1928 in Mexico

Federal government • President: • Plutarco Elías Calles (until November 30) • Emilio Portes Gil (starting December 1) • Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Adalberto Tejeda then Gonzalo Vázquez Vela then Emilio Portes Gil then Felipe Canales • Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): • Communications Secretary (SCT): Ramón Ross then Javier Sánchez Mejorada • Education Secretary (SEP): José Manuel Puig Casauranc then Moisés Sáenz then Ezequiel Padilla Supreme Court • President of the Supreme Court: Governors • Aguascalientes: Isaac Díaz de León (1926-1928), Alberto Díaz de León Bocanegra (1928), Benjamín de la Mora (1928), Manuel Carpio Velázquez (1928-1929) • Campeche: Silvestre Pavón Silva (1927-1928), Pedro Tello Andueza (1928), Ramiro Bojórquez Castillo (1928-1931) • Chiapas: Federico Martínez Rojas (1927–1928), Amador Coutiño (1928), Rosendo Delabre Santeliz (1928), Raymundo E. Enríquez (1928-1929) • Chihuahua: Fernando Orozco (1927-1928), Marcelo Caraveo (1928-1929) • Coahuila: Manuel Pérez Treviño • Colima: Laureano Cervantes • Durango: • Guanajuato: Agustín Arroyo • Guerrero: Héctor F. López (1925–1928), Enrique Martínez (1928), Adrián Castrejón National Revolutionary Party (1928–1933) • Hidalgo: Matías Rodríguez • Jalisco: Margarito Ramírez • State of Mexico: Carlos Riva Palacio • Michoacán: : Enrique Ramírez Aviña (1924–1928), Lázaro Cárdenas (1928–1929) • Morelos: Ambrosio Puente (interim) • Nayarit: José de la Peña Ledón • Nuevo León: José Benítez • Oaxaca: Genaro V. Vázquez (1925–1928), Francisco López Cortés (1928–1932) • Puebla: Donato Bravo Izquierdo • Querétaro: Abraham Araujo • San Luis Potosí: Saturnino Cedillo • Sinaloa: vacant • Sonora: Fausto Topete • Tabasco: Tomás Taracena Hernández • Tamaulipas: Juan Rincón • Tlaxcala: Ignacio Mendoza • Veracruz: Abel S. Rodríguez (1927-1928), Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (Second Term, 1928-1932) • Yucatán: Álvaro Torre Díaz • Zacatecas: Leobardo C. Ruiz ==Events==

• July 1: 1928 Mexican general election: Álvaro Obregón is elected president for a second time. • July 17: Cristero War: José de León Toral, a Roman Catholic who supported the Cristeros, assassinates Álvaro Obregón. • December 1: Emilio Portes Gil becomes president. ==Sports==

• 1927–28 Primera Fuerza season, won by Club América. • Mexico at the 1928 Summer Olympics • Mexico at the 1928 Winter Olympics ==Births==

• March 19 – Josefina Leiner, actress (d. 2017). • March 30 – Lilia Prado, actress during the Golden Age of Mexican Cine; (d. 2006) • April 23 – Olga Harmony, playwright and drama teacher at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria; (d. 2018). • April 28 – Evangelina Elizondo, actress (Premio Arlequín 2014; voice of Cinderella in the Walt Disney film), (d. October 2, 2017). • May 24 – Jacobo Zabludovsky, television anchor (24 Horas), (d. July 2, 2015). • July 21 – Josefina Echánove, actress, model and journalist • August 23 – Heberto Castillo, civil engineer and politician from Veracruz; (d. 1997) • October 5 – Enrique González Rojo Jr., poet, philosopher and teacher (d. March 5, 2021) • October 7 – Sergio Corona, actor from Hidalgo • October 24 – Rafael Barraza Sánchez, bishop of Mazatlan (1981-2005), born in Durango; (d. 2020) • December 25 – Juan Robinson Bours, businessman from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora (d. 2017). • Date unknown • Jacinto Contreras Martínez, polítician (d. May 20, 2018). • Melquiades Sánchez Orozco, journalist and radio announcer (d. November 4, 2018) • Luisa Josefina Hernández, writer and playwright ==Deaths==

• February 10 – José Sánchez del Río, Mexican Cristero (b. 1913) • February 25 – Toribio Romo González, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1900) • April 22 – José Mora y del Río, Archbishop of Mexico, died in exile in San Antonio, TX; (b. 1854 in Michoacan) • July 1 – Atilano Cruz Alvarado, Saint of the Cristero War (b. 1901) • July 12 – Emilio Carranza, pilot (b. Coahuila 1905) • July 17 – Álvaro Obregón, 39th President of Mexico; assassinated after being reelected in 1928 (b. 1880) ==References==