leader (born 1942) • Héctor Javier Salinas Aguirre, journalist (920 Radio Noticias), in Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed. • Javier Moya Muñoz, journalist (920 Radio Noticias), in Chihuahua, Chihuahua; killed. • May 3 – 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists: • Gabriel Huge Córdova, journalist (Notiver) in Boca del Río, Veracruz; killed. • Guillermo Luna Varela, journalist (Veracruznews). • Ana Irasema Becerra Jiménez, journalist (El Dictamen). • May 13 – René Orta Salgado, journalist (El Sol de Cuernavaca) and PRI politician, in Cuernavaca, Morelos; assassinated (b. ca. 1969). • May 15 – Carlos Fuentes, Mexico-born author (La muerte de Artemio Cruz, Aura, Terra Nostra, Gringo Viejo), (born 1928) • June 14 – Víctor Manuel Báez Chinojournalist (Milenio Xalapa) in Xalapa, Veracruz; killed. • June 30 – Armando Montaño, journalist (The Associated Press) in Mexico City; killed. • August 5 – Chavela Vargas – Costa Rican singer who lived in Cuernavaca. • August 20 – 2012 Michoacán murder of photographers in Ecuandureo, Michoacán: • José Antonio Aguilar Mota, freelance photographer; killed. • Arturo Barajas López, photographer (Diario de Zamora); killed. • November 14 – Adrián Silva Moreno, freelance journalist in Tehuacán, Puebla; killed. • November 15 – María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar, 36, politician PRD, former mayor of Tiquicheo, Michoacan; beaten to death (body found on this date). • December 4 – Miguel Calero, soccer player (C.F. Pachuca) • December 9 – Jenni Rivera, banda singer and coach of La Voz... México • December 22 – David Araujo Arévalo, journalist (Novedades de Acapulco) in Acapulco, Guerrero; murdered. == References ==