2012 in Mexico

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Felipe Calderon, Enrique Peña Nieto
• Interior Secretary :
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs :
• Communications Secretary :
• Education Secretary :
• Secretary of Defense :
• Secretary of Navy:
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare:
• Secretary of Welfare:
• Secretary of Public Education:
• Tourism Secretary :
• Secretary of the Environment :
• Secretary of Health :

  Governors

• Aguascalientes:
• Baja California:
• Baja California Sur:
• Campeche:
• Chiapas:
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila:
• Colima:
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Hidalgo:
• Jalisco:
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Morelos:
• Nayarit:
• Nuevo León:
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro:
• Quintana Roo:
• San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas:
• Tlaxcala:
• Veracruz:
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:

  Events

• 2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres
• January 4: Altamira prison brawl
• February 19: Apodaca prison riot
• March 20: A magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits Oaxaca and Guerrero.
• 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
• May 3: 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists
• May 13: Cadereyta Jiménez massacre
• June 3: Soccerplayer Moisés Muñoz of Club America losses control of his automobile and crashes while driving to Morelia, Michoacán.
• June 9: Miss Latin America 2012
• June 18–19: 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
• November 15: María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar is murdered.
• 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

  Film

• List of Mexican films of 2012

  Music

• List of number-one albums of 2012

  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 win the 2012 Olympic Football tournament

  Racing

• 2012 NASCAR Toyota Series season
• 2012 NASCAR Stock V6 Series
• 2012 LATAM Challenge Series season
• 2012 Rally México
• 2012 Super Copa Telcel

  Wrestling

• Homenaje a Dos Leyendas
• Héroes Inmortales
• Rebelión de los Juniors
• Rey del Ring
• IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte
• Arena Naucalpan 35th Anniversary Show
• Caravan de Campeones
• El Castillo del Terror
• Prison Fatal
• Legado Final
• Gran Cruzada
• Festival de las Máscaras
• CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles
• Guerra de Empresas
• Guerra del Golfo

  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

  Notable births

Notable deaths

• May 13 — René Orta Salgado, journalist and politician; assassinated
• May 15 – Carlos Fuentes, Mexico-born author
• April 1 – Miguel de la Madrid, 52nd President of Mexico, 1982-1988
• April 20 – Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro, military leader
• May 13 — René Orta Salgado, journalist and political activist, murdered
• August 12 – Edgar Morales Perez, mayor-elect of Matehuala, San Luis Potosi
• October 7 – Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano
• November 15 – María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar
• December 9 – Jenni Rivera, banda singer and coach of La Voz... México