2025 in Mexico
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This article lists events occurring in Mexico during 2025. The list also contains names of the incumbents at federal and state levels and cultural and entertainment activities of the year.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 13 January – Five people are killed in a shooting in Huitzilac, Morelos.[1]
- 23 January – The office of Sinaloa governor Rubén Rocha Moya in Culiacan is stormed by demonstrators protesting over the death of two minors in a carjacking.[2]
- 31 January – Med Jets Flight 056: A Jet Rescue Air Ambulance Learjet 55 flying from Philadelphia in the United States to Tijuana crashes shortly after takeoff during a medevac flight, killing all six Mexican nationals on board.[3]
February
[edit]- 1 February – US President Donald Trump imposes a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico.[4]
- 3 February – The US suspends its increased tariffs on Mexican imports for a month following and agreement between President Trump and President Sheinbaum for her to deploy 10,000 National Guard soldiers to the US-Mexico border.[5]
- 8 February – 2025 Escárcega bus crash. A bus collides with a truck before catching fire near Escárcega, Campeche, killing 41 people and injuring eight others.[6]
- 13 February – Marco Ebben, a fugitive and convicted drug lord from the Netherlands who had previously faked his own death, is reported to have been killed in a shootout in Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico State.[7]
- 19 February – The United States designates the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Carteles Unidos, the Cártel del Noreste, the Gulf Cartel, and La Nueva Familia Michoacana Organization as terrorist organizations.[8]
- 20 February – Canada designates the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Carteles Unidos, the Cártel del Noreste, the Gulf Cartel, and La Nueva Familia Michoacana Organization as terrorist organizations.[9]
- 27 February –
- The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation orders the San Juan de Aragon zoo in Mexico City to improve the health of its resident African elephant, Ely, the first time it has made such a decision regarding an animal.[10]
- The Mexican government sends Rafael Caro Quintero and 28 other drug cartel figures to the United States to face criminal charges there.[11]
March
[edit]- 4 March – President Trump reimposes expanded tariffs on Mexico.[12]
- 5 March – Around 200 pairs of shoes, other personal items, three makeshift crematoriums, and charred human remains are found in a ranch in Teuchitlán, Jalisco.[13][14]
- 10 March –
- A bus overturns on the Mitla-Tehuantepec Highway in Oaxaca, killing 18 people and injuring 29 others.[15]
- A bus collides with a tractor near Velardeña, Durango, killing 14 people and injuring 10 others.[16]
- 18 March – The Congress of Mexico City votes 61-1 in favor of outlawing killing of bulls in bullfighting matches and the use of sharp objects that could injure them.[17]
- 21 March – Club León are disqualified from the upcoming 2025 FIFA Club World Cup after FIFA rules that the club had failed to meet tournament regulations on multi-club ownership regarding its connections to Grupo Pachuca, which also owns C.F. Pachuca.[18]
- 23 March – A van falls into a ravine before catching fire in Santiago, Nuevo León, killing 12 people and injuring four others.[19]
- 29 March – A nationwide ban on the sale of junk food in schools comes into effect.[20]
- 31 March – The United States imposes sanctions on 13 individuals and entities for their involvement in money laundering for factions of the Sinaloa Cartel.[21]
April
[edit]- 4 April – The first human case of avian flu belonging to the Type A H5N1 strain in Mexico is discovered in a three-year old patient in Torreón, Coahuila, who originated from Durango State.[22] She dies on 8 April, also making her the first human H5N1 fatality in Mexico.[23]
- 5 April – Two photographers are killed in the collapse of a decorative structure at the Festival Ceremonia in Mexico City.[24]
- 19 April – WWE announces on its WrestleMania 41 pre-show panel that they had acquired the promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA).[25]
- 28 April – Mexico reaches an agreement with the United States providing for a greater share by the US of water flow in six tributaries of the Rio Grande.[26]
- 27 April to 3 May – 2025 IIHF World Championship Division III Group B[27]
May
[edit]- 3 May – Jose Murguia Santiago, the mayor of Teuchitlán, Jalisco, is arrested on suspicion of involvement in the operations of the Jalisco extermination camp.[28]
Scheduled
[edit]- 1 June – 2025 Mexican judicial elections[29]
Holidays
[edit]- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 3 February – Constitution Day
- 17 March – Benito Juárez Day
- 17 April – Maundy Thursday
- 18 April – Good Friday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 5 May – Cinco de Mayo
- 16 September – Independence Day
- 12 October – Día de la Raza
- 2 November – Day of the Dead
- 17 November – Revolution Day
- 12 December – Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- 25 December – Christmas Day
Art and entertainment
[edit]Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 2 January – Cristóbal Ortega, 68, footballer (América, national team).[32]
- 4 January – Emilio Echevarría, 80, actor (Amores perros, Die Another Day, The Alamo).[33]
- 6 January – Jorge Flores, 70, Olympic basketball player (1976).[34]
- 10 January – Horacio González de las Casas, 82, politician, deputy (1988–1991).[35]
- 11 January – James Carlos Blake, 81, Mexican-born American author.
- 27 January –
- Joel Ayala Almeida, 78, trade unionist and politician, senator (2000–2006, 2012–2018) and three-time deputy.[36]
- Alma Rosa Aguirre, 95, actress.[37]
- 28 January – David Noel Ramírez Padilla, 75, academic administrator, rector of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (2011–2017).[38]
- 29 January – Martha Hilda González Calderón, 59, politician, deputy (2015–2018).[39]
February
[edit]- 4 February – Felipe Montemayor, 96, baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 11 February – Norma Mora, 81, actress (Qué perra vida, Los astronautas).[40]
- 17 February –
- Paquita la del Barrio, 77, singer, songwriter and actress.[41]
- Yolanda Montes, 93, American-Mexican actress (Salomé, Kill Me Because I'm Dying!, Nocturne of Love) and dancer.[42]
- 20 February – Daniel Bisogno, 51, television actor and host.[43]
- 25 February – Roberto Orci, 51, Mexican-born American screenwriter (Star Trek, Transformers) and television producer (Fringe).[44]
March
[edit]- 1 March – Flor Procuna, 72, actress (Los ricos también lloran).[45]
- 4 March – Ciclón Ramirez, 64, professional wrestler (CMLL, IWRG).[46]
- 8 March – Isabel Miranda de Wallace, 73, social activist.[47]
- 9 March –
- Bracito de Oro, 59, wrestler.[48]
- Yola Ramírez, 90, tennis player.[49]
- 10 March – Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco, 79, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Mexico (2009–2019) and bishop of Iztapalapa (2019–2021).[50]
- 13 March – Mario Ramírez Treviño, 63, suspected drug trafficker.[51]
- 15 March – Hernán Lara Zavala, 79, novelist and literary critic.[52]
- 28 March – Olegario Vázquez Raña, 89, sports shooter and businessman, four-time Olympic competitor (1964–1976).[53]
- 30 March – Enrique Bátiz, 82, pianist and conductor.[54]
April
[edit]- 1 April –
- Arsenio Campos, 79, actor.
- María del Carmen Pinete Vargas, 64, politician, four-term deputy, vice president of the Chamber (2024).[55]
- 9 April – Juan Manuel Gastélum, 70, politician, deputy (2012–2015) and municipal president of Tijuana (2016–2019).
- 13 April – Miguel Cortés Miranda, 40, chemist and charged serial killer.[56]
- 18 April – Rodolfo Torres Medina, 76, politician, mayor of Chihuahua (1989–1992) and rector of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (1985–1989), cancer.[57]
- 20 April – Black Terry, 72, professional wrestler (CMLL, IWRG, UWA).
- 25 April –
- Eugenio Anguiano Roch, 85, economist, academic and diplomat.[58]
- Lupita Torrentera, 93, actress and ballerina (Coqueta).[59]
- 28 April – Juana Gutierrez, 93, Mexican-American political activist.[60]
May
[edit]- 2 May – Fidel Herrera Beltrán, 76, politician, governor of Veracruz (2004–2010), senator (2000–2004), and four-time deputy.[61]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Mexican musical legend Paquita la del Barrio dies at 77". AP News. February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
- ^ "Tongolele, iconic dancer of the golden era of Mexican cinema, dies at 93". AP News. February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
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