2001 in Mexico
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Events in the year 2001 in Mexico.
Incumbents
[edit]Federal government
[edit]- Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Jorge Castañeda Gutman
- Communications Secretary (SCT): Pedro Cerisola
- Education Secretary (SEP): Reyes Tamez
- Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Gerardo Clemente Vega
- Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Marco Antonio Peyrot González
- Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Carlos María Abascal Carranza
- Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Josefina Vázquez Mota
- Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Leticia Navarro
- Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Víctor Lichtinger
- Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk
- Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha
Supreme Court
[edit]- President of the Supreme Court: Genaro David Góngora Pimentel
Governors
[edit]- Aguascalientes: Felipe González González PAN
- Baja California
- Alejandro González Alcocer PAN, until October 31.
- Eugenio Elorduy Walther PAN, starting November 1.
- Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño PRD
- Campeche: José Antonio González Curi
- Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD
- Chihuahua: Patricio Martínez García PRI
- Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez PRI
- Colima: Fernando Moreno Peña PRI
- Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier PRI
- Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks PAN
- Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros PRI
- Hidalgo: Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto PRI
- Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas PAN
- State of Mexico: Arturo Montiel PRI
- Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco Rubí PRI
- Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez PAN.[1]
- Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría Domínguez
- Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond PAN
- Oaxaca: José Murat Casab PRI
- Puebla: Melquíades Morales PRI
- Querétaro: Ignacio Loyola Vera PAN
- Quintana Roo: Joaquín Hendricks Díaz PRI
- San Luis Potosí: Fernando Silva Nieto
- Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán PRI
- Sonora: Armando López Nogales
- Tabasco: Enrique Priego Oropeza PRI, acting governor January 1-December 31
- Tamaulipas: Tomás Yarrington PRI
- Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD
- Veracruz: Miguel Alemán Velasco PRI
- Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco PRI
- Zacatecas: Ricardo Monreal PRD
- Head of Government of the Federal District: Andrés Manuel López Obrador PRD
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- Soldiers on patrol near Lindavista, Guerrero shoot at two unarmed civilians, killing 14-year-old Esteban Martínez Nazario.[2]
- Five workers at the Kukdong apparel factory in Puebla are dismissed for organizing an independent union, sparking a work stoppage.[2]
March
[edit]- March 16: Mexico City’s municipal government announces plans to transition city computers to the Linux operating system, with the goal of reducing software costs.[3]
April
[edit]- April 29: The Guadalajara Mexico Temple is opened in Mexico City.
June
[edit]- Mexican presidential expenses controversy - The newspaper Milenio reports that President Vicente Fox’s office spent around US$440,000 redecorating two cabins in Los Pinos, including $400 towels and $1,500 sheets, sparking a public controversy.
July
[edit]- The PAN win the gubernatorial election in Baja California, while the PRI regain the mayoralty of Chihuahua and make gains in Durango and Zacatecas.[4]
August
[edit]- Gay activist César Salazar Gongora is kidnapped and assaulted in Mérida, Yucatán, later facing threats for filing a complaint.[2]
September
[edit]- September 11: The 9/11 Terrorist attacks in the U.S. kill 31 Mexican citizens and prompt widespread sympathy in Mexico.[5]
- September 28: Nuestra Belleza México 2001
October
[edit]- October 18: Human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa is found murdered in her Mexico City office; with a note left at the scene threatening her colleagues.[2][4]
November
[edit]- November 22: The Mexican Council on Foreign Relations is established
- November 27: President Vicente Fox appoints a special prosecutor to investigate more than 500 forced disappearances from the 1970s.[4]
December
[edit]- Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, convicted in the 1985 killing of DEA agent Enrique Camarena, is acquitted of drug trafficking charges but remains imprisoned.[4]
Undated
[edit]- Mexico launchs the e-México initiative, aiming to provide nationwide Internet access and offer online educational, health, and government services. The project receives no funding in 2001.[6]
- Pemexgate is uncovered.
Awards
[edit]Births
[edit]- January 17 - Angie Vazquez, Mexican singer, and banded from Vazquez Sounds.
- August 24 – Mildred Maldonado, rhythmic gymnast[8]
Deaths
[edit]- June 3 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor, painter, writer, and film director (b. 1915)[9]
Hurricanes
[edit]- August 14–22: Tropical Storm Chantal (2001)
- September 21 – October 3: Hurricane Juliette (2001)
- October 4–9: Hurricane Iris
Film
[edit]Sport
[edit]- Primera División de México Verano 2001
- Primera División de México Invierno 2001
- Mexico loses 2001 Copa América final to Colombia
- Sin Piedad (2001)
- Juicio Final (2001)
- 2001 Centrobasket is held in Toluca,
- Estudiantes de Altamira and Estudiantes de Xalapa are founded.
References
[edit]- ^ Cinta, Guillermo (Nov 19, 2018). "LA HISTORIA DEL NARCO EN MORELOS". La Crónica de Morelos | Noticias | Guillermo Cinta (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Americas: Mexico". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ^ Scheeres, Julia. "Mexico City Says Hola to Linux". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ^ a b c d Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2002 - Mexico, 18 December 2001, https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/freehou/2001/en/29998 [accessed 16 September 2025]
- ^ Kraul, Chris (2001-09-20). "Mexico Braces for Broad Effects of Altered U.S. Policy, Economy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ^ Scheeres, Julia. "Mexico Wants an E-Revolution". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ^ "El Universal - - Fallece el historiador José Iturriaga Sauco". archivo.eluniversal.com.mx (in Spanish). El Universal. 19 Feb 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics | Athlete Profile: MALDONADO Mildred - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Anthony Quinn Biography", Biography.com, June 18, 2019, archived from the original on August 24, 2019, retrieved Aug 24, 2019
