1994 in Mexico
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| Years in Mexico: | 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s |
| Years: | 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 |
Events in the year 1994 in Mexico.
Incumbents[edit]
Federal government[edit]
- President: Carlos Salinas de Gortari (until November 30), Ernesto Zedillo (starting December 1)
- Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Patrocinio González Garrido/Jorge Carpizo McGregor/Esteban Moctezuma
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Manuel Camacho Solís/José Ángel Gurría
- Communications Secretary (SCT): Emilio Gamboa Patrón/Guillermo Ortiz Martínez/Carlos Ruiz Sacristán
- Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Antonio Riviello Bazán/Enrique Cervantes Aguirre
- Secretary of Navy: Luis Carlos Ruano Angulo/José Ramón Lorenzo Franco
- Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): Arsenio Farell Cubillas/Manuel Gómez Peralta/Santiago Oñate Laborde
- Secretary of Welfare: Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez
- Secretary of Public Education: Fernando Solana Morales/José Ángel Pescador/Fausto Alzati/Miguel Limón Rojas
- Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Silvia Hernández Enríquez
- Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Guillermo Jiménez Morales/Julia Carabias Lillo
- Secretary of Health (SALUD): Jesús Kumate Rodríguez/Juan Ramón De La Fuente
Supreme Court[edit]
- President of the Supreme Court: Ulises Schmill Ordóñez
Governors[edit]
- Aguascalientes: Otto Granados Roldán, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI)
- Baja California: Ernesto Ruffo Appel, (National Action Party PAN)
- Baja California Sur: Guillermo Mercado Romero
- Campeche: Jorge Salomón Azar García
- Chiapas: Elmar Setzer Marseille/Javier López Moreno/Eduardo Robledo Rincón
- Chihuahua: Francisco Barrio (PAN)
- Coahuila: Rogelio Montemayor Seguy (PRI)
- Colima: Carlos de la Madrid Virgen
- Durango: Maximiliano Silerio Esparza
- Guanajuato: Carlos Medina Plascencia
- Guerrero: Rubén Figueroa Alcocer (PRI)
- Hidalgo: Jesús Murillo Karam
- Jalisco: Carlos Rivera Aceves
- State of Mexico: Emilio Chuayffet (PRI)
- Michoacán: Ausencio Chávez Hernández
- Morelos
- Antonio Riva Palacio (PRI), until May 17.[1]
- Jorge Carrillo Olea (PRI), starting May 18.[2][3]
- Nayarit: Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza
- Nuevo León: Sócrates Rizzo (PRI)
- Oaxaca: Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano (PRI)
- Puebla: Manuel Bartlett Díaz (PRI)
- Querétaro: Enrique Burgos García (PRI)
- Quintana Roo: Mario Villanueva Madrid (PRI)
- San Luis Potosí: Horacio Sánchez Unzueta (PRI)
- Sinaloa: Renato Vega Alvarado (PRI)
- Sonora: Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera (PRI)
- Tabasco: Manuel Gurría Ordóñez (PRI)
- Tamaulipas: Manuel Cavazos Lerma (PRI)
- Tlaxcala: José Antonio Álvarez Lima (PRD)
- Veracruz: Patricio Chirinos Calero (PRD)
- Yucatán: Ricardo Ávila Heredia/Federico Granja Ricalde (PRI)
- Zacatecas: Arturo Romo Gutiérrez (PRI)
- Regent of Mexico City
Events[edit]
- January 1
- The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Mexico, Canada and the United States goes into effect
- The Zapatista Army of National Liberation goes public in response to NAFTA.
- January 16 – The Apostolic Nunciature to Mexico, Girolamo Prigione, has a secret meeting with drug lord Benjamín Arellano Félix, who was implicated in the assassination of Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas six months earlier. He had met with Ramón Arellano Félix six weeks earlier.[5]
- March 23 – Luis Donaldo Colosio presidential candidate for the PRI is assassinated in Tijuana, Baja California.[6]
- August 11 – Hurricane John starts in southern Mexico
- August 21 – Presidential elections
- September 28 – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, brother-in-law of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, former governor of Guerrero, and leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party is assassinated.[7]
- October 11 – Hurricane Rosa kills four in Nayarit and Durango
- December 1 – Ernesto Zedillo takes office as President of Mexico.
- December 21 – The Popocateptl volcano spewed gas and ash, which was carried as far as 25 km (16 mi) away by prevailing winds. The activity prompted the evacuation of nearby towns and scientists to begin monitoring for an eruption.
- December
- economic crisis in Mexico with the peso losing a third of its value
- The Fobaproa is applied in response to the economic crisis
- El Barzón is created in response to the economic crisis
Awards[edit]
Popular culture[edit]
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Sports[edit]
- July 5 – Mexico loses 1–3 versus Bulgaria and is eliminated from the Football World Cup 1994
Music[edit]
Film[edit]
- June 6 – The XXXVI edition of the Ariel Award by the Mexican Academy of Film takes place at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City
- El callejón de los milagros of Jorge Fons
- Bienvenido-Welcome of Gabriel Retes
- Dos crímenes of Roberto Sneider
- Hasta morir of Fernando Sariñana
- El jardín del edén of María Novaro
- La reina de la noche of Arturo Ripstein
- Mujeres insumisas of Alberto Isaac
- Dulces compañías of Oscar Blancarte
- Un volcán con lava de hielo (short) of Valentina Leduc
- El árbol de la música (short) of Sabina Berman & Isabel Tardán
- Del otro lado del mar (short) of Marcela Arteaga
Literature[edit]
TV[edit]
Telenovelas[edit]
- Dos mujeres, un camino, on Televisa
- Marimar, on Televisa
- Volver a empezar, on Televisa
Births[edit]
- August 13 – Andrea Meza, model, Miss Universe 2020
- October 17 – Alejandra Valencia, archer[8]
- November 8 – Víctor Hugo Saldaña Gutiérrez, footballer; (d. 2017).[9]
Deaths[edit]
- March 23 – Luis Donaldo Colosio (43), candidate to the Presidency of Mexico (b. 1950)[6]
- September 28 – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu (48), politician, assassinated (b. 1946)[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Monroy, David (July 15, 2014). "Muere Antonio Riva Palacio, ex gobernador de Morelos". www.milenio.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ Legislatura LV – Año III – Período Ordinario – Fecha 19940517 – Número de Diario 11
- ^ "Jorge Carrillo Olea ahorra tiene Graco Rámirez Garrido en sus manos" (in Spanish). Zona Centro Noticias. August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ a b "¿Los conociste?, ¿los recuerdas? Ellos fueron los regentes y jefes de Gobierno CDMX". Sopitas.com (in Spanish). December 5, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ Fallece sacerdote que reunió a los Arellano Felix con Prigione [Priest who arranged renunion of Arellano-Felix brothers and Prigione dies] (in Spanish), Proceso, January 13, 2010, retrieved June 1, 2019
- ^ a b "Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta" (in Spanish). Busca Biografias. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Puig, Carlos (September 1, 2014). "Ruiz Massieu. El crimen perfecto" [Ruiz Massieu. The Perfect Crime] (in Spanish). Nexos. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ "20 October 2011 – Athlete of the Week: Alejandra VALENCIA (MEX)". World Archery. March 29, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Víctor Hugo Saldaña Gutiérrez". Ascenso Mx (in Spanish). Retrieved October 14, 2019.
