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2020 in Mexico

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This article lists events occurring in Mexico during 2020. 2020 is the "Year of Leona Vicario, Benemérita (Praiseworthy) Mother of the Fatherland".{{cite web|website=La Jornada de Morelos|title=2020, año en honor de Leona Vicario|author=Jesus Sedana|language=es|trans-title=2020, year in honor of Leona Vicario|url=https://www.lajornadamorelos.com.mx/cultura/2020/01/09/17154|access-date=January 10, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803084804/https://www.lajornadamorelos.com.mx/cultura/2020/01/09/17154|url-status=dead}} The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and will include a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues.

Incumbents

=President and cabinet=

  • President: Andres Manuel López Obrador, National Regeneration Movement MORENA[https://www.ft.com/content/fdb0c912-f3a6-11e8-ae55-df4bf40f9d0d Mexico's López Obrador vows to end neo-liberalism in inauguration] {{Webarchive|url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/fdb0c912-f3a6-11e8-ae55-df4bf40f9d0d |date=December 10, 2022 }} Financial Times, December 2, 2018

{{See also|Cabinet of Mexico}}

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  • Interior: Olga Sánchez Cordero
  • Foreign Affairs: Marcelo Ebrard
  • Treasury: Arturo Herrera{{cite web|website=Uno TV|url=https://www.unotv.com/noticias/portal/nacional/detalle/ve-perfil-de-arturo-herrera-nuevo-secretario-de-hacienda-302479/|title=¿Quién es Arturo Herrera, nuevo secretario de Hacienda?|language=es|trans-title=Who is Arturo Herrera, the new Secretary of the Treasury?|date=July 10, 2019|access-date=July 10, 2019|archive-date=July 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709231047/https://www.unotv.com/noticias/portal/nacional/detalle/ve-perfil-de-arturo-herrera-nuevo-secretario-de-hacienda-302479/|url-status=live}}
  • Economy: Graciela Márquez Colín
  • Energy: Norma Rocío Nahle García
  • Agriculture: Víctor Villalobos
  • Labor: Luisa María Alcalde Luján
  • Education: Esteban Moctezuma
  • Communications:
  • Javier Jiménez Espriú, until July 23{{cite web |title=Jiménez Espriú renuncia a la SCT, luego de discrepancia con AMLO. Jorge Díaz Leal toma la estafeta |url=https://www.sinembargo.mx/23-07-2020/3828731 |website=SinEmbargo MX |date=July 23, 2020 |access-date=July 23, 2020 |language=es |archive-date=July 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723183030/https://www.sinembargo.mx/23-07-2020/3828731 |url-status=live }}
  • Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal, starting July 23, 2020
  • Environment:
  • Víctor Manuel Toledo, until September 2{{citation|newspaper=El Sol de Mexico|location=Mexico City|last=Jimenez|first=Gabriela|date=May 27, 2019|access-date=July 10, 2019|title=Víctor Manuel Toledo, el nuevo titular de la Semarnat: AMLO|language=es|trans-title=Víctor Manuel Toledo, the new leader of the Secretary of the Environment|url=https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/mexico/politica/victor-manuel-toledo-el-nuevo-titular-de-la-semarnat-amlo-3678081.html|archive-date=July 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711035730/https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/mexico/politica/victor-manuel-toledo-el-nuevo-titular-de-la-semarnat-amlo-3678081.html|url-status=live}}
  • Maria Luisa Albores, starting September 2{{cite web |title=Toledo deja Semarnat, y Albores la toma. En Bienestar, asciende Subsecretario. Es oficial: AMLO |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/toledo-deja-semarnat-y-albores-la-toma-en-bienestar-asciende-subsecretario-es-oficial-amlo/ar-BB18DDFN?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Sin Embargo |access-date=September 2, 2020 |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913053306/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/toledo-deja-semarnat-y-albores-la-toma-en-bienestar-asciende-subsecretario-es-oficial-amlo/ar-BB18DDFN?ocid=msedgdhp |url-status=live }}
  • Tourism: Miguel Torruco Marqués
  • Civil Service: Irma Sandoval-Ballesteros
  • Health: Jorge Alcocer Varela
  • Development: Román Guillermo Meyer
  • Welfare:
  • María Luisa Albores, until September 2
  • Javier May Rodríguez, starting September 2
  • Culture: Alejandra Frausto Guerrero{{cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/noticias/america-latina/por-que-la-oposicion-acusa-a-lopez-obrador-de-buscar-la-reeleccion|title=📷 Uno por uno, el gabinete que acompañará a López Obrador como presidente de México|publisher=Univision Noticias|date=March 19, 2019|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323184229/https://www.univision.com/noticias/america-latina/por-que-la-oposicion-acusa-a-lopez-obrador-de-buscar-la-reeleccion|url-status=live}}
  • Defense: Luis Cresencio Sandoval
  • Navy: José Rafael Ojeda Durán
  • Security: Alfonso Durazo Montaño{{citation|website=SDP Noticias|url=https://www.sdpnoticias.com/nacional/2018/01/04/uno-a-uno-ellos-integran-la-propuesta-de-amlo-para-pacificar-al-pais|date=January 4, 2018|access-date=July 10, 2019|title=Uno a uno: Ellos integran la propuesta de AMLO para pacificar al país|language=es|trans-title=One by one: They are the ones proposed by AMLO to pacify the country|first=Gabriela|last=Hernandez|archive-date=July 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710205647/https://www.sdpnoticias.com/nacional/2018/01/04/uno-a-uno-ellos-integran-la-propuesta-de-amlo-para-pacificar-al-pais|url-status=live}}
  • Attorney General: Alejandro Gertz Manero

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=Supreme Court=

{{See also|National Supreme Court of Justice}}

=Governors=

{{See also|List of current state governors in Mexico|National Governors Conference (Mexico)}}

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=LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress=

{{Main|LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress}}

==President of the Senate==

Mónica Fernández Balboa MORENA, starting September 1, 2019{{citation|website=El Segundero.com|date=August 31, 2019|access-date=August 31, 2019|title=Mónica Fernández será la nueva presidenta de Mesa Directiva del Senado|url=https://www.elsegundero.com/2019/08/monica-fernandez-sera-la-nueva.html|language=es|trans-title=Mónica Fernández will be the new president of the Senate Board of Directors|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912221130/https://www.elsegundero.com/2019/08/monica-fernandez-sera-la-nueva.html|url-status=live}}

==President of the Chamber of Deputies==

  • Laura Angélica Rojas Hernández PAN, until September 1{{citation|website=Excélsior|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/eligen-a-laura-rojas-como-presidenta-de-la-camara-de-diputados/1334730|title=Eligen a Laura Rojas como Presidenta de la Camara de Diputados|language=es|trans-title=Laura Rojas elected President of the Chamber of Deputies|date=September 6, 2019|access-date=September 6, 2019|archive-date=September 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906165041/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/eligen-a-laura-rojas-como-presidenta-de-la-camara-de-diputados/1334730|url-status=live}}
  • Dulce María Sauri Riancho PRI, starting September 1{{cite web |title=Exgobernadora de Yucatán presidiría la Cámara de Diputados |url=https://www.yucatan.com.mx/mexico/dulce-maria-sauri-presidiria-la-camara-de-diputados |website=El Diario de Yucatán |access-date=September 2, 2020 |language=es |date=August 31, 2020 |archive-date=September 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902073610/https://www.yucatan.com.mx/mexico/dulce-maria-sauri-presidiria-la-camara-de-diputados |url-status=dead }}

Monthly events

=January=

  • January 1
  • Tax changes designed to increase income for the Office for the Treasury and Public Credit (SHCP) take effect.[https://www.elsoldetoluca.com.mx/finanzas/cambios-fiscales-para-2020-entraran-en-vigor-el-1-de-enero-4636786.html Cambios fiscales para 2020 entrarán en vigor el 1 de enero] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420035727/https://www.elsoldetoluca.com.mx/finanzas/cambios-fiscales-para-2020-entraran-en-vigor-el-1-de-enero-4636786.html |date=April 20, 2021 }} Fernando Rosales, El Sol de Toluca, December 28, 2019 {{in lang|es}}
  • The minimum wage increases 20%, from MXN $102.68 to $123.22 (US$6.53) daily.[https://aristeguinoticias.com/0101/mexico/a-partir-de-este-miercoles-sube-el-salario-minimo-en-mexico/ A partir de este miércoles sube el salario mínimo en México] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103183628/https://aristeguinoticias.com/0101/mexico/a-partir-de-este-miercoles-sube-el-salario-minimo-en-mexico/ |date=January 3, 2020 }} Aristegui Noticias, January 1, 2020 This is still lower than in Brazil and Colombia, where per capita income is similar.[https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/mexico-minimum-wage-200131185357244.html Mexico's new minimum wage: Thanks for trying] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202185306/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/mexico-minimum-wage-200131185357244.html |date=February 2, 2020 }} by Suman Naishadham, Al Jazeera, January 31, 2020
  • January 2
  • Reuters reports that Mexican citizens who seek asylum in the United States will be sent to Guatemala.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/eu-enviaria-solicitantes-de-asilo-mexicanos-guatemala-reuters EU enviaria solicitantes de asilo mexicanos a Guatemala: Reuters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525000536/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/eu-enviaria-solicitantes-de-asilo-mexicanos-guatemala-reuters |date=May 25, 2020 }} Reuters, January 2, 2020
  • The first femicide of the year is reported in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mujeres/san-luis-potos%c3%ad-report%c3%b3-el-primer-feminicidio-de-2020/ar-BBYwXJp San Luis Potosí reportó el primer feminicidio de 2020] Infobae, January 2, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • A second riot at the prison in Cieneguillas, Zacatecas leaves one dead in addition to the 16 inmates who were killed on December 31, 2019.{{cite web|website=El Universal|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/reportan-segunda-rina-en-penal-de-cieneguillas-zacatecas-hay-un-muerto|title=Reportan segunda riña en penal de Cieneguillas, Zacatecas; hay un muerto|language=es|trans-title=A second riot in Cieneguillas, Zacatecas; one dead|date=January 1, 2020|access-date=February 1, 2020|author=Irma Mejia|archive-date=January 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108234618/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/reportan-segunda-rina-en-penal-de-cieneguillas-zacatecas-hay-un-muerto|url-status=live}}
  • January 3
  • México names Edmundo Font new interim Chargé d'affaires for Bolivia.[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/mexico-bolivia-conflicto-diplomatico-edmundo-font-embajada-la-paz-perspectivas-mexico/ México nombra a nuevo encargado de negocios en su embajada de Bolivia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106180226/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/mexico-bolivia-conflicto-diplomatico-edmundo-font-embajada-la-paz-perspectivas-mexico/ |date=January 6, 2020 }} Gabriela Frías, CNN, January 3, 2020
  • President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) requests the liberation of Julian Assange.[https://elpais.com/internacional/2020/01/03/actualidad/1578072267_496381.html López Obrador pide la liberación de Julian Assange y que no se le torture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105220027/https://elpais.com/internacional/2020/01/03/actualidad/1578072267_496381.html |date=January 5, 2020 }} El Pais Internacional, January 3, 2020
  • January 4 – An earthquake with a magnitude 5.9{{M|w|link=yes}}{{Cite anss|Mexico|2020|us70006uwq|M 5.9 – 4km N of Ixhuatan, Mexico|access-date=April 28, 2020|mode=cs2}} and an epicenter in Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca was felt in at least states: Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Puebla, Morelos, State of México, and Mexico City. No damage is reported.[https://www.proceso.com.mx/613018/sismo-sentido-ocho-entidades Sismo de magnitud 6 es sentido en ocho entidades del país] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106165324/https://www.proceso.com.mx/613018/sismo-sentido-ocho-entidades |date=January 6, 2020 }} Proceso January 4, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 5 – 26: Mérida Fest 2020, Mérida, Yucatán[https://www.zonaturistica.com/en/calendar/1029/merida-fest.html Mérida Fest 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112175139/https://www.zonaturistica.com/en/calendar/1029/merida-fest.html |date=January 12, 2020 }} Zona Turistica.com, Retrieved January 5, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 6
  • President López Obrador announces that construction of 1,350 branches of the Banco de Bienestar ("Social Assistance Bank") has begun.[https://www.proceso.com.mx/613082/con-ahorros-se-construiran-mil-350-sucursales-del-banco-del-bienestar-amlo Con ahorros, se construirán mil 350 sucursales del Banco del Bienestar: AMLO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106201006/https://www.proceso.com.mx/613082/con-ahorros-se-construiran-mil-350-sucursales-del-banco-del-bienestar-amlo |date=January 6, 2020 }} By Arturo Rodriguez Garcia, Proceso, January 6, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Internet for All, part of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), begins operations with a proposed budget of MXN $3 billion (US$159 million) in 2020 and a planned completion date of 2022.[https://aristeguinoticias.com/0601/multimedia/arranca-operacion-de-la-empresa-internet-para-todos-inicia-con-inversion-de-3-mmdp-amlo-enterate/ Arranca operación de la empresa Internet para Todos, inicia con inversión de 3 mmdp: AMLO; Entérate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107133306/https://aristeguinoticias.com/0601/multimedia/arranca-operacion-de-la-empresa-internet-para-todos-inicia-con-inversion-de-3-mmdp-amlo-enterate/ |date=January 7, 2020 }} Aristegui Noticias, January 6, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Margarita Ríos-Farjat becomes a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN).[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/margarita-rios-farjat-suprema-corte-justicia-mexico-eduardo-medina-mora-perspectivas-mexico/ Margarita Ríos-Farjat asume como ministra de la Suprema Corte de México] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107191410/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/margarita-rios-farjat-suprema-corte-justicia-mexico-eduardo-medina-mora-perspectivas-mexico/ |date=January 7, 2020 }} CNN en Español, January 6, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 7
  • The Office for the Treasury and Public Credit (SCHP) sells bonds worth US$2.3 billion.[https://www.proceso.com.mx/613307/mexico-coloca-bonos-y-recibe-financiamiento México coloca bonos y recibe financiamiento por 2 mil 300 millones de dólares] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108074844/https://www.proceso.com.mx/613307/mexico-coloca-bonos-y-recibe-financiamiento |date=January 8, 2020 }} By Juan Carlos Cruz Vargas, Proceso, January 7, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • At least seven people are killed and 35 injured when a train and a bus crash in Vícam, Guaymas, Sonora.[http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2020-01/08/c_138686527.htm Al menos 6 muertos y 35 heridos deja accidente entre tren y autobús en México] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112033718/http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2020-01/08/c_138686527.htm |date=January 12, 2020 }} Xinhua News Español, January 7, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 8
  • Arias Consultores releases a poll that describes the best and worst governors. Sinaloa governor Quirino Ordaz Coppel is chosen best, while Puebla governor L. Miguel Barbosa Huerta is declared the worst.{{cite web|website=La Jornada|title=Los peores y mejores gobernadores|date=January 8, 2020|url=https://www.lajornadamorelos.com.mx/nacional/2020/01/08/17109|language=es|trans-title=The worst and best governors|access-date=January 9, 2020|archive-date=February 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225231107/https://www.lajornadamorelos.com.mx/nacional/2020/01/08/17109|url-status=dead}}
  • Mexico becomes president pro tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/01/08/asume-mexico-presidencia-pro-tempore-de-la-celac-9801.html#.XhaT6EiQ7ME.twitter Asume México presidencia pro tempore de la Celac] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913070413/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/01/08/asume-mexico-presidencia-pro-tempore-de-la-celac-9801.html#.XhaT6EiQ7ME.twitter |date=September 13, 2020 }} By Ana Langner, La Jornada, January 8, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 9
  • Popocateptl volcano emits 3 km of smoke. On January 7 and 8, the volcano emitted 155 exhalations, 198 minutes of shaking, and three earthquakes.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/estados/2020/01/09/emite-el-popocatepetl-fumarola-de-3-km-6316.html#.XhdCj3e5OdQ.facebook Emite el Popocatépetl fumarola de 3 km] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913060952/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/estados/2020/01/09/emite-el-popocatepetl-fumarola-de-3-km-6316.html#.XhdCj3e5OdQ.facebook |date=September 13, 2020 }} Rene Ramon, La Jornada, January 9, 2020[https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/es/pronosticos/avisos/aviso-especial-por-la-actividad-del-volcan-popocatepetl Aviso Especial por la actividad del Volcán Popocatépetl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102054450/https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/es/pronosticos/avisos/aviso-especial-por-la-actividad-del-volcan-popocatepetl |date=January 2, 2020 }} Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Gobierno de Mexico, January 8, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • AMLO promises that obesity will be combatted by a nutrition campaign, not through new taxes.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200110033159/https://www.proceso.com.mx/613540/obesidad-se-combatira-con-campana-amlo Obesidad se combatirá con campaña de nutrición no con aumento a impuestos: AMLO] Proceso, January 9, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 10
  • A teacher is killed and four people are wounded in the Colegio Cervantes shooting in Torreón, Coahuila. The eleven-year-old shooter committed suicide.[https://www.proceso.com.mx/613652/torreon-alumno-mata-a-una-maestra-y-hiere-a-cuatro Alumno mata a una maestra y hiere a cuatro personas en colegio de Torreón, luego se suicida] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110224439/https://www.proceso.com.mx/613652/torreon-alumno-mata-a-una-maestra-y-hiere-a-cuatro |date=January 10, 2020 }} By Maria Luisa Vivas, Proceso, January 10, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • A 21-year-old man is arrested and charged with terrorism for using pepper spray in several stores in Monterrey, Nuevo León.[https://www.proceso.com.mx/613752/nl-sujeto-es-procesado-por-terrorismo-por-esparcir-gas-pimienta-en-comercios NL: Sujeto es procesado por terrorismo por esparcir gas pimienta en comercios] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111182951/https://www.proceso.com.mx/613752/nl-sujeto-es-procesado-por-terrorismo-por-esparcir-gas-pimienta-en-comercios |date=January 11, 2020 }} Politico, January 10, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 10 – February 4: Leon State Fair, León, Guanajuato[https://www.unionguanajuato.mx/articulo/2020/01/03/recreo/feria-estatal-de-leon-2020-cuando-inicia Feria Estatal de León 2020: Cuándo inicia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111180525/https://www.unionguanajuato.mx/articulo/2020/01/03/recreo/feria-estatal-de-leon-2020-cuando-inicia |date=January 11, 2020 }} Union de Guanajuato, January 3, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 11
  • The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) requests the Attorney General (FGR) to sue to prohibit an auction of 28 Mexican archaeological treasures by French auctioneer "Millon de París" on January 22. The Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) also plans to ask the French government to intervene.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/01/11/cultura/a02n1cul Buscan impedir subasta parisina de 28 piezas arqueológicas de México] by Mónica Mateos-Vega, La Jornada Cultural, January 11, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez says Jalisco will not participate in the Instituto de Salud para el Bienestar (Insabi) (Institute of Health for Welfare).[https://www.proceso.com.mx/613822/alfaro-jalisco-insabi-condenado-fracaso Alfaro reitera que Jalisco no se unirá al Insabi porque “está condenado al fracaso”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112194933/https://www.proceso.com.mx/613822/alfaro-jalisco-insabi-condenado-fracaso |date=January 12, 2020 }} Gloria Reza M., Proceso, January 11, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Activists place hundreds of red shoes in Mexico City's Zócalo to protest the murders of an average ten women and girls daily; fewer than 10% are resolved.[https://apnews.com/bbd6e02268849ee6d34cdd110865c041 In Mexican capital, red shoes to protest killings of women] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112220257/https://apnews.com/bbd6e02268849ee6d34cdd110865c041 |date=January 12, 2020 }} By PETER ORSI, AP News, January 11, 2020
  • Mexico City imposes a ban on plastic bags.[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/plastic-bag-ban-effect-mexico-city-200111105942655.html Plastic bag ban goes into effect in Mexico City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125050558/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/plastic-bag-ban-effect-mexico-city-200111105942655.html |date=January 25, 2020 }} Al Jazeera, January 11, 2020
  • January 12 – President Lopez Obrador meets with members of the LeBaron family in Bavispe, Sonora.[https://noticieros.televisa.com/ultimas-noticias/amlo-reunion-familia-lebaron-bavispe-sonora/ Video: AMLO se reúne con familia LeBarón en Bavispe, Sonora] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918022322/https://noticieros.televisa.com/ultimas-noticias/amlo-reunion-familia-lebaron-bavispe-sonora/ |date=September 18, 2020 }} Televisa News, January 12, 2020 {{in lang|es}} AMLO promises to erect a monument in La Mora, Sonora in honor of the nine family members killed.[https://apnews.com/a2ecddaba1484fba3db1f79e5a6d0180 Monument to honor US-Mexican dual citizens slain in Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112220259/https://apnews.com/a2ecddaba1484fba3db1f79e5a6d0180 |date=January 12, 2020 }} By CHRISTIAN TORRES and PETER ORSI, AP News, January 12, 2020 Protesters accused Julián LeBarón of stealing land and water.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/video/noticias/protestan-contra-familia-lebar%c3%b3n-durante-gira-de-amlo-por-chihuahua/vi-BBYSgj4?ocid=mailsignout Protestan contra los LeBarón durante gira de AMLO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112220255/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/video/noticias/protestan-contra-familia-lebar%25C3%25B3n-durante-gira-de-amlo-por-chihuahua/vi-BBYSgj4%3Focid%3Dmailsignout |date=January 12, 2020 }} Milenio, January 12, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 13
  • Secretary of Education (SEP) Esteban Moctezuma proposes a new scheme for Operativo Mochilla (Operation backpack) wherein parents will be responsible for revising the backpacks of children and staff at schools so as to prevent the entry of guns and other contraband.[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/La-SEP-plantea-nuevo-esquema-del-programa-Mochila-Segura-20200113-0045.html La SEP plantea nuevo esquema del programa "Mochila Segura"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114031356/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/La-SEP-plantea-nuevo-esquema-del-programa-Mochila-Segura-20200113-0045.html |date=January 14, 2020 }} Informador.mx, January 13, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Governor Cuauhtémoc Blanco of Morelos says that at least 180 police officers are being investigated for ties to organized crime and drug trafficking.[http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/08/americas/earthquake-hits-off-the-coast-of-southern-mexico/index.html En Morelos, 180 policías vinculados con el Narco: Cuauhtémoc Blanco] Aristegui Noticias, January 13, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • China announces that two of its banks will lend US$600 million for the construction of the Dos Bocas refinery in Paraíso, Tabasco.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/china-presta-600-mdd-para-dos-bocas China presta 600 mdd para Dos Bocas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524231356/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/china-presta-600-mdd-para-dos-bocas |date=May 24, 2020 }} El Universal, January 13, 2020 [https://www.milenio.com/negocios/refineria-bocas-china-financiara-proyecto-600-mdd Con 600 mdd, China financiará parte de Dos Bocas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115063238/https://www.milenio.com/negocios/refineria-bocas-china-financiara-proyecto-600-mdd |date=January 15, 2020 }} Milenio, January 13, 2020 {{in lang|es}} Energy Secretary Rocío Nahle makes it clear that the refinery will be built with public funds, but that contractors may borrow money from China or other countries.[https://www.milenio.com/negocios/bocas-rocio-nahle-niega-financiamiento-china Nahle niega que gobierno haya pedido financiamiento de China para Dos Bocas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115063420/https://www.milenio.com/negocios/bocas-rocio-nahle-niega-financiamiento-china |date=January 15, 2020 }} Milenio, January 13, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 14
  • Despite confessing to abusing several minors, Fernando Martínez Suárez will remain a member of the Legion of Christ but he will not perform priestly duties.[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/01/14/alerta-mexicano-culpable-de-abuso-sexual-a-menores-seguira-en-los-legionarios-de-cristo/ Mexicano culpable de abuso sexual a menores seguirá en los Legionarios de Cristo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115020125/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/01/14/alerta-mexicano-culpable-de-abuso-sexual-a-menores-seguira-en-los-legionarios-de-cristo/ |date=January 15, 2020 }} By Juliana González, CNN en Espaňol, January 14, 2020
  • The presidential airplane has been returned to Mexico after the government tried to sell it in the United States for a year at a cost of US$1.5 million in maintenance. It may be rented out or bartered for needed goods. 19 other planes and nine helicopters will be auctioned off, with the hopes of raising US$1 billion.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/14/mexico-president-presidential-jet-nobody-wants-to-buy Mexico: Amlo sought to sell presidential jet, but nobody wanted it] The Guardian, January 14, 2020
  • The Supreme Court rules that National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) can ignore the ban against paying its executives more than the President of Mexico.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/politica/scjn-inegi-mantendra-sueldos-superiores-al-de-amlo INEGI mantendrá sueldos superiores al de AMLO: SCJN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524230250/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/politica/scjn-inegi-mantendra-sueldos-superiores-al-de-amlo |date=May 24, 2020 }} By Diana Lastiri, El Universal, January 14, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 16
  • Two earthquakes of 5.3{{M|w}} and 4.9{{M|w}} respectively, hit at least five municipalities in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca. Slight damages but no injuries are reported. There have been 679 earthquakes in Oaxaca this year.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/sismo-dana-viviendas-y-edificios-publicos-en-al-menos-5-municipios-de-oaxaca Sismo daňa viviendas y edificios publicos en al menos 5 municipios de Oaxaca] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811201403/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/sismo-dana-viviendas-y-edificios-publicos-en-al-menos-5-municipios-de-oaxaca |date=August 11, 2020 }} El Universal, January 16, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • U.S. Attorney General William Barr visits Mexico to discuss money laundering, arms trafficking, and drug trafficking.[https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/01/sre-confirma-visita-del-fiscal-de-eu.html SRE confirma visita del fiscal de EU a México para el próximo jueves] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913061802/https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/01/sre-confirma-visita-del-fiscal-de-eu.html |date=September 13, 2020 }} El Segundero, January 13, 2020 {{in lang|es}}[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/mexico-y-eu-acuerdan-programa-para-reducir-trafico-de-armas-y-drogas México y EU acuerdan programa para reducir tráfico de armas y drogas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524224729/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/mexico-y-eu-acuerdan-programa-para-reducir-trafico-de-armas-y-drogas |date=May 24, 2020 }} El Universal, January 16, 2020 [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mexico-cartels/mexico-top-us-law-official-barr-had-good-meeting-on-cartel-threat-president-idUSKBN1Y91SP Mexico, top U.S. law official Barr had 'good meeting' on cartel threat: president] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320215121/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mexico-cartels/mexico-top-us-law-official-barr-had-good-meeting-on-cartel-threat-president-idUSKBN1Y91SP |date=March 20, 2020 }} Reuters, January 16, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • A commando consisting of 150 men armed with assault rifles burn 22 homes and seven vehicles and kidnap five people in two towns in Madera Municipality, Chihuahua.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/estados/2020/01/18/comando-ataca-en-madera-quema-casas-y-plagia-a-pobladores-2411.html Comando ataca en Madera; quema casas y plagia a pobladores] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303042946/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/estados/2020/01/18/comando-ataca-en-madera-quema-casas-y-plagia-a-pobladores-2411.html |date=March 3, 2020 }} La Jornada, January 18, 2020 [https://anews.mx/2020/01/17/arde-chihuahua-comando-armado-quemo-22-viviendas-y-7-vehiculos/ Arde Chihuahua: comando armado quemó 22 viviendas y 7 vehículos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913054701/https://anews.mx/2020/01/17/arde-chihuahua-comando-armado-quemo-22-viviendas-y-7-vehiculos/ |date=September 13, 2020 }} A News, January 18, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 17
  • AMLO offers 4,000 jobs to Central American immigrants.[https://www.proceso.com.mx/614565/el-presidente-ofrece-cuatro-mil-empleos-a-integrantes-de-nueva-caravana-migrante El presidente ofrece cuatro mil empleos a integrantes de nueva caravana migrante] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118021327/https://www.proceso.com.mx/614565/el-presidente-ofrece-cuatro-mil-empleos-a-integrantes-de-nueva-caravana-migrante |date=January 18, 2020 }} by Juan Carlos Cruz Vargas, Proceso, January 17, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Secretariat of the Interior (SEGOB) announces it will build a memorial for the 137 victims of the 2019 pipeline explosion in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo. Each family was compensated with MXN $15,000 (US$800).{{Cite web|url=https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/01/construiran-memorial-de-victimas-de.html|title=Construirán memorial de víctimas de explosión en Tlahuelilpan|access-date=January 18, 2020|archive-date=February 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202180923/https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/01/construiran-memorial-de-victimas-de.html|url-status=live}}
  • January 18
  • The office of the attorney general of Oaxaca reports that investigation into the acid-attack on saxophonist María Elena Ríos Ortiz has finished. Governor Alejandro Murat says there is an arrest warrant for former deputy Juan Vera Carrizal.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/fiscal%C3%ADa-de-oaxaca-concluye-investigaci%C3%B3n-sobre-ataque-a-saxofonista-con-%C3%A1cido/ar-BBZ5gr4?ocid=BNnoticias Fiscalía de Oaxaca concluye investigación sobre ataque a saxofonista con ácido] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302044144/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/fiscal%C3%ADa-de-oaxaca-concluye-investigaci%C3%B3n-sobre-ataque-a-saxofonista-con-%C3%A1cido/ar-BBZ5gr4?ocid=BNnoticias |date=March 2, 2020 }} By Karina Andrew Herrera, Televisa News, January 18, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Mexico stops thousands of Honduran immigrants on the border with Guatemala.{{cite web|website=AP|date=January 18, 2020|access-date=February 9, 2020|title=Mexico blocks hundreds of migrants from crossing border span|url=https://apnews.com/8670e80d374a20d15f30bcb50d6adb6a|archive-date=February 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208232956/https://apnews.com/8670e80d374a20d15f30bcb50d6adb6a|url-status=live}}
  • January 19
  • Between 1,500 and 2,000 undocumented immigrants from Honduras try to cross the Suchiate River in Chiapas, but are stopped by the National Guard. Groups of 20 or 30 were allowed to try to regularize their immigration status and obtain employment.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/01/18/migrantes-intentan-ingresar-a-mexico-guardia-nacional-lo-impide-440.html Migrantes intentan ingresar a México; Guardia Nacional lo impide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913051223/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/01/18/migrantes-intentan-ingresar-a-mexico-guardia-nacional-lo-impide-440.html |date=September 13, 2020 }} by Elio Henríquez, La Jornada, January 18, 2020 [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/over-2-000-central-american-migrants-try-enter-mexico-n1118421?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma Over 2,000 Central American migrants try to enter Mexico] NBC News, January 18, 2020
  • 1,000 supporters of "Reforestación Extrema" (Extreme reforestation) demonstrate in La Huasteca-Nuevo León.[https://www.milenio.com/politica/comunidad/activistas-exigiran-proteccion-areas-naturales-nl Activistas exigirán una verdadera protección a áreas naturales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113043804/https://www.milenio.com/politica/comunidad/activistas-exigiran-proteccion-areas-naturales-nl |date=January 13, 2020 }} Milenio Politica, December 28, 2019[https://www.pronaturanoreste.org/single-post/2020/01/19/%C2%A1Todo-un-%C3%A9xito-la-marcha-ciudadana-por-el-derecho-humano-a-un-medio-ambiente-sano ¡Todo un éxito la marcha ciudadana por el derecho humano a un medio ambiente sano!] ProNatura Noreste, January 19, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • The fire at the Cuemanco Plant Market in Xochimilco, Mexico City, is the fifth market fire in a month.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/cortos-circuitos-consumen-cinco-mercados-de-la-cdmx-en-menos-de-un-mes/ar-BBZc0gl?ocid=WidgetStore "Cortos circuitos" consumen cinco mercados de la CDMX en menos de un mes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913055253/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/cortos-circuitos-consumen-cinco-mercados-de-la-cdmx-en-menos-de-un-mes/ar-BBZc0gl?ocid=WidgetStore |date=September 13, 2020 }} CNN Expansion, January 21, 2020
  • January 20
  • Thousands of Honduran migrants and asylum-seekers battle with Mexican National Guard and try to force their way across the Suchiate River.[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/chaos-guatemala-mexico-border-caravan-advance-200120223801182.html Chaos at Guatemala-Mexico border as caravan tries to advance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121042800/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/chaos-guatemala-mexico-border-caravan-advance-200120223801182.html |date=January 21, 2020 }} by Jeff Abbott, Al Jazeera, January 20, 2020
  • Isatech technology of Monterrey offers to pay US$130 million for the presidential plane to use it for commercial purposes and to make it available to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Empresa-de-Monterrey-ofrece-criptomonedas-por-avion-presidencial-20200120-0113.html Empresa de Monterrey ofrece criptomonedas por avión presidencial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121121728/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Empresa-de-Monterrey-ofrece-criptomonedas-por-avion-presidencial-20200120-0113.html |date=January 21, 2020 }} Informador, January 20, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • 22,923 police officers and 2,375 vehicles participate in Mexico City's first Macrosimulacro (Macro earthquake drill).[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/participan-ciudadanos-en-primer-macrosimulacro-de-2020/ar-BBZ9p2B Participan ciudadanos en Primer Macrosimulacro de 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913064154/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/participan-ciudadanos-en-primer-macrosimulacro-de-2020/ar-BBZ9p2B |date=September 13, 2020 }} Excélsior, January 20, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • New data show that homicides in Mexico in 2019 reached a record level.[https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexico-homicides-rise-record-amlo-020015110.html Mexico Murders Rise to Record in AMLO's First Year in Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913063723/https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexico-homicides-rise-record-amlo-020015110.html |date=September 13, 2020 }} Bloomberg, Eric Martin January 20, 2020.
  • January 21
  • A popular poll by U.S. News & World Report places Mexico as the second most corrupt country in the world; Colombia is number one.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/m%c3%a9xico-es-se%c3%b1alado-como-el-segundo-pa%c3%ads-m%c3%a1s-corrupto-del-mundo-a-pesar-del-discurso-de-l%c3%b3pez-obrador/ar-BBZbCtO México es señalado como el segundo país más corrupto del mundo, a pesar del discurso de López Obrador] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125201804/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/m%C3%A9xico-es-se%C3%B1alado-como-el-segundo-pa%C3%ADs-m%C3%A1s-corrupto-del-mundo-a-pesar-del-discurso-de-l%C3%B3pez-obrador/ar-BBZbCtO |date=January 25, 2020 }} Infobae, January 21, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Eighteen states have signed up for the new health care program, Insabi.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/se-suman-al-insabi-18-gobiernos-estatales-amlo/ar-BBZbihv Se suman al Insabi 18 gobiernos estatales: AMLO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913070413/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/se-suman-al-insabi-18-gobiernos-estatales-amlo/ar-BBZbihv |date=September 13, 2020 }} La Jornada, January 21, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 22
  • Airports in Mexico City, Monterrey, and Cancun, where flights arrive directly from China, are on alert for Coronavirus disease 2019.[https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/aeropuertos-mexicanos-en-alerta-por-coronavirus/1359639 Aeropuertos mexicanos en alerta por coronavirus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122145837/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/aeropuertos-mexicanos-en-alerta-por-coronavirus/1359639 |date=January 22, 2020 }} By rturo Páramo, Excélsior, January 22, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Nineteen children between six and fifteen march as community police by the Coordinadora Regional de Autoridades Comunitarias-Pueblos Fundadores (CRAC-PF) in Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero. Those over 12 have been issued .22 caliber rifles while younger ones carry sticks.[https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/presentan-a-19-ninos-como-policias-comunitarios-en-chilapa/1359848 Presentan a 19 niños como policías comunitarios en Chilapa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123132855/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/presentan-a-19-ninos-como-policias-comunitarios-en-chilapa/1359848 |date=January 23, 2020 }} By Ángel Galeana, Excélsior, January 22, 2020 [https://ahoraguerrero.mx/menores-toman-las-armas-para-combatir-la-violencia-en-chilapa Menores toman las armas para combatir la violencia en Chilapa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218183624/https://ahoraguerrero.mx/menores-toman-las-armas-para-combatir-la-violencia-en-chilapa |date=February 18, 2020 }} Ahorra Guerrero.mx, January 22, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 24
  • Tijuana International Airport joins other airports on alert against the coronavirus from China.[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/tijuana-coronavirus-aeropuerto-vuelos-china-salud-contagio-gonzalo-alvarado-perspectivas-mexico/ Aeropuerto de Tijuana en alerta para detectar posibles casos de coronavirus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128024615/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/tijuana-coronavirus-aeropuerto-vuelos-china-salud-contagio-gonzalo-alvarado-perspectivas-mexico/ |date=January 28, 2020 }} By Mario González & Gonzalo Alvarado, CNN, January 24, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Dulce Susana Jacobo Cruz, a student at the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH), complains of racist comments and torture of children when she and a group of migrants were detained by authorities at the Estación Migratoria (Migrant Station) of Ciudad Industrial, Villahermosa, Tabasco.{{cite web|website=El Heraldo de Tabasco|title=Denuncia estudiante de la ENAH tortura en Estación Migratoria de Tabasco|date=January 24, 2020|language=es|trans-title=ENAH student denounces torture at Tabasco Migration Station|url=https://www.elheraldodetabasco.com.mx/local/denuncia-estudiante-de-la-enah-tortura-en-estacion-migratoria-de-tabasco-4747078.html|access-date=January 27, 2020|archive-date=January 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125151202/https://www.elheraldodetabasco.com.mx/local/denuncia-estudiante-de-la-enah-tortura-en-estacion-migratoria-de-tabasco-4747078.html|url-status=live}}
  • Parents of children with cancer protest for the third day in a row because of a lack of medicine.[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/protesta-padres-menores-cancer-desabasto-medicamentos-amlo-salud-perspectivas-mexico/ Madres de niños con cáncer reclaman a AMLO que termine con la falta medicamentos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128015755/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/protesta-padres-menores-cancer-desabasto-medicamentos-amlo-salud-perspectivas-mexico/ |date=January 28, 2020 }} Mario Gonzalez, CNN en Español, January 24, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • In Guerrero, officials announce that children as young as 14 have been recruited to assist local police in local law enforcement efforts. About 20 children have been recruited for an indigenous community police force in western Mexico following a deadly attack blamed on a drug cartel. Some of the children, aged between eight and 14, were handed rifles while others paraded with sticks on a road in the town of Chilapa in Guerrero state.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51221276 Mexico indigenous group recruits children as police after attack] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129111723/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51221276 |date=January 29, 2020 }}. January 24, 2020
  • Calm returns to the Mexico-Guatemala border after 800 Honduran immigrants were arrested on January 23.{{cite web |website=AP|date=January 24, 2020|access-date=February 8, 2020|title=Normalcy returns to Guatemala-Mexico border after caravan |url=https://apnews.com/a46fcba59385762b71c224247ae4b11e}}
  • January 26 – The Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (National Human Rights Commission) reports that 2019 saw 35% more complaints about a lack of medicine and negligence than in 2018.{{cite web|website=Infobae|url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/aumentaron-las-quejas-de-mexicanos-ante-derechos-humanos-por-falta-de-medicamentos-y-negligencia/ar-BBZlkOU|title=Aumentaron las quejas de mexicanos ante Derechos Humanos por falta de medicamentos y negligencia|date=January 26, 2020|trans-title=Increased complaints of Mexicans before Human Rights due to lack of medication and negligence|access-date=January 27, 2020|archive-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127022916/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/aumentaron-las-quejas-de-mexicanos-ante-derechos-humanos-por-falta-de-medicamentos-y-negligencia/ar-BBZlkOU|url-status=live}}
  • January 27
  • Twelve governors, all member of PRI, agree to support Insabi.[https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/01/tras-comida-con-amlo-gobernadores-del.html Tras comida con AMLO, gobernadores del PRI acuerdan sumarse al Insabi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913063856/https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/01/tras-comida-con-amlo-gobernadores-del.html |date=September 13, 2020 }} El Segundero, January 27, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • At least sixty are killed in violence over the weekend of January 24–26 in the state of Guanajuato.[https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/01/ataques-armados-dejan-al-menos-60.html Ataques armados dejan al menos 60 muertos en Guanajuato] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913080417/https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/01/ataques-armados-dejan-al-menos-60.html |date=September 13, 2020 }} El Segundero, January 27, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • The Supreme Court (SCJN) declares that it is unconstitutional to require a Carta de No-Antecedentes Penales (letter that certifies no criminal record) as a prerequisite for employment.[https://aristeguinoticias.com/2701/mexico/es-inconstitucional-exigir-no-tener-antecedentes-penales-como-requisito-laboral-corte/ Es inconstitucional exigir “no tener antecedentes penales” como requisito laboral: Corte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128045441/https://aristeguinoticias.com/2701/mexico/es-inconstitucional-exigir-no-tener-antecedentes-penales-como-requisito-laboral-corte/ |date=January 28, 2020 }} Aristegui Noticias, January 27, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 28 – Judge Francisco Castillo González orders a MXN $10 million (US$534,000) lien against journalist Sergio Aguayo and his property for "moral damage" of former Coahuila governor Humberto Moreira (PRI) in an editorial Aguayo wrote for Reforma in 2016.{{cite web|website=Proceso|title=Juez autoriza embargar a Sergio Aguayo por demanda de Humberto Moreira|date=January 28, 2020|access-date=January 29, 2020|language=es|trans-title=Judge authorizes seizing Sergio Aguayo's assets at the request of Humberto Moreira|url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/615891/juez-autoriza-embargar-bienes-de-sergio-aguayo|archive-date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128201634/https://www.proceso.com.mx/615891/juez-autoriza-embargar-bienes-de-sergio-aguayo|url-status=dead}} Journalists and human rights activists unite in solidarity with Aguayo.{{cite web|website=Diario de Yucatan|title=Solidaridad con Sergio Aguayo por las amenazas de Humberto Moreira|date=January 28, 2020|language=es|trans-title=Solidarity with Sergio Aguayo because of the threats of Humberto Moreira|url=https://www.yucatan.com.mx/mexico/solidaridad-con-sergio-aguayo|access-date=January 29, 2020|archive-date=January 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129154509/https://www.yucatan.com.mx/mexico/solidaridad-con-sergio-aguayo|url-status=dead}}
  • January 29 – Three notorious criminals, one in the process of being extradited to the United States, escape from the Reclusorio Sur (South Penitentiary) in Mexico City.[https://www.elimparcial.com/mexico/Escapan-3-reos-de-Reclusorio-Sur-en-CDMX-20200129-0052.html Escapan 3 reos de Reclusorio Sur en CDMX] El Imparcial, January 29, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 30
  • INEGI reports that the Mexican economy contracted by 0.1% in 2019 after growth of just over 2% in 2018.[https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/amlo-trouble-mexico-economy-shrinks-time-10-years-200130211157685.html AMLO trouble: Mexico's economy shrinks for first time in 10 years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202182557/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/amlo-trouble-mexico-economy-shrinks-time-10-years-200130211157685.html |date=February 2, 2020 }} Al Jazeera, January 30, 2020
  • Naela Berenice Razo López, an engineering physics graduate of the Autonomous University of Queretaro wins the John Bacall Physics Prize from Princeton University and will spend the summer semester at the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark.{{cite web|website=Aristegui Noticias|title=Ingeniera Física UAQ gana premio nacional de astrofísica y estancia de investigación en Dinamarca|date=January 30, 2020|language=es|trans-title=UAQ Physical Engineer wins national astrophysics award and research stay in Denmark|url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/3001/kiosko/ingeniera-fisica-uaq-gana-premio-nacional-de-astrofisica-y-estancia-de-investigacion-en-dinamarca/|access-date=January 31, 2020|archive-date=January 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131015313/https://aristeguinoticias.com/3001/kiosko/ingeniera-fisica-uaq-gana-premio-nacional-de-astrofisica-y-estancia-de-investigacion-en-dinamarca/|url-status=live}}
  • Seven municipal police officers, including the chief of police, are arrested for a November 2019 murder in Cuitzeo, Michoacan.[https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/7-cops-tied-to-murder-in-michoacan-arrested/ 7 cops tied to murder in Michoacan arrested] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131180257/https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/7-cops-tied-to-murder-in-michoacan-arrested/ |date=January 31, 2020 }} Mexico News Daily, January 30, 2020

=February=

  • February 1
  • AMLO says his administration has rescued Pemex from bankruptcy and discusses other energy issues while in Merida, Yucatan.{{cite web|website=Proceso|language=es|date=February 1, 2020|title="Ya rescatamos a Pemex del fracaso de la bancarrota", dice López Obrador|author=Rosa Santana|trans-title="We have already rescued Pemex from bankruptcy failure," says López Obrador|url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/616517/ya-rescatamos-a-pemex-del-fracaso-de-la-bancarrota-dice-lopez-obrador|access-date=February 2, 2020|archive-date=February 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202043554/https://www.proceso.com.mx/616517/ya-rescatamos-a-pemex-del-fracaso-de-la-bancarrota-dice-lopez-obrador|url-status=live}}
  • A Chinese tourist who passed through Mexico City is confirmed to be infected with Coronavirus disease 2019. Nine cases of possible infection are being monitored, but as of today, there are no confirmed cases in Mexico.{{cite web|website=Radio Formula|language=es|date=February 1, 2020|title=Confirmado: turista chino infectado con Coronavirus sí estuvo en CDMX|author=Mariana Cervantes|trans-title=Confirmed: Chinese tourist infected with Coronavirus was in CDMX|url=https://www.radioformula.com.mx/noticias/20200201/chino-positivo-coronavirus-cdmx-uber-hotel-paseo-de-la-reforma-secretearia-de-salud/|access-date=February 2, 2020|archive-date=March 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310162944/https://www.radioformula.com.mx/noticias/20200201/chino-positivo-coronavirus-cdmx-uber-hotel-paseo-de-la-reforma-secretearia-de-salud/|url-status=dead}}
  • The Sinaloa Cartel guards the Culiacán Cathedral in Sinaloa as the daughter of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán marries the nephew of Margarita Cázares, la "Emperatriz del Narco". Only members of the cartel are allowed to attend.[https://laprensafl.com/2020/02/02/legisladores-critican-cierre-de-catedral-de-culiacan-para-boda-de-la-hija-de-el-chapo/ Legisladores critican cierre de Catedral de Culiacán para boda de la hija de “El Chapo”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203040900/https://laprensafl.com/2020/02/02/legisladores-critican-cierre-de-catedral-de-culiacan-para-boda-de-la-hija-de-el-chapo/ |date=February 3, 2020 }} La Prensa, February 2, 2020 [https://www.univision.com/noticias/america-latina/se-casa-una-hija-de-el-chapo-guzman-y-cierran-la-catedral-de-culiacan-para-su-boda Se casa una hija de 'El Chapo' Guzmán y cierran la 'catedral de Culiacán' para su boda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203040858/https://www.univision.com/noticias/america-latina/se-casa-una-hija-de-el-chapo-guzman-y-cierran-la-catedral-de-culiacan-para-su-boda |date=February 3, 2020 }} Univision Noticias, February 1, 2020
  • February 2 – Candlemas[https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/mexico/ Holidays and Observances in Mexico in 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111152802/https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/mexico/ |date=January 11, 2020 }} Time and Date.com, Retrieved January 7, 2020 The Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares (National Museum of Popular Cultures) in Coyoacán reports that a record-breaking 126,000 attended the 27th Feria del Tamal (Tamales fair) in one week.[https://aristeguinoticias.com/0502/kiosko/la-xxviii-feria-del-tamal-recibio-a-126-mil-personas-las-plumas-de-la-serpiente-video/ La XXVIII Feria del Tamal recibió a 126 mil personas: 'Las Plumas de la Serpiente'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206010044/https://aristeguinoticias.com/0502/kiosko/la-xxviii-feria-del-tamal-recibio-a-126-mil-personas-las-plumas-de-la-serpiente-video/ |date=February 6, 2020 }} Arestigui Noticias, February 5, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • February 3
  • Constitution Day (Statutory holiday)[https://publicholidays.mx/ Mexico Public Holidays] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016184707/https://publicholidays.mx/ |date=October 16, 2019 }} Public Holidays Global, Retrieved January 6, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • At least eight people including one minor are killed in a shooting at a video-arcade in Uruapan, Michoacan.[https://www.proceso.com.mx/616659/ocho-personas-son-asesinadas-en-negocio-en-uruapan-michoacan Ocho personas son asesinadas en negocio en Uruapan, Michoacán] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204023333/https://www.proceso.com.mx/616659/ocho-personas-son-asesinadas-en-negocio-en-uruapan-michoacan |date=February 4, 2020 }} by Francisco Castellanos J., Proceso, February 3, 2020 The unrest seems to be related to the arrest on January 31 of Luis Felipe Barragán (El Vocho), the presumed leader of Los Viagra.[https://www.proceso.com.mx/616379/cae-presunto-lider-de-los-viagra-y-se-desatan-narcobloqueos-en-uruapan-videos Presumed leader of Los Viagra falls ... and narcoblockades are unleashed in Uruapan (Videos)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204023333/https://www.proceso.com.mx/616379/cae-presunto-lider-de-los-viagra-y-se-desatan-narcobloqueos-en-uruapan-videos |date=February 4, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Proceso, January 31, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • February 4 – The National data protection authority (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales) (Inai) orders the Ministry of Health to publicize all information about the cost and available of cancer medicine.[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Ordenan-a-Salud-federal-transparentar-precios-de-medicinas-contra-el-cancer-20200204-0011.html Ordenan a Salud federal transparentar precios de medicinas contra el cáncer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205005506/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Ordenan-a-Salud-federal-transparentar-precios-de-medicinas-contra-el-cancer-20200204-0011.html |date=February 5, 2020 }} El Informador.mx, February 4, 2020
  • February 5
  • Farmers in Chihuahua fight with the National Guard over water payments to the United States. Earlier this week farmers in Ojinaga Municipality broke open locks on a dam.{{cite web |website=ABC News |date=February 5, 2020 |title=Mexican farmers take over dams to stop water payments to US |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexican-farmers-dams-stop-water-payments-us-68775822?cid=clicksource_76_null_articleroll_hed |access-date=February 5, 2020 |archive-date=February 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205173333/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexican-farmers-dams-stop-water-payments-us-68775822%3Fcid%3Dclicksource_76_null_articleroll_hed |url-status=live }}
  • AMLO says he wants to eliminate puentes (English: three-day weekends) in the academic calendar beginning July 2020 so that children will learn and appreciate the historic importance of holidays.[https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/02/se-acabaron-los-puentes-amlo-realizara.html Se acabaron los puentes, AMLO realizará cambios en el calendario escolar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913063735/https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/02/se-acabaron-los-puentes-amlo-realizara.html |date=September 13, 2020 }} El Segundero, February 5, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Fifteen schools and colleges of the UNAM are now on strike in protest of violence against women.{{cite web|website=El Sol de México|title=Ya son 15 las escuelas de la UNAM que se van a paro|language=es|trans-title=There are now 15 UNAM schools that are on strike|date=February 5, 2020|access-date=February 10, 2020|author=Cecilia Nava|url=https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/ya-son-15-las-escuelas-de-la-unam-que-se-van-a-paro-4797437.html|archive-date=February 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206131212/https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/ya-son-15-las-escuelas-de-la-unam-que-se-van-a-paro-4797437.html|url-status=live}}
  • February 5 to 9 – Contemporary Art Week at four locations in Mexico City[https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/contemporary-art-week-to-boost-citys-profile/ Contemporary Art Week to boost city's profile as LatAm's cultural capital] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201041823/https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/contemporary-art-week-to-boost-citys-profile/ |date=February 1, 2020 }} Mexico News Daily, January 31, 2020 Art critic Avelina Lésper destroyed Gabriel Rico's Nimble and sinister tricks (to be preserved without scandal and corruption), worth US$20,000, with a can of soda pop.[https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/02/09/actualidad/1581259576_274673.html Arte, destrucción y una lata de Coca-Cola en Zona Maco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210191109/https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/02/09/actualidad/1581259576_274673.html |date=February 10, 2020 }} El País, February 9, 2020 {{in lang|es}} The fair in "Zona Macro" is considered the most important contemporary art fair in Latin America.[https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/02/07/actualidad/1581104549_056181.html?rel=mas La principal feria del arte contemporáneo de Latinoamérica reivindica el feminismo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621091120/https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/02/07/actualidad/1581104549_056181.html?rel=mas |date=June 21, 2023 }} El País, February 7, 2020, Retrieved February 9, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • February 6
  • Activists from Mexico join their African counterparts to support the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).[https://allafrica.com/stories/202002050858.html Africa: Feminist Activists from Africa, UK and Mexico Unite to No. EndFGM Through A Unique Campaign] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206141056/https://allafrica.com/stories/202002050858.html |date=February 6, 2020 }} allAfrica, January 24, 2020, Retrieved February 8, 2020
  • In a visit to the Mexican Senate, the President of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei suggests the two countries construct Muros de Prosperidad ("Prosperity Walls") in the form of an investment bank in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco and the Guatemalan departments of San Marcos, Quiché, and Huehuetenango to stem migration.{{cite web|website=CNN en Español|title=Presidente de Guatemala propone a México contrarrestar la migración|author=Michelle Mendoza|date=February 6, 2020|access-date=February 8, 2020|language=es|trans-title=President of Guatemala proposes to Mexico to counteract migration|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/02/06/presidente-de-guatemala-propone-a-mexico-contrarrestar-la-migracion/|archive-date=February 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208091429/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/02/06/presidente-de-guatemala-propone-a-mexico-contrarrestar-la-migracion/|url-status=live}}
  • Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that Russia is in talks to sell military helicopters to Mexico.{{cite web|website=CNBC|title=Mexico in talks with Russia to buy new batch of military helicopters – foreign minister|date=February 6, 2020|access-date=February 13, 2020|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/06/reuters-america-mexico-in-talks-with-russia-to-buy-new-batch-of-military-helicopters--foreign-minister.html|archive-date=February 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214043909/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/06/reuters-america-mexico-in-talks-with-russia-to-buy-new-batch-of-military-helicopters--foreign-minister.html|url-status=dead}} Hugo Rodriguez of the United States Department of State says that Mexico could be subject to sanctions if the sale goes forward.{{cite web|website=El Universal|date=February 13, 2010|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/alertan-por-sanciones-de-eu-mexico-por-compra-de-helicopteros-rusia|title=Alertan por sanciones de EU-Mexico por compra de helicopteros á Rusia|language=es|trans-title=Alert for EU-Mexico sanctions for purchase of helicopters from Russia|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=February 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214191037/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/alertan-por-sanciones-de-eu-mexico-por-compra-de-helicopteros-rusia|url-status=live}}
  • February 9 – Strikes in five schools and colleges of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) that were taken over to protest sexual harassment and violence have been returned to university authorities. Others continue in the hands of protesters, and an interuniversity assembly has been convoked for February 10.{{cite web|website=W Radio.com|title=Levantan paro cinco escuelas y facultades de la UNAM|author=Octavio Garcia|date=February 9, 2020|language=es|trans-title=Strike ends in five schools and colleges of the UNAM|url=http://wradio.com.mx/radio/2020/02/10/nacional/1581294604_563593.html|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-date=February 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210155448/http://wradio.com.mx/radio/2020/02/10/nacional/1581294604_563593.html|url-status=live}}
  • February 10 – The Attorney General of Mexico (FGR) promises that the law against femicide will not disappear, but that the laws must be reformed to protect women and children. He notes that homicides have increased by 35% in the last five years, but femicides (Spanish: feminicidios) have increased by 137% in the same period of time.{{cite web|website=Razon.com|date=February 10, 2020|access-date=February 10, 2020|author=Antonio López Cruz|language=es|title=Feminicidio debe reformarse para proteger a víctimas: FGR|trans-title=Feminicide must be reformed to protect victims: FGR|url=https://www.razon.com.mx/mexico/feminicidio-debe-reformarse-para-proteger-a-victimas-fgr/|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913055530/https://www.razon.com.mx/mexico/feminicidio-debe-reformarse-para-proteger-a-victimas-fgr/|url-status=live}}
  • February 11 – The diffusion on social media of graphic photographs of the dismembered cadaver of Ingrid Escamilla, victim of a brutal femicide, disturbs the nation.[https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-51469528 Feminicidio de Ingrid Escamilla: la indignación en México por el brutal asesinato de la joven y la difusión de las fotos de su cadáver] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308210741/https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-51469528 |date=March 8, 2020 }} BBC Mundo, February 11, 2020 The Ministry of Home Affairs (SEGOB) promises an investigation.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/seguridad/ingrid-escamilla-filtracion-de-imagenes-no-quedara-impune-asegura-segob Segob will investigate the media that published the photos of Ingrid Escamilla] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214140641/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/seguridad/ingrid-escamilla-filtracion-de-imagenes-no-quedara-impune-asegura-segob |date=February 14, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} El Universal February 13, 2020 The sighting is later confirmed by the National Civil Protection Coordination, stating that no damage was reported.[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Proteccion-Civil-confirma-avistamiento-de-meteorito-en-cielo-mexicano-20200219-0048.html Civil Protection confirms meteor sighting in Mexican sky] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220011313/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Proteccion-Civil-confirma-avistamiento-de-meteorito-en-cielo-mexicano-20200219-0048.html |date=February 20, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Informador, February 19, 2020
  • February 12
  • Former head of Pemex Emilio Lozoya Austin is arrested in Málaga, Spain.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/emilio-lozoya-has-been-arrested-spain Emilio Lozoya has been arrested in Spain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105011935/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/emilio-lozoya-has-been-arrested-spain |date=November 5, 2021 }} El Universal (in English), February 12, 2020, Retrieved February 14, 2020
  • At a supper for the 200 most important business leaders in the country, guests were pressured to commit to buying blocks of raffle tickets for the Presidential airplane.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/pasan-charola-hasta-por-200-mdp-en-tamaliza-de-amlo They pass "hat" for up to 200 MDP in AMLO tamale supper] El Universal, February 13, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • February 12–16: San Miguel Writers' Conference & Literary Festival, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato[https://sanmiguelwritersconference.org/ San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112205316/https://sanmiguelwritersconference.org/ |date=January 12, 2020 }} Retrieved January 12, 2020
  • The Banco de México (Bank of Mexico) cuts interest rates for the fifth time in a year.[https://elpais.com/economia/2020/02/13/actualidad/1581628403_123224.html Uncertainty forces the Bank of Mexico to the fifth interest rate cut in less than a year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219185947/https://elpais.com/economia/2020/02/13/actualidad/1581628403_123224.html |date=February 19, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} El Pais, February 13, 2020
  • February 14 – Family members of victims of violence against women and feminists protest the President's silence on the issue by painting the walls and doors of the National Palace.{{cite web|website=El Informador|title=Manifestantes realizan pintas en Palacio Nacional|date=February 14, 2020|language=es|trans-title=Protesters paint the National Palace|url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Manifestantes-realizan-pintas-en-Palacio-Nacional--20200214-0044.html|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215172100/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Manifestantes-realizan-pintas-en-Palacio-Nacional--20200214-0044.html|url-status=live}} AMLO responds "No soy un presidente surgido de la élite, insensible, simulador. Estamos haciendo todo lo que nos corresponde, y se va seguir informando y deseo con toda mi alma de que se reduzca la violencia y que no se agreda a las mujeres, eso es lo que deseo." ("I am not a president emerged from the elite, insensitive, simulator. We are doing everything that we must, and I will continue to inform and I wish with all my soul that violence is reduced and that women are not added; that is what I want."){{cite web|website=El Informador|title=No estoy metiendo la cabeza en la arena: AMLO sobre homicidios de mujeres|date=February 14, 2020|language=es|trans-title=I'm not sticking my head in the sand: AMLO on homicides of women|url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/No-estoy-metiendo-la-cabeza-en-la-arena-AMLO-sobre-homicidios-de-mujeres-20200214-0049.html|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215142309/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/No-estoy-metiendo-la-cabeza-en-la-arena-AMLO-sobre-homicidios-de-mujeres-20200214-0049.html|url-status=live}}
  • February 15
  • Thousands protest against femicide in Mexico City and other parts of the country.[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/feminicidio-mexico-ingrid-escamilla-mujeres-protestas-marchas-mirador-mundial-guillermo-arduino-cnnee/ Feminicide: protests over the murder of Ingrid Escamilla] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217163102/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/feminicidio-mexico-ingrid-escamilla-mujeres-protestas-marchas-mirador-mundial-guillermo-arduino-cnnee/ |date=February 17, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} CNN en Español, February 15, 2020 The naked body of an unidentified girl between 10 and 14 is found in a plastic garbage bag wrapped in a sack in Tláhuac, Mexico City.[https://www.debate.com.mx/cdmx/Hallan-cuerpo-sin-vida-de-una-nina-dentro-de-un-costal-en-la-CDMX-20200216-0051.html Lifeless body of a girl found inside a sack in the CDMX] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217163013/https://www.debate.com.mx/cdmx/Hallan-cuerpo-sin-vida-de-una-nina-dentro-de-un-costal-en-la-CDMX-20200216-0051.html |date=February 17, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Debate, February 16, 2020
  • The government of Jalisco launches an investigation into the source of heavy metals and other pollutants in the Grande de Santiago River, which feeds the once-spectacular Juanacatlán Falls.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/jalisco-investigates-heavy-pollution-santiago-river Jalisco investigates heavy pollution in Santiago River] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912080327/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/jalisco-investigates-heavy-pollution-santiago-river |date=September 12, 2022 }} El Universal {{in lang|en}} February 15, 2020
  • February 16 – Ten Mexicans who were evacuated from China to Paris due to the COVID-19 pandemic return to Mexico after a 14-day quarantine in which they tested negative.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/coronavirus-mexicanos-llegan-al-pais-tras-cuarentena-en-francia Mexicans arrive in the country after quarantine in France for coronavirus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217180911/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/coronavirus-mexicanos-llegan-al-pais-tras-cuarentena-en-francia |date=February 17, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} El Universal, February 16, 2020
  • February 18
  • Claudia Sheinbaum announces that the search for missing children will begin as soon as they are reported missing, instead of waiting for an official police complaint.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/tras-caso-f%c3%a1tima-alerta-de-b%c3%basqueda-de-menores-ser%c3%a1-inmediata-en-cdmx/ar-BB107QhT After Fatima case, child search alert will be immediate in CdMx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218195753/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/tras-caso-f%25C3%25A1tima-alerta-de-b%25C3%25BAsqueda-de-menores-ser%25C3%25A1-inmediata-en-cdmx/ar-BB107QhT |date=February 18, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Milenio, February 18, 2020 The Autoridad Federal Educativa de la Ciudad de México (Federal Educational Authority of Mexico City) explains that if a child is not picked up by a parent or guardian within twenty minutes of school closing time, the child should be taken to the local police.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/escuelas-deben-seguir-protocolo-para-entregar-a-ni%C3%B1os-dice-sep-revisar%C3%A1n-plantel-de-f%C3%A1tima/ar-BB105YVB?ocid=WidgetStore Schools must follow protocol to deliver children, says SEP; they will review the campus of Fatima] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218202038/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/escuelas-deben-seguir-protocolo-para-entregar-a-ni%25C3%25B1os-dice-sep-revisar%25C3%25A1n-plantel-de-f%25C3%25A1tima/ar-BB105YVB%3Focid%3DWidgetStore |date=February 18, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Animal Politico, February 17, 2020
  • Reforms against sexual harassment go into force at the UNAM.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/video/entran-en-vigor-reformas-contra-violencia-de-g%c3%a9nero-en-la-unam/vi-BB1088Uw Reforms against gender violence enter into force at UNAM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218195750/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/video/entran-en-vigor-reformas-contra-violencia-de-g%25C3%25A9nero-en-la-unam/vi-BB1088Uw |date=February 18, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Imagen Television, February 18, 2020
  • The Mexican government will resume the search for 63 bodies lost in the 2006 Pasta de Conchos mine disaster.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexico-will-resume-search-bodies-miners-who-died-tragic-pasta-de-conchos-accident Mexico will resume the search for the bodies of the miners who died on {{sic|nolink=y}} the tragic Pasta de Conchos accident] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912080323/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexico-will-resume-search-bodies-miners-who-died-tragic-pasta-de-conchos-accident |date=September 12, 2022 }} El Universal {{in lang|en}} February 20, 2020
  • Multiple social media users in Mexico City, Morelos, State of Mexico, and Puebla report seeing a meteorite at 20:18 hours (8:18 pm)[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/ciencias/2020/02/18/se-aprecia-un-meteorito-en-varios-estados-6758.html#.Xky_IqSvIUw.twitter Meteorite is sighted in Mexico City and three more states] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220195107/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/ciencias/2020/02/18/se-aprecia-un-meteorito-en-varios-estados-6758.html#.Xky_IqSvIUw.twitter |date=February 20, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} La Jornada, February 18, 2020
  • February 19
  • Xcaret Park is named the best theme park in the world for the fourth year in a row by the Travvy Awards.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/xcaret-best-theme-park-world Xcaret, the best theme park in the world] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624071050/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/xcaret-best-theme-park-world/ |date=June 24, 2023 }} El Universal {{in lang|en}} February 19, 2020
  • Mexican scientist Héctor Carera Fuentes is arrested at Miami International Airport for spying for Russia.[https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-51565947 Héctor Cabrera Fuentes: who is the Mexican scientist arrested in the US for "espionage" for Russia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019091329/https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-51565947 |date=October 19, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} BBC Mundo, February 19, 2020
  • February 19 – 25: Carnaval de Veracruz[https://palabrasclaras.mx/estatal/ya-hay-fecha-para-el-carnaval-de-veracruz-2020/ Ya hay fecha para el carnaval de Veracruz 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223014910/https://palabrasclaras.mx/estatal/ya-hay-fecha-para-el-carnaval-de-veracruz-2020/ |date=February 23, 2020 }} Palabras Claras, June 27, 2019 {{in lang|es}}
  • February 20
  • Alfonso Durasno, Minister of Security, says that seven of ten weapons used by organized crime in Mexico are imported illegally from the United States.[https://www.milenio.com/policia/armas-bavispe-culiacanazo-militar-eu-durazo The weapons of Bavispe and ‘Culiacanazo’, for US military use: Durazo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221143544/https://www.milenio.com/policia/armas-bavispe-culiacanazo-militar-eu-durazo |date=February 21, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Milenio February 20, 2020
  • Mexico bans the importation of e-cigarettes.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/vaping-mexico-bans-e-cigarettes-imports Vaping: Mexico bans e-cigarettes imports] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624071049/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/vaping-mexico-bans-e-cigarettes-imports/ |date=June 24, 2023 }} El Universal {{in lang|en}} February 20, 2020
  • February 21 – Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum promises that city employees who join the Woman's Strike on March 9 will not be penalized by the city government.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/instruye-sheinbaum-no-sancionar-trabajadoras-que-se-sumen-paro-de-mujeres Sheinbaum promises not to sanction workers who join women's strike] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524185456/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/instruye-sheinbaum-no-sancionar-trabajadoras-que-se-sumen-paro-de-mujeres |date=May 24, 2020 }} El Universal, February 21, 2020
  • February 23 – Lawyer Juan Collado, former husband of Leticia Calderón who has close ties to former presidents Calderón and Peña Nieto{{cite web |title=Two former Presidents are allegedly linked to money laundering case |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/two-former-presidents-are-allegedly-linked-money-laundering-case |website=El Universal |access-date=May 30, 2020 |language=es |date=July 11, 2019 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729232531/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/two-former-presidents-are-allegedly-linked-money-laundering-case |url-status=live }} is formally accused of money laundering and association with organized crime.{{cite web |title=Caso Juan Collado: la FGR acusó formalmente al abogado por lavado de dinero y delincuencia organizada |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/02/23/caso-juan-collado-la-fgr-acuso-formalmente-al-abogado-por-lavado-de-dinero-y-delincuencia-organizada/ |website=infobae |date=February 23, 2020 |access-date=May 30, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=March 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301164931/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/02/23/caso-juan-collado-la-fgr-acuso-formalmente-al-abogado-por-lavado-de-dinero-y-delincuencia-organizada/ |url-status=live }}
  • February 23 – 25 – Carnaval de Mazatlán, Sinaloa[https://mazatlanlife.com/ae-calendars/carnaval-2020/ Carnaval 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829142346/https://mazatlanlife.com/ae-calendars/carnaval-2020/ |date=August 29, 2019 }} Mazatlan Life, Retrieved January 7, 2020
  • February 24 – A protest happens at Playa del Carmen over public access to a supposedly "private" beach.{{cite web |title=Over 1,000 join Playa del Carmen protest over beach access |url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/over-1000-join-playa-picnic-in-protest-over-beach-access/ |website=Mexico News Daily |date=February 24, 2020 |publisher=Mexican Daily |access-date=February 24, 2020 |archive-date=February 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224193103/https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/over-1000-join-playa-picnic-in-protest-over-beach-access/ |url-status=live }}
  • February 25
  • The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the parents of Sergio Hernandez Guereca cannot sue the U.S. Border Patrol for the teen's 2010 death. Mexican prosecutors had charged Agent Jesus Mesa Jr. with murder, but the U.S. government refused to extradite him.[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-mexican-parents-can-t-sue-border-patrol-n1142486?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma Supreme Court rules Mexican parents can't sue Border Patrol agent who killed their son] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124121007/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-mexican-parents-can-t-sue-border-patrol-n1142486?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma |date=November 24, 2020 }} CNN, February 25, 2020
  • 120,000 students at Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla and Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla strike after three students are killed.[https://pueblaenlinea.com/2020/puebla/historico-vive-puebla-el-mayor-movimiento-estudiantil-en-casi-60-anos-tras-asesinato-de-tres-universitarios/ Historic: Puebla lives the largest student movement in almost 60 years after the murder of three university students] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301045541/https://pueblaenlinea.com/2020/puebla/historico-vive-puebla-el-mayor-movimiento-estudiantil-en-casi-60-anos-tras-asesinato-de-tres-universitarios/ |date=March 1, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Puebla en Linea, February 28, 2020
  • February 26 – Mexican authorities refuse permission for a cruise ship registered in Malta to dock in Cozumel, Quintana Roo, because she carries a passenger presumed to be infected with Coronavirus disease 2019. The ship was previously denied access to ports in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/02/26/niega-mexico-acceso-a-crucero-por-pasajero-con-posible-coronavirus-7882.html Mexico denies access to cruise ship with passenger with possible coronavirus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227194715/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/02/26/niega-mexico-acceso-a-crucero-por-pasajero-con-posible-coronavirus-7882.html |date=February 27, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} La Jornada, February 26, 2020 On February 27, AMLO reversed the ruling, saying it would be "inhuman" to prohibit people from disembarking.[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/crucero-en-cosumel-puede-atracar-asegura-amlo-sot/ AMLO: It is inhuman to deny docking a cruise ship, even if there are infected people] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301002428/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/crucero-en-cosumel-puede-atracar-asegura-amlo-sot/ |date=March 1, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} CNN en Español, February 27, 2020
  • February 28
  • The first two Mexican confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been identified by the Health Ministry. Family contacts of the patients have been placed in isolation.{{Cite web|url=https://abc30.com/5973364/|title=Coronavirus: First 2 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Mexico, official says|date=February 2, 2020|website=ABC30 Fresno|access-date=February 28, 2020|archive-date=February 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228154246/https://abc30.com/5973364/|url-status=dead}}
  • The National Human Rights Commission (Mexico) announces that its president, Rosario Piedra Ibarra, will receive MXN $159,227.83 monthly, some $5,000 more than what her predecessor, Luis Raúl González Pérez, received and $51,000 more than President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, despite a law that prohibits any government employee from earning more than the president. Despite the official policy of austerity, other top officials will also be paid more than López Obrador.[https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/piedra-ibarra-se-aumenta-el-sueldo-mas-que-su-antecesor-y-que-lopez-obrador/1366974 Piedra Ibarra's salary more than her predecessor's and that of López Obrador] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229160800/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/piedra-ibarra-se-aumenta-el-sueldo-mas-que-su-antecesor-y-que-lopez-obrador/1366974 |date=February 29, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Excélsior, February 28, 2020 The third and fourth cases were confirmed on February 29.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/coronavirus-mexico-coahuila-reporta-nuevo-caso-confirmado-de-covid-19 Coahuila reports a new confirmed case of coronavirus; It is the fourth in Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301032456/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/coronavirus-mexico-coahuila-reporta-nuevo-caso-confirmado-de-covid-19 |date=March 1, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} El Universal, February 29, 2020
  • The Mexican stock market closes the week with a 4% decrease in value due to fears of COVID-19. The peso also loses 2% of its value.[https://elpais.com/economia/2020-02-28/la-llegada-del-coronavirus-a-mexico-tumba-la-bolsa-y-el-peso.html The arrival of the coronavirus in Mexico lowers the stock market and the peso] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229235035/https://elpais.com/economia/2020-02-28/la-llegada-del-coronavirus-a-mexico-tumba-la-bolsa-y-el-peso.html |date=February 29, 2020 }} El Pais, February 28, 2020
  • Former Nayarit governor Roberto Sandoval Castañeda and his wife and children are banned from entering the United States due to corruption.[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/exgobernador-nayarit-roberto-sandoval-estados-unidos-corrupcion-perspectivas-mexico/ A former governor of Nayarit is prohibited from entering the United States] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301003512/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/exgobernador-nayarit-roberto-sandoval-estados-unidos-corrupcion-perspectivas-mexico/ |date=March 1, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} CNN en Español, February 28, 2020
  • February 28 – March 1: Electric Daisy Carnival (electronic music), Mexico City[https://de10.com.mx/vivir-bien/10-festivales-de-musica-que-no-te-puedes-perder-en-el-2020 10 festivales de muscia que NO te puedes perder en el 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112205319/https://de10.com.mx/vivir-bien/10-festivales-de-musica-que-no-te-puedes-perder-en-el-2020 |date=January 12, 2020 }} De10.mx, Retrieved January 12, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • February 29 – An appeals court in San Francisco rules against the U.S. government's "stay in Mexico" policy for asylum seekers, although the ruling is stayed until March 2.[https://news.yahoo.com/confusion-border-appeals-court-rules-151532757.html Confusion on the Border as Appeals Court Rules Against Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' Policy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229194823/https://news.yahoo.com/confusion-border-appeals-court-rules-151532757.html |date=February 29, 2020 }} Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times, February 29, 2020

=March=

  • March 1
  • In a concession to the junk food industry, a judge from the Juzgado Séptimo de Distrito en Materia Administrativa (Seventh District Court in Administration) rules that companies do not have to label the sugar and fat content of their products.[https://breaking.com.mx/2020/03/coca-cola-y-bimbo-ganan-jueza-frena-etiquetado-que-alerta-azucares-y-grasas/ Coca-Cola and Bimbo win: judge stops labeling that alerts sugars and fats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302130248/https://breaking.com.mx/2020/03/coca-cola-y-bimbo-ganan-jueza-frena-etiquetado-que-alerta-azucares-y-grasas/ |date=March 2, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Breaking.com.mx, March 1, 2020
  • Patricia Rosalinda Trujillo Mariel, Operational Coordinator of the National Guard, is fired for corruption.[https://vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/despiden-mujer-con-alto-puesto-en-la-guardia-nacional-por-corrupcion A woman with a high position in the National Guard is fired for corruption] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302155201/https://vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/despiden-mujer-con-alto-puesto-en-la-guardia-nacional-por-corrupcion |date=March 2, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Vanguardia, March 1, 2020
  • March 3 – A study by Código Magenta reveals links between the company that collected signatures for Jaime Rodríguez Calderón ("El Bronco") during his 2018 presidential campaign and money laundering.[https://www.forbes.com.mx/revelan-red-facturera-de-lavado-de-dinero-ligada-a-jaime-rodriguez-el-bronco/ Money laundering bill linked to Jaime Rodríguez ‘El Bronco’ revealed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304165136/https://www.forbes.com.mx/revelan-red-facturera-de-lavado-de-dinero-ligada-a-jaime-rodriguez-el-bronco/ |date=March 4, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Forbes Mexico, March 3, 2020
  • March 4
  • Six bank accounts controlled by La Luz del Mundo (English: Church of the Living God, Pillar, and Ground of the Truth, The Light of the World) are frozen by the Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (UIF) (English: Financial Intelligence Unit) because of sex scandals involving child pornography and sexual relations with minors.[https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/03/por-delitos-sexuales-uif-bloquea.html For sex crimes, UIF blocks accounts linked to The Light of the World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915075222/https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/03/por-delitos-sexuales-uif-bloquea.html |date=September 15, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} El Segundero, March 4, 2020
  • The Ministry of Health reports 1,455 cases of dengue fever, a 104.6% increase over the same period in 2019.[https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/03/04/el-dengue-golpea-a-mexico-el-numero-de-casos-se-multiplico-en-2020-y-ya-son-1455/ Dengue strikes Mexico: the number of cases multiplied in 2020 and there are already 1,455] {{in lang|es}} Infobe, March 4, 2020, retrieved March 23, 2020
  • March 6
  • The airline Interjet is near bankruptcy as it owes the federal government MXN $3 billion (US$150.6 million) and it is threatened by losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, AMLO proposes establishing a new airline in Mexico.[https://www.elimparcial.com/dinero/Crisis-de-aerolinea-Interjet-causa-turbulencia-en-industria-aerea-de-Mexico-20200306-0058.html Interjet airline crisis causes turbulence in Mexico's air industry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307190609/https://www.elimparcial.com/dinero/Crisis-de-aerolinea-Interjet-causa-turbulencia-en-industria-aerea-de-Mexico-20200306-0058.html |date=March 7, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} El Imparcial, March 6, 2020
  • A shootout between police and members of an auto-theft gang leaves nine dead, including one police officer and a civilian bystander in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/maestra-calma-ninos-tras-balacera-que-dejo-9-muertos-en-tlaquepaque Teacher calms children after shooting that left 9 dead in Tlaquepaque] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307122221/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/maestra-calma-ninos-tras-balacera-que-dejo-9-muertos-en-tlaquepaque |date=March 7, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} El Universal, March 6, 2020
  • Three people have died and 55 others require special medical attention after the Pemex hospital in Villahermosa, Tabasco, administers expired medicine.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/pemex-atiende-a-55-pacientes-tras-crisis-por-medicamento-contaminado/ar-BB10RbFS Pemex treats 55 patients after crisis due to contaminated medicine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913051538/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/pemex-atiende-a-55-pacientes-tras-crisis-por-medicamento-contaminado/ar-BB10RbFS |date=September 13, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Excélsior, March 6, 2020
  • March 7
  • "Time for Women 2020" festival in Mexico City[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/video/noticias/que-caiga-el-feminicida-la-canci%c3%b3n-sin-miedo-que-mon-laferte-interpretar%c3%a1-en-z%c3%b3calo/vi-BB10SmUi "Let the feminicide fall": The 'song without fear' that Mon Laferte will perform in Zócalo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913055458/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/video/noticias/que-caiga-el-feminicida-la-canci%c3%b3n-sin-miedo-que-mon-laferte-interpretar%c3%a1-en-z%c3%b3calo/vi-BB10SmUi |date=September 13, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Milenio, March 7, 2020
  • Proceso says the government of the United States has evidence linking former presidents Peńa Nieto and Calderon and several generals and admirals to narcotics trafficking[https://www.proceso.com.mx/620851/vamos-contra-todos "We're going after everyone"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913053201/https://www.proceso.com.mx/620851/vamos-contra-todos |date=September 13, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Proceso, March 7, 2020
  • March 8 – 15,000 people participated in the Women's March in Monterrey.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mujeres/marchan-m%C3%A1s-de-15-mil-en-monterrey/ar-BB10Wwwk More than 15,000 march in Monterrey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913063735/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mujeres/marchan-m%C3%A1s-de-15-mil-en-monterrey/ar-BB10Wwwk |date=September 13, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} by Caroline Leon, Milenio, March 9, 2020 80,000 march in Mexico City.[https://politica.expansion.mx/mexico/2020/03/08/miles-mujeres-marchan-cdmx-consignas-pintas-reclamos-justicia Thousands of women march on CDMX between slogans, graffiti, and claims for justice] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326134315/https://politica.expansion.mx/mexico/2020/03/08/miles-mujeres-marchan-cdmx-consignas-pintas-reclamos-justicia |date=March 26, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Expansion Politica, March 8, 2020 Hundreds march in Tlaxcala;[https://www.agendatlaxcala.com/2020/galeria/mujeres-de-tlaxcala-unen-sus-voces-marchan-de-manera-organizada-y-ordenada Tlaxcala women unite their voices, march in an organized and orderly manner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621085137/https://www.agendatlaxcala.com/2020/galeria/mujeres-de-tlaxcala-unen-sus-voces-marchan-de-manera-organizada-y-ordenada |date=June 21, 2023 }} Agenda Tlaxcala, March 8, 2020 Ecatepec, State of Mexico; and Oaxaca.[https://www.adn40.mx/noticia/mexico/notas/2020-03-08-13-24/cientos-de-mujeres-marchan-en-ecatepec-uno-de-los-municipios-mas-peligrosos-para-ellas Hundreds of women march in Ecatepec, one of the most dangerous municipalities for them] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915072743/https://www.adn40.mx/noticia/mexico/notas/2020-03-08-13-24/cientos-de-mujeres-marchan-en-ecatepec-uno-de-los-municipios-mas-peligrosos-para-ellas |date=September 15, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} ADN 40, March 8, 2020
  • March 9
  • Women strike across the country, demanding an end to violence against women in Mexico.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51736957 Fury fuels historic women's strike in Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309150335/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51736957 |date=March 9, 2020 }} By Will Grant, BBC News, March 9, 2020[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/hoy-ellas-no-llegaron-as%C3%AD-luce-m%C3%A9xico-por-el-el9nadiesemueve/ar-BB10WyzH "Today, they did not arrive": This is how Mexico looks for # El9NadieSeMueve] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913065027/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/hoy-ellas-no-llegaron-as%C3%AD-luce-m%C3%A9xico-por-el-el9nadiesemueve/ar-BB10WyzH |date=September 13, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} by Gustavo Álvarez, 24 Horas, March 9, 2020[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/paro-de-mujeres-paraliza-la-c%c3%a1mara-de-diputados/ar-BB10XzHs Women's strike paralyzes the Chamber of Deputies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913053952/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/paro-de-mujeres-paraliza-la-c%c3%a1mara-de-diputados/ar-BB10XzHs |date=September 13, 2020 }} by Fernando Damián, Milenio, March 9, 2020 [https://www.msn.com/es-mx/video/noticias/cierran-sucursales-bancarias-ante-paro-de-mujeres/vi-BB10X1gh Bank branches closed in response to women's strike] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913064416/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/video/noticias/cierran-sucursales-bancarias-ante-paro-de-mujeres/vi-BB10X1gh |date=September 13, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} La Jornada, March 9, 2020 The CONCANACO estimates that the strike cost MXN $30 trillion (US$13.5 billion), 15% more than the original estimate.[https://www.forbes.com.mx/30000-mdp-razones-no-undiasinnosotras/ # UnDíaSinNosotras was reflected in 30,000 million pesos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311151617/https://www.forbes.com.mx/30000-mdp-razones-no-undiasinnosotras/ |date=March 11, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Forbes Mexico, March 10, 2020
  • Crude oil prices fall to US$24.43 a barrel, the lowest price since 2016. The peso loses 4.83% of its value compared to the U.S. dollar, at $21.17/dollar, as the world worries about the COVID-19 pandemic.[https://www.informador.mx/economia/Lunes-negro-derrumba-el-peso-y-petroleo-en-Mexico-20200310-0010.html Black Monday collapses the peso and oil in Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311151841/https://www.informador.mx/economia/Lunes-negro-derrumba-el-peso-y-petroleo-en-Mexico-20200310-0010.html |date=March 11, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} El Informador March 10, 2020 The Mexican stock market fell 6%.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/economia/2020/03/09/bolsa-mexicana-cae-mas-de-6-en-lunes-negro-2969.html Mexican stock market falls more than 6% this Monday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310185852/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/economia/2020/03/09/bolsa-mexicana-cae-mas-de-6-en-lunes-negro-2969.html |date=March 10, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} La Jornada, March 10, 2020
  • March 10
  • The City of Mexico will publish the names, photographs, and other information about individuals convicted of sexual crimes, including femicide, human trafficking, sexual tourism, and abuses against minors.[https://www.milenio.com/politica/congreso/cdmx-aprueban-creacion-registro-agresores-sexuales CdMx will have its registry of sexual aggressors and will be available online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311130310/https://www.milenio.com/politica/congreso/cdmx-aprueban-creacion-registro-agresores-sexuales |date=March 11, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Milenio, March 10, 2020
  • It is revealed that the microphones discovered in the Senate of the Republic were paid for and installed by the National Action Party (PAN) in 2011 and 2012, not by National Regeneration Movement (Morena). Senators from PAN accused Morena of spying on them and forced the Senate to be shut down last week.[https://sinlineamx.com/microfonos-encontrados-en-el-senado-fueron-comprados-por-panistas/ Microphones found in the Senate were bought by Panistas] {{in lang|es}} SinLinea.mx.com, March 10, 2020, retrieved March 12, 2020
  • One person dies and 41 are injured in a crash in the Tacubaya metro station in Mexico City.{{cite news |title=Mexico City subway crash leaves one dead, 41 injured |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/wires/20200311-mexico-city-subway-crash-leaves-one-dead-41-injured |access-date=January 9, 2021 |work=RFI |date=11 March 2020 |archive-date=April 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403214538/https://www.rfi.fr/en/wires/20200311-mexico-city-subway-crash-leaves-one-dead-41-injured |url-status=live }}
  • March 11
  • The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announce they have arrested more than alleged 600 members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNJ).[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/487064-feds-arrests-over-600-alleged-mexican-cartel-members Feds arrest over 600 alleged Mexican cartel members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221141922/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/487064-feds-arrests-over-600-alleged-mexican-cartel-members |date=December 21, 2020 }} {{in lang|en}} BY J. EDWARD MORENO, The Hill, March 11, 2020
  • A train crash at the Tacubaya station of the Mexico City Metro leaves one dead and 41 people injured.[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/accidente-choque-tacubaya-metro-sheinbaum-camiones-perspectivas-mexico-cnne-live-krupskaia-alis-rey-rodriguez/ Esto es lo que se sabe sobre el choque en el Metro de la Ciudad de México] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314155928/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/accidente-choque-tacubaya-metro-sheinbaum-camiones-perspectivas-mexico-cnne-live-krupskaia-alis-rey-rodriguez/ |date=March 14, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} By Krupskaia Alís, CNN en Español, March 11, 2020
  • March 13
  • AMLO signs a decree that the victims of the 2009 ABC Day Care Center Fire in Hermosillo, Sonora, will be compensated.[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/03/13/alerta-mexico-amlo-firma-decreto-para-asistir-y-compensar-a-las-victimas-del-caso-guarderia-%c2%a8abc%c2%a8/ AMLO signs decree to assist and compensate the victims of the ABC nursery school case] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314144100/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/03/13/alerta-mexico-amlo-firma-decreto-para-asistir-y-compensar-a-las-victimas-del-caso-guarderia-%c2%a8abc%c2%a8/ |date=March 14, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} By Daniel Silva, CNN en Español, March 13, 2020
  • Evidence of the Mayan kingdom of Sak Tz'i is proven near Lacanja Tzeltal, Chiapas.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/restos-de-pir%c3%a1mides-y-una-cancha-de-pelota-de-un-antiguo-reino-maya-son-hallados-en-chiapas/ar-BB119X1m Remains of pyramids and a ball court, from an ancient Mayan kingdom, are found in Chiapas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913064107/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/restos-de-pir%c3%a1mides-y-una-cancha-de-pelota-de-un-antiguo-reino-maya-son-hallados-en-chiapas/ar-BB119X1m |date=September 13, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} MSN News, March 13, 2020
  • The Canadian Parliament approves the T-MEC (English: United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA)).[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/parlamento-de-canad%c3%a1-aprueba-el-t-mec-antes-de-cerrar-por-covid-19/ar-BB11b9If Parliament of Canada approves T-MEC before closing for Covid-19] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913071459/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/parlamento-de-canad%c3%a1-aprueba-el-t-mec-antes-de-cerrar-por-covid-19/ar-BB11b9If |date=September 13, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} La Jornada, March 14, 2020
  • March 14
  • Some universities close, sporting events are canceled, and other large group events are canceled or rescheduled for a later date as Mexico enters Phase 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Suspenden-actividades-masivas-por-coronavirus-20200313-0020.html Massive Suspension of Activities Due to Coronavirus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314164252/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Suspenden-actividades-masivas-por-coronavirus-20200313-0020.html |date=March 14, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Informador.mx, March 13, 2020 The Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SCHP) announced it was taking measures to prevent a 5% fall in gross domestic product (GDP).{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/listo-paquete-contraciclico-para-impulsar-economia|title=Por Covid-19, Hacienda tiene plan contracíclico|date=March 14, 2020|website=El Universal|access-date=March 14, 2020|archive-date=March 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314184419/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/listo-paquete-contraciclico-para-impulsar-economia|url-status=live}}
  • Mexico City bans gatherings of groups of more than 1,000 people.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/en-cdmx-se-suspender%c3%a1n-eventos-de-m%c3%a1s-de-mil-personas/ar-BB11bUBx In CDMX events of more than a thousand people will be suspended] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913051306/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/en-cdmx-se-suspender%c3%a1n-eventos-de-m%c3%a1s-de-mil-personas/ar-BB11bUBx |date=September 13, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} MSN Noticias, March 14, 2020
  • March 14–15: Festival Vive Latino (rock and Latin music), Mexico City The festival goes on as scheduled, despite fears of the COVID-19 pandemic. Temperatures of the 70,000 people who attend each day are taken at the door and anti-bacterial gel is widely distributed. 26 cases of the virus are reported in Mexico, including 11 in Mexico City.[https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/03/14/el-coronavirus-avanza-apresurado-en-mexico-y-las-pruebas-de-detencion-cuestan-hasta-18000-pesos/ Coronavirus rushes ahead in Mexico and screening tests cost up to 18,000 pesos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326161442/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/03/14/el-coronavirus-avanza-apresurado-en-mexico-y-las-pruebas-de-detencion-cuestan-hasta-18000-pesos/ |date=March 26, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Infobae, March 14, 2020
  • March 16
  • 216th anniversary of Benito Juárez's birthday (Statutory holiday)
  • Deputy health minister Hugo López-Gatell denies a charge by El Salvador president Nayib Bukele that Mexico let a dozen people with COVID-19 board a plane.[https://news.yahoo.com/el-salvador-accuses-mexico-sending-223043717.html Mexico rejects El Salvador accusation it let coronavirus patients board plane] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320164035/https://news.yahoo.com/el-salvador-accuses-mexico-sending-223043717.html |date=March 20, 2020 }} Reuters, March 16, 2020
  • The Health Department reports 82 confirmed and 171 suspected cases of COVID-19.[https://www.radioformula.com.mx/noticias/mexico/20200316/suman-82-casos-de-coronavirus-en-mexico-analizan-171-sospechosos/ There are 82 cases of coronavirus in Mexico; 171 suspects analyzed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317171148/https://www.radioformula.com.mx/noticias/mexico/20200316/suman-82-casos-de-coronavirus-en-mexico-analizan-171-sospechosos/ |date=March 17, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Radio Formula, March 16, 2020
  • The Catholic Episcopal Conference of Mexico recommends suspending masses and other large group gatherings. Priests can continue with private masses.[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Episcopado-Mexicano-recomienda-suspender-misas-20200316-0106.html Mexican Episcopate recommends suspending masses] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317174913/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Episcopado-Mexicano-recomienda-suspender-misas-20200316-0106.html |date=March 17, 2020 }} Informador, March 16, 2020
  • A group of four Mexicans from Tamaulipas who went to Cusco, Peru, on vacation cannot return to Mexico until April 2 because all flights have been canceled and the borders of Peru are closed.[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Cierre-de-fronteras-deja-varados-a-mexicanos-en-Peru-20200316-0133.html Border closure leaves Mexicans stranded in Peru] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318023207/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Cierre-de-fronteras-deja-varados-a-mexicanos-en-Peru-20200316-0133.html |date=March 18, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Informador, March 16, 2020 Citizens of Ecuador, El Salvador, Perú, and Chile are stuck at Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City.[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Pasajeros-de-Centro-y-Sudamerica-varados-en-CDMX-por-cancelacion-de-vuelos-20200316-0132.html Central and South American passengers stranded on CDMX due to flight cancellation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317213717/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Pasajeros-de-Centro-y-Sudamerica-varados-en-CDMX-por-cancelacion-de-vuelos-20200316-0132.html |date=March 17, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Informador, March 16, 2020
  • March 17
  • The Mexican Stock Exchange closed for 15 minutes this morning after dropping 7.12% upon opening. This also happened last March 12. After reopening, the market fell by 8%.[https://elpais.com/economia/2020-03-17/la-bolsa-mexicana-suspende-las-operaciones-por-15-minutos-para-evitar-un-nuevo-desplome.html The Mexican Stock Exchange suspends operations for 15 minutes to avoid a new crash] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930010159/https://elpais.com/economia/2020-03-17/la-bolsa-mexicana-suspende-las-operaciones-por-15-minutos-para-evitar-un-nuevo-desplome.html |date=September 30, 2022 }} El País, March 17, 2020
  • Interjet announces it will reduce its seating capacity by 40% as a health measure.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/economia/2020/03/17/reducira-interjet-40-capacidad-de-asientos-como-medida-sanitaria-9362.html Interjet to reduce seating capacity by 40% as a health measure] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318232035/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/economia/2020/03/17/reducira-interjet-40-capacidad-de-asientos-como-medida-sanitaria-9362.html |date=March 18, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} La Jornada, March 17, 2020
  • March 18
  • 82nd Anniversary of the oil expropriation (Civic holiday)
  • The first death from COVID-19 in Mexico is reported. The 41-year-old man attended a concert on March 3 and was hospitalized on March 9. He also had diabetes.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/coronavirus-secretaria-de-salud-confirma-la-primera-muerte-por-covid-19-en-mexico Health Secretary reports first death from COVID-19 in Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319085359/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/coronavirus-secretaria-de-salud-confirma-la-primera-muerte-por-covid-19-en-mexico |date=March 19, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} El Universal, March 18, 2020
  • Twenty-five cases of measles are reported in Mexico City. The outbreak began in the Reclusario Norte (Northern penitentiary) last week.[https://www.mediotiempo.com/otros-mundos/sarampion-cdmx-suben-25-casos-confirmados-pandemia-covid-19 Coronavirus increases and so does measles! There are already 25 cases in CDMX] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308194141/https://www.mediotiempo.com/otros-mundos/sarampion-cdmx-suben-25-casos-confirmados-pandemia-covid-19 |date=March 8, 2021 }} {{in lang|es}} Mediotiempo, March 18, 2020
  • Mexican crude oil prices fall to their lowest level (US$12.92 per barrel) since 2002.[https://aristeguinoticias.com/1903/mexico/precios-del-petroleo-se-recuperan-crudo-mexicano-sufrio-su-peor-caida-desde-2002/ Crude oil from Mexico fell to the lowest level since 2002] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320025217/https://aristeguinoticias.com/1903/mexico/precios-del-petroleo-se-recuperan-crudo-mexicano-sufrio-su-peor-caida-desde-2002/ |date=March 20, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Arestegui Noticias, March 19, 2020
  • March 19 – A group of protesters block downtown Cuernavaca.[https://www.24morelos.com/bloqueo-en-el-centro-de-cuernavaca/ Blockade in the center of Cuernavaca] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319235233/https://www.24morelos.com/bloqueo-en-el-centro-de-cuernavaca/ |date=March 19, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} 24Morelos, March 19, 2020
  • March 20
  • U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces there will be restrictions on travel across the Mexico–United States border. Said restrictions would not apply to cargo.{{cite web|website=Deadline|title=President Donald Trump Goes Off On NBC News Reporter, Comcast During Coronavirus Press Briefing|date=March 20, 2020|author=Ted Johnson|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/u-s-and-mexico-to-restrict-non-essential-travel-on-southern-border-mike-pompeo-warns-of-disinformation-1202888618/|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=September 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902091832/https://deadline.com/2020/03/u-s-and-mexico-to-restrict-non-essential-travel-on-southern-border-mike-pompeo-warns-of-disinformation-1202888618/|url-status=live}}
  • A new report (in Spanish) by the Mexican Centre for Environmental Rights (Cemed) shows that at least 83 land rights and environmental defenders were murdered in Mexico between 2012 and 2019. 40% of the 2019 incidents of harassment and murder were the responsibility of state officials such as police officers, national guard, and local prosecutors.{{cite web|website=Yahoo! News|author=Nina Lakhani|title=Mexico's deadly toll of environment and land defenders catalogued in report|date=March 20, 2020|url=https://news.yahoo.com/mexicos-deadly-toll-environment-land-100019140.html|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320211827/https://news.yahoo.com/mexicos-deadly-toll-environment-land-100019140.html|url-status=live}}
  • Mexico opposes the reelection of Luis Almagro as Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS).[https://www.proceso.com.mx/622674/reeligen-a-almagro-oea-mexico-secretario Mexico thunders against Almagro in an assembly where he was reelected as OAS secretary-general (Video)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913064154/https://www.proceso.com.mx/622674/reeligen-a-almagro-oea-mexico-secretario |date=September 13, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} by Mathieu Tourliere, Proceso, March 20, 2020
  • Mayor Juanita Romero (PAN) of Nacozari de García Municipality, Sonora, declares a curfew, in effect until April 20. Only the President of Mexico has the legal authority to declare such a declaration.[https://www.proceso.com.mx/622668/nacozari-toque-de-queda Mayor of Nacozari orders curfew, exclusive power of the President] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902025618/https://www.proceso.com.mx/622668/nacozari-toque-de-queda |date=September 2, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} by Milton Martinez, Proceso, March 20, 2020
  • March 21 – A Mexican Navy helicopter crashes during an anti-kidnapping operation in Zongolica, Veracruz. One police officer is killed and ten military personnel are injured.[https://apnews.com/c65884c334366dd725b9cae43c534ef9 Mexico navy copter down in police operation; 1 dead, 10 hurt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329034515/https://apnews.com/c65884c334366dd725b9cae43c534ef9 |date=March 29, 2020 }} {{in lang|en}} AP, March 21, 2020
  • March 23
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) says Mexico has entered Phase 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic with 338 confirmed cases. This includes cases where the sick individuals did not have direct contact with someone who had recently been in another country.[https://www.forbes.com.mx/noticias-salud-mexico-fase-2-pandemia-por-coronavirus-oms/ Mexico, in Phase 2 of pandemic due to Coronavirus: WHO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930144713/https://www.forbes.com.mx/noticias-salud-mexico-fase-2-pandemia-por-coronavirus-oms// |date=September 30, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Forbes Mexico, March 23, 2020
  • 76% of the voters in Mexicali, Baja California, voted that the partially-built brewery owned by Constellation Brands should not be completed. Only 36,781 people participated in the poll.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/03/23/en-contra-de-cervecera-el-76-1-de-participantes-en-consulta-sg-515.html Against the brewery, 76.1% of participants in consultation: SG] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324175403/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/03/23/en-contra-de-cervecera-el-76-1-de-participantes-en-consulta-sg-515.html |date=March 24, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} by Alonso Urrutia & Néstor Jiménez, La Jornada, March 23, 2020
  • Mexico City reports 67 cases of measles, ten of whom had been vaccinated.[https://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/sube-a-67-casos-de-sarampion-en-cdmx-10-con-antecedente-de-vacuna/ Measles cases rise to 67 in CDMX; 10 with a history of vaccination] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324153435/https://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/sube-a-67-casos-de-sarampion-en-cdmx-10-con-antecedente-de-vacuna/ |date=March 24, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Reporte Indio, March 23, 2020 There are 60 cases of COVID-19 in the city.
  • March 24 – Mexico requests extradition of Emilio Lozoya.[https://apnews.com/89da7b7d952ded48f0fa8ccae18a8a80 Mexico requests extradition of former oil company chief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329041505/https://apnews.com/89da7b7d952ded48f0fa8ccae18a8a80 |date=March 29, 2020 }} AP, March 24, 2020
  • March 26 – Health officials report 5,983 cases and 102 deaths from influenza this year.[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Registran-210-casos-y-19-muertes-por-influenza-en-Guanajuato--20200401-0103.html Registran 210 casos y 19 muertes por influenza, en Guanajuato] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401225716/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Registran-210-casos-y-19-muertes-por-influenza-en-Guanajuato--20200401-0103.html |date=April 1, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} NTX/Informador, April 1, 2020
  • March 27 – An investigation into the 2018 Puebla helicopter crash that killed Puebla governor Martha Érika Alonso and her husband, Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas was because of a stability problem due to poor maintenance.[https://apnews.com/578e67c7df37e844e89e9ff5226bedac Malfunction caused copter crash that killed Mexico governor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328221739/https://apnews.com/578e67c7df37e844e89e9ff5226bedac |date=March 28, 2020 }} AP, March 27, 2020
  • March 28
  • Seventy-three cases of measles have been confirmed in Mexico City and the State of Mexico.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/confirman-73-casos-de-sarampi%c3%b3n-en-el-valle-de-m%c3%a9xico/ar-BB11OLHN 73 measles cases confirmed in the Valley of Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913063636/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/confirman-73-casos-de-sarampi%c3%b3n-en-el-valle-de-m%c3%a9xico/ar-BB11OLHN |date=September 13, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Excélsior, March 28, 2020 There are 196 confirmed cases (7 deaths) of coronavirus in Mexico City and 119 infections in the State of Mexico. Nationally, there have been more than 2,000 murders since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in February.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/pese-a-pandemia-la-violencia-no-frena-2-mil-personas-han-sido-asesinadas-en-la-contingencia/ar-BB11Q8AK? Despite a pandemic, violence does not stop: 2,000 people have been killed in the emergency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913070057/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/pese-a-pandemia-la-violencia-no-frena-2-mil-personas-han-sido-asesinadas-en-la-contingencia/ar-BB11Q8AK |date=September 13, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} by Arturo Angel, Animal Politico, March 28, 2020
  • World Wide Fund for Nature calls for people to join the Earth Hour at 8:30 p.m. local time.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/sociedad/2020/02/22/la-tierra-esta-201cal-borde-de-un-calentamiento-global201d-descontrolado-wwf-6050.html Call to join the ‘Earth Hour’ next March 28] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223030814/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/sociedad/2020/02/22/la-tierra-esta-201cal-borde-de-un-calentamiento-global201d-descontrolado-wwf-6050.html |date=February 23, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} La Jornada February 22, 2020
  • March 30 – The Mexican Financial Unit (UIF), led by Santiago Nieto, blocks US$1 billion (MXN $1.5 billion) in accounts controlled by the Sinaloa Cartel and Rafael Caro Quintero.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexico-blocks-several-bank-accounts-linked-sinaloa-cartel-and-caro-quintero Mexico blocks several bank accounts linked to the Sinaloa Cartel and Caro Quintero] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103140402/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexico-blocks-several-bank-accounts-linked-sinaloa-cartel-and-caro-quintero |date=January 3, 2021 }} {{in lang|es}} El Universal (English), April 1, 2020
  • March 31 – A riot in a migrant detention center in Tenosique, Tabasco, leaves a Guatemalan man dead and four people injured. The detainees were worried about a possible COVID-19 outbreak.[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Motin-en-estacion-migratoria-de-Tabasco-deja-un-muerto-y-cuatro-heridos-20200401-0120.html Riot in Tabasco immigration station leaves one dead and four wounded] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414190756/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Motin-en-estacion-migratoria-de-Tabasco-deja-un-muerto-y-cuatro-heridos-20200401-0120.html |date=April 14, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} EFE/Informador, April 1, 2020

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  • April 3
  • AMLO issues a decree to abolish 100 public trusts related to science and culture; the Finance Ministry (SHCP) will receive the money directly.[https://www.la-prensa.com.mx/mexico/politica/amlo-emite-decreto-para-extincion-de-fideicomisos-publicos-5053897.html AMLO issues decree for the extinction of public trusts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530024116/https://www.la-prensa.com.mx/mexico/politica/amlo-emite-decreto-para-extincion-de-fideicomisos-publicos-5053897.html |date=May 30, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} by Carlos Lara, El Sol de México, April 3, 2020 The move is expected to save MXN $250 billion (US$10 billion).[https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/finanzas/con-extincion-de-fideicomisos-se-ahorraran-250-mil-mdp-amlo-5054241.html With the extinction of trusts 250 thousand mp will be saved: AMLO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406102627/https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/finanzas/con-extincion-de-fideicomisos-se-ahorraran-250-mil-mdp-amlo-5054241.html |date=April 6, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} by Sarahi Uribe, El Sol de México, April 3, 2020
  • A shoot-out between presumed drug dealers results in at least 19 deaths in Ciudad Madera, Chihuahua.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-violence/nineteen-killed-in-shootout-in-northern-mexico-idUSKBN21M0UF Nineteen killed in shootout in northern Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407132345/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-violence/nineteen-killed-in-shootout-in-northern-mexico-idUSKBN21M0UF |date=April 7, 2020 }} Reuters, April 4, 2020
  • Mexico registers 2,585 homicides in March—the highest monthly figure since 1997—potentially breaking last year's record total for murders.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/mexico-murder-rate-homicide-coronavirus-covid-19 Mexico murder rate reaches new high as violence rages amid COVID-19 spread] The Guardian, April 3, 2020
  • April 5 – The traditional Passion Play of Iztapalapa begins inside the Iztapalapa Cathedral instead of parading the eight barrios of the borough. Extras who play Roman centurions, Pharisees, Jews, Nazarenes, and others are asked to stay home.[https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/vivira-iztapalapa-una-pasion-de-cristo-simbolica-5058074.html Iztapalapa will live a symbolic Passion of Christ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406172714/https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/vivira-iztapalapa-una-pasion-de-cristo-simbolica-5058074.html |date=April 6, 2020 }} {{in lang|en}} by Manuel Cosme, El Sol de México, April 4, 2020 In 2019, 5,000 people participated and 150 had speaking parts.[https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/04/iztapalapa-hosts-the-largest-passion-reenactment-in-the-world-each-year/ Iztapalapa hosts the largest Passion reenactment in the world each year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524092533/https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/04/iztapalapa-hosts-the-largest-passion-reenactment-in-the-world-each-year/ |date=May 24, 2020 }} {{in lang|en}} Yucatan Times, April 19, 2019, retrieved April 4, 2020
  • April 7 – PAN conditions its support for less money for political parties on an abandonment of the Dos Bocas and Mayan Train infrastructure projects.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/pan-condiciona-entrega-de-prerrogativas-a-cambio-de-cancelaci%c3%b3n-de-dos-bocas-y-tren-maya/ar-BB12hOpm PAN conditions delivery of prerogatives in exchange for cancellation of Dos Bocas and Tren Maya] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407225607/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/pan-condiciona-entrega-de-prerrogativas-a-cambio-de-cancelaci%25C3%25B3n-de-dos-bocas-y-tren-maya/ar-BB12hOpm |date=April 7, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} 24 Horas, April 7, 2020
  • April 8
  • President López Obrador says that fifteen large companies owe MMX $50,000,000,000 in taxes.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/04/08/quince-empresas-adeudan-50-mil-mdp-al-fisco-amlo-845.html Quince empresas adeudan 50 mil mdp al fisco: AMLO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420231133/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/04/08/quince-empresas-adeudan-50-mil-mdp-al-fisco-amlo-845.html |date=April 20, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} by Alma E. Muñoz & Alonso Urrutia, La Jornada, April 8, 2020
  • Charges of rape, child pornography, and human trafficking against Naasón Joaquín García, apostle of La Luz del Mundo church, are dropped for technical reasons.[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-court-orders-rape-other-charges-dropped-against-mexican-megachurch-n1178886 California court orders rape, other charges dropped against Mexican megachurch leader] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416081204/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-court-orders-rape-other-charges-dropped-against-mexican-megachurch-n1178886 |date=April 16, 2020 }} NBC News, April 8, 2020
  • April 11 – Three doctors employed by IMSS are murdered in Tilzapotla, Puente de Ixtla, Morelos, during a presumed robbery.[https://www.sinembargo.mx/11-04-2020/3766096 3 IMSS doctors are shot to death in Morelos; the FGE investigates if it was an assault] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412014736/https://www.sinembargo.mx/11-04-2020/3766096 |date=April 12, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Sin Embargo, April 11, 2020
  • April 12 – The U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it has used the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to expel over 10,000 Mexican and Central American asylum seekers to Mexico.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/trump-administration-uses-covid-19-argument-expel-over-10000-asylum-seekers-mexico The Trump administration uses COVID-19 as an argument to expel over 10,000 asylum seekers to Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621184851/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/trump-administration-uses-covid-19-argument-expel-over-10000-asylum-seekers-mexico/ |date=June 21, 2023 }} {{in lang|en}} El Universal, April 12, 2020
  • April 13 – The number of COVID-19 infections in the country passes 5,000; there are 332 deaths.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/coronavirus-13-de-abril-mexico-supera-los-5-mil-casos-de-covid-19-llega-332-muertos Mexico exceeds 5,000 cases of COVID-19; reaches 332 dead] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930145636/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/coronavirus-13-de-abril-mexico-supera-los-5-mil-casos-de-covid-19-llega-332-muertos/ |date=September 30, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} El Universal, April 13, 2020
  • April 15 – A report by Agence France-Presse (AFP) indicates that poppy growers in Guerrero are going out of business as cheaper fentanyl replaces poppies.{{cite web |title=Focus – Rise of synthetic opioid fentanyl leads to exodus of Mexico's poppy farmers |url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20200415-focus-rise-of-synthetic-opioid-fentanyl-leads-to-exodus-of-mexico-s-poppy-farmers |website=France 24 |access-date=April 19, 2020 |date=April 15, 2020 |archive-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419131614/https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20200415-focus-rise-of-synthetic-opioid-fentanyl-leads-to-exodus-of-mexico-s-poppy-farmers |url-status=live }}
  • April 16 – El Universal reports that several federal investigative units are looking into the wealth of former President Enrique Peña Nieto. AMLO says that any decision to prosecute will depend upon a referendum.{{cite web |title=President López Obrador ordered his administration to investigate Enrique Peña Nieto's wealth |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/president-lopez-obrador-ordered-his-administration-investigate-enrique-pena-nietos-wealth |website=El Universal |access-date=April 18, 2020 |date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418095656/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/president-lopez-obrador-ordered-his-administration-investigate-enrique-pena-nietos-wealth |url-status=live }}
  • April 20 – Drug cartels hand out aid packages of rice, pasta, cooking oil, and other household supplies.{{cite web |title=Mexico can't stop drug cartels from handing out virus aid |url=https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-cant-stop-drug-cartels-181011859.html |website=news.yahoo.com |date=April 20, 2020 |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422073644/https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-cant-stop-drug-cartels-181011859.html |url-status=live }} Javier Oliva Posada, defense specialist at the UNAM, commented that the packages reach a small number of people, but that they are designed to gain public and extend territory. Oliva Posada also noted that cartels are facing a shortage of supplies from China and a tightening of the border along the United States.{{cite web |title=Académico alerta sobre supuesta beneficencia del crimen organizado (Academic alerts about alleged charity of organized crime) |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Academico-alerta-sobre-supuesta-beneficencia-del-crimen-organizado-20200421-0003.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=April 20, 2020 |access-date=April 21, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422094055/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Academico-alerta-sobre-supuesta-beneficencia-del-crimen-organizado-20200421-0003.html |url-status=live }}
  • April 21
  • Mexico begins Phase 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.{{cite web |last1=Preciado |first1=Tlaulli |title=Inició fase tres por Covid-19 en México; gobernador llamó a extremar medidas sanitarias |url=https://www.launion.com.mx/morelos/avances/noticias/159004-hoy-inicia-la-fase-tres-por-covid-19-en-mexico.html |website=launion.com.mx |access-date=April 21, 2020 |language=es-es |trans-title=Phase three started by Covid-19 in Mexico; Governor called for extreme sanitary measures |location=Cuernavaca |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913064246/https://www.launion.com.mx/morelos/avances/noticias/159004-hoy-inicia-la-fase-tres-por-covid-19-en-mexico.html |url-status=live }}
  • The Mexican Senate approves an amnesty law for minor offenders; it awaits the president's signature.{{cite web |title=Mexico approves amnesty law backed by the United Nations |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexico-approves-amnesty-law-backed-united-nations |website=El Universal {{in lang|en}} |access-date=April 21, 2020 |date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001194413/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexico-approves-amnesty-law-backed-united-nations |url-status=live }}
  • Some oil wells are closed as prices fall and Pemex's credit rating declines.{{cite web |title=Mexico to Shut Down Wells a Week After Refusing Deep OPEC+ Cuts |url=https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-shut-down-wells-week-160416753.html |website=news.yahoo.com |date=April 21, 2020 |access-date=April 22, 2020 |archive-date=April 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424152029/https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-shut-down-wells-week-160416753.html |url-status=live }}
  • April 22
  • The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime warns that Mexican cartels are branching into human trafficking and illegal logging.{{cite web |title=Mexican crime gangs branching into illegal logging, researchers warn |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-trafficking-lumber-trfn/mexican-crime-gangs-branching-into-illegal-logging-researchers-warn-idUSKCN2242LB |website=Reuters |access-date=April 23, 2020 |date=April 22, 2020 |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422192032/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-trafficking-lumber-trfn/mexican-crime-gangs-branching-into-illegal-logging-researchers-warn-idUSKCN2242LB |url-status=live }}
  • The United States pressures Mexico to reopen factories with military contracts despite worker fears of contacting COVID-19. Lear Corporation acknowledges there have been coronavirus-related deaths among its 24,000 employees in Ciudad Juárez, but refuses to say how many.{{cite web |title=US pressures Mexico to reopen plants amid worker walkouts |url=https://apnews.com/6b2a7eae3be49a1ce6ed03e7b2d9b9f1 |website=AP NEWS |access-date=April 23, 2020 |date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=April 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423004304/https://apnews.com/6b2a7eae3be49a1ce6ed03e7b2d9b9f1 |url-status=live }}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The number of reported cases passes 10,000.{{cite web |title=Mexico coronavirus cases top 10,000 as sickly economy contracts |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tally/mexico-coronavirus-cases-top-10000-as-sickly-economy-contracts-idUSKCN22500W |website=Reuters |access-date=April 24, 2020 |date=April 23, 2020 |archive-date=April 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424115732/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tally/mexico-coronavirus-cases-top-10000-as-sickly-economy-contracts-idUSKCN22500W |url-status=live }}
  • April 23
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Mexico surpasses the 1,000 deaths figure.{{cite web |title=1,000 new coronavirus cases in one day pushes total to more than 10,000 |url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/1000-new-coronavirus-cases-in-one-day/ |website=Mexico News Daily |access-date=April 24, 2020 |date=April 23, 2020 |archive-date=April 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427125519/https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/1000-new-coronavirus-cases-in-one-day/ |url-status=live }}
  • Grupo Alemán (Galem) acknowledges the embargo by the Tax Administration Service (SAT) in the facilities of the Miguel Alemán Valdés Foundation due to the MXN $549.3 million debt that Interjet has with the SAT. Interject is owned by Miguel Alemán Magnani, son of Miguel Alemán Velasco, former governor of Veracurz (PRI: 1998–2004) who is CEO of Galem.{{cite web |title=Grupo Alemán reconoció embargo precautorio del SAT por deuda de Interjet |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/04/23/grupo-aleman-reconocio-embargo-precautorio-del-sat-por-deuda-de-interjet/ |website=Infobae |date=April 23, 2020 |access-date=April 24, 2020 |language=es-ES |trans-title=German group recognized SAT precautionary embargo for Interjet debt |archive-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426184633/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/04/23/grupo-aleman-reconocio-embargo-precautorio-del-sat-por-deuda-de-interjet/ |url-status=live }} Interject and SAT have reached an agreement on payment.{{cite web |last1=Villanueva |first1=Dora |title=Interjet confirma acuerdo con SAT para pago de impuestos – Economía – La Jornada |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/economia/2020/04/23/interjet-confirma-acuerdo-con-sat-para-pago-de-impuestos-1794.html |website=jornada.com.mx |access-date=April 24, 2020 |language=es |date=April 23, 2020 |trans-title=Interjet confirms agreement with SAT for tax payment |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519201852/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/economia/2020/04/23/interjet-confirma-acuerdo-con-sat-para-pago-de-impuestos-1794.html |url-status=live }}
  • Bank of Mexico (Banxico) issues a new MXN $20 commemorative coin to honor the 500th anniversary of the founding of city and port of Veracruz. It is smaller and lighter than previous coins and has twelve sides.{{cite web |title=Mexico's new MXN $20 coin commemorates the foundation of Veracruz |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexicos-new-mxn-20-coin-commemorates-foundation-veracruz |website=El Universal {{in lang|en}} |access-date=April 24, 2020 |date=April 23, 2020 |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921100932/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexicos-new-mxn-20-coin-commemorates-foundation-veracruz |url-status=live }}
  • As Ricardo Ahued, administrator of the customs agency of the SAT, departs to run for the Senate, AMLO says corruption in the agency is a ″monster with 100 heads.″{{cite web |title=Corrupción en aduanas es un monstruo de 100 cabezas; viene una limpia: AMLO |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/2404/mexico/corrupcion-en-aduanas-es-un-monstruo-de-100-cabezas-viene-una-limpia-amlo/ |website=aristeguinoticias.com |access-date=April 25, 2020|language=es|trans-title=Customs corruption is a monster with 100 heads; cleaning needed: AMLO}}
  • April 26 – Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM) empties the 65 migrant detention centers it has across the country by returning 3,653 people to Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras in the hope of preventing outbreaks of COVID-19.{{cite web |title=Mexico returns Central Americans, empties migrant centers |url=https://apnews.com/6cc8145db3e674ef19b057c47cb7b00d |website=AP NEWS |access-date=April 27, 2020 |date=April 26, 2020 |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608145529/https://apnews.com/6cc8145db3e674ef19b057c47cb7b00d |url-status=live }}
  • April 28 – Marcelo Ebrard announces a new trade agreement with the European Community (EU).{{cite web |title=Concluyen negociaciones entre México y la Unión Europea; Ebrard celebra nuevo acuerdo |url=https://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/concluyen-negociaciones-comerciales-entre-mexico-y-la-union-europea/ |website=Reporte Indigo |date=April 28, 2020 |access-date=May 3, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519081948/https://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/concluyen-negociaciones-comerciales-entre-mexico-y-la-union-europea/ |url-status=live }}
  • April 29 – Police in Yajalón, Chiapas, open fire on people who were protesting against a checkpoint that left their community isolated. Residents of neighboring Tumbalá complain that the checkpoint make it impossible for them to access governmental and banking services and that it seemed to be related to a belief that Tumbalá has a high rate of coronavirus infection. Checkpoints have been installed in about 20% of Mexico's municipalities, which the federal government has declared illegal.{{cite web |title=México: Protesta contra retén por COVID termina en tiroteo |url=https://apnews.com/cfcb0c1a9718e9f62b05c1a67399398b |website=AP NEWS |access-date=June 5, 2020 |date=April 30, 2020 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605181818/https://apnews.com/cfcb0c1a9718e9f62b05c1a67399398b |url-status=live }}
  • April 30 – Twenty-one deaths and 44 people hospitalized for drinking adulterated alcohol in Jalisco.{{cite web |title=21 personas muertas por intoxicación con alcohol en Jalisco |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/intoxicacion-bebida-alcohol-jalisco-guadalajara-mueren-hospital-mentanol-live-perspectivas-mexico-belen-zapata/ |website=CNN |access-date=May 2, 2020 |language=es-ES |date=May 1, 2020 |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502041826/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/intoxicacion-bebida-alcohol-jalisco-guadalajara-mueren-hospital-mentanol-live-perspectivas-mexico-belen-zapata/ |url-status=live }}

=May=

  • May 1
  • COVID-19 pandemic:
  • Mexico passes 20,000 infections of COVID-19.{{cite web |title=1 de Mayo. Suman mil 972 muertes por Covid-19 en México, con 20,739 casos |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/1-de-mayo-suman-mil-972-muertes-por-covid-19-en-mexico-con-20739-casos |website=El Universal |access-date=May 2, 2020 |language=es |date=May 1, 2020 |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913120222/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/1-de-mayo-suman-mil-972-muertes-por-covid-19-en-mexico-con-20739-casos |url-status=live }}
  • Christopher Landau, the American Ambassador to Mexico, asserts that protecting the lives of Mexican workers is less important than making sure the American military machine operates without a glitch. Many maquiladoras (assembly plants) along the border are being kept open to produce medical products for the U.S. market, even though the same products cannot be sold in Mexico. At least three people have died at European Schneider Electric, a factory in Tijuana, and 14 have died at an automobile parts factory in Ciudad Juarez. Three confirmed and five suspected COVID-19 deaths can be traced to Regal Beloit in Juarez.{{cite web |title=US pushes Mexico to reopen border factories, even as more workers die from COVID-19 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/us-pushes-mexico-to-reopen-border-factories-even-as-more-workers-die-from-covid-19/ar-BB13to9G |website=msn.com |access-date=May 1, 2020}}
  • Mexicanos contra la corrupción (Mexicans against corruption) alleges that Léon Manuel Bartlett, son of Manuel Bartlett, head of the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), fraudulently tried to sell overpriced ventilators to the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Hidalgo.{{cite web |last1=Mota |first1=J. I. |title=Una investigación revela que el hijo de un funcionario mexicano vendió al Gobierno ventiladores para la covid-19 a sobreprecio |url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2020-05-02/una-investigacion-revela-que-el-hijo-de-un-funcionario-mexicano-vendio-ventiladores-para-la-covid-19-a-sobreprecio-al-gobierno.html |website=EL PAÍS |access-date=May 2, 2020 |language=es |date=May 2, 2020 |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502085003/https://elpais.com/internacional/2020-05-02/una-investigacion-revela-que-el-hijo-de-un-funcionario-mexicano-vendio-ventiladores-para-la-covid-19-a-sobreprecio-al-gobierno.html |url-status=live }} AMLO promises an investigation but also says the charges are designed to discredit his government.{{cite web |title=AMLO anuncia investigación a Bartlett, pero acusa "guerra sucia" |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/amlo-anuncia-investigaci%C3%B3n-a-bartlett-pero-acusa-guerra-sucia/ar-BB13zLi4 |website=msn.com |access-date=May 4, 2020 |language=es |trans-title=AMLO announces investigation into Bartlett, but accuses "dirty war" |archive-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508234428/http://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/amlo-anuncia-investigaci%C3%B3n-a-bartlett-pero-acusa-guerra-sucia/ar-BB13zLi4 |url-status=live }}
  • Luis Rodríguez Bucio of the internal affairs unit of the National Guard announces that it has fired one of its officers after pictures of him celebrating with known criminals in Puebla circulated on social media.{{cite web |title=La Guardia Nacional destituye a directivo por presunta convivencia con delincuentes |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/La-Guardia-Nacional-destituye-a-directivo-por-presunta-convivencia-con-delincuentes-20200501-0115.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |access-date=May 2, 2020 |language=es-ES |date=May 1, 2020 |trans-title=The National Guard dismisses a director for alleged coexistence with criminals |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502120748/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/La-Guardia-Nacional-destituye-a-directivo-por-presunta-convivencia-con-delincuentes-20200501-0115.html |url-status=live }}
  • AMLO cancels expensive wind and solar energy projects.{{cite web |title=Mexico cites coronavirus as reason to reduce renewable energy |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/18/world/mexico-coronavirus-renewable-energy/#.Xtrks0VKjtQ |website=The Japan Times |access-date=June 5, 2020 |date=May 18, 2020 |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606005147/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/18/world/mexico-coronavirus-renewable-energy/#.Xtrks0VKjtQ |url-status=dead }}
  • May 2
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Mexico surpasses 2,000 deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 2.{{cite web |title=Coronavirus en México: suman 2,061 muertos y 22,088 casos confirmados |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/03/coronavirus-en-mexico-suman-2061-muertos-y-22088-casos-confirmados/ |website=infobae |access-date=May 2, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=May 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503134220/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/03/coronavirus-en-mexico-suman-2061-muertos-y-22088-casos-confirmados/ |url-status=live }}
  • The United States Department of Commerce announces that the Mexico-U.S. sugar agreement will continue for five years. Mexico faced accusations and fines for dumping, but these will be suspended. Mexico is allowed to export 421,901 metric tonnes (465,067 short tons) of sugar to the United States.{{cite web |title=EU mantendrá acuerdo azucarero con México por 5 años más |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/eu-mantendra-acuerdo-azucarero-con-mexico-por-5-anos-mas |website=El Universal |access-date=May 2, 2020 |language=es |date=May 2, 2020 |archive-date=May 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503051941/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/eu-mantendra-acuerdo-azucarero-con-mexico-por-5-anos-mas |url-status=live }}
  • 61 forest fires are reported in fifteen states.{{cite web |title=Reportan más de 60 incendios activos; podrían aumentar por las condiciones meteorológicas |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Reportan-mas-de-60-incendios-activos-podrian-aumentar-por-las-condiciones-meteorologicas-20200502-0003.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=February 5, 2020 |access-date=May 2, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508085025/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Reportan-mas-de-60-incendios-activos-podrian-aumentar-por-las-condiciones-meteorologicas-20200502-0003.html |url-status=live }}
  • May 3
  • Auctions of the house once owned by Amado Carrillo Fuentes ( Señor de Los Cielos), jewels, cars, and airplanes provide almost MXN $50 million for the Instituto Nacional para Devolver al Pueblo lo Robado ("National Institute to Return that Stolen to the People").{{cite web |title=Casa de "El Señor de los Cielos" se vende en subasta por 49 MDP |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Casa-de-El-Senor-de-los-Cielos-se-vende-en-subasta-por-49-MDP-20200503-0087.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=March 5, 2020 |access-date=May 4, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505222918/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Casa-de-El-Senor-de-los-Cielos-se-vende-en-subasta-por-49-MDP-20200503-0087.html |url-status=live }}
  • Roberta S. Jacobson, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico (2016–2018) insists that the Calderon government knew of the ties Genaro García Luna, Secretary of Public Security (SSP) (2006–2012) had with the Sinaloa Cartel.{{cite web |title=Gobierno de Calderón conocía nexos de García Luna: exembajadora Jacobson |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Gobierno-de-Calderon-conocia-nexos-de-Garcia-Luna-exembajadora-Jacobson-20200503-0055.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=March 5, 2020 |access-date=May 4, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505100151/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Gobierno-de-Calderon-conocia-nexos-de-Garcia-Luna-exembajadora-Jacobson-20200503-0055.html |url-status=live }} Calderon insists they did not.{{cite web |title=Mi gobierno no conocía los nexos de García Luna con el narcotráfico: Calderón |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Mi-gobierno-no-conocia-los-nexos-de-Garcia-Luna-con-el-narcotrafico-Calderon-20200503-0073.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=March 5, 2020 |access-date=May 4, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506105444/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Mi-gobierno-no-conocia-los-nexos-de-Garcia-Luna-con-el-narcotrafico-Calderon-20200503-0073.html |url-status=live }}
  • May 4
  • The Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare singles out Grupo Elektra (10,000 employees), Autofin, and Hyplasa (more than 100 employees each) that refuse to close during the pandemic despite not providing essential services.{{cite web |title=Gobierno federal señala a Elektra por negarse a cerrar |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Gobierno-federal-senala-a-Elektra-por-negarse-a-cerrar-20200504-0057.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=April 5, 2020 |access-date=May 4, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509055211/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Gobierno-federal-senala-a-Elektra-por-negarse-a-cerrar-20200504-0057.html |url-status=live }}
  • The arrest of Óscar Andrés Flores Ramírez, sets off a wave of homicides in Cuauhtémoc, and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, as extorcionists and drug dealers fight for control of La Union Tepito gang.{{cite web | url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/crece-la-violencia-por-reacomodo-en-la-union-tepito | title=Crece la violencia por reacomodo en "La Unión" | date=May 4, 2020 | access-date=May 4, 2020 | archive-date=May 5, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505103305/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/crece-la-violencia-por-reacomodo-en-la-union-tepito | url-status=live }} 261 homicides have already been reported during the month of May, with Guanajuato (46), Jalisco (32). and State of Mexico (21) leading the list.{{cite web |title=Arranca mayo con 261 homicidios dolosos |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/seguridad/arranca-mayo-con-261-homicidios-dolosos |website=El Universal |access-date=May 4, 2020 |language=es |date=May 4, 2020 |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614165008/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/seguridad/arranca-mayo-con-261-homicidios-dolosos |url-status=live }}
  • May 5
  • The traditional parade in Puebla is canceled.{{cite web | url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/video/noticias/cancelan-desfile-del-5-de-mayo-en-puebla-por-pandemia-de-coronavirus/vi-BB13CNa6 | title=Cancelan desfile del 5 de Mayo en Puebla por pandemia de coronavirus | website=MSN | access-date=May 7, 2020 | archive-date=September 13, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913063933/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/video/noticias/cancelan-desfile-del-5-de-mayo-en-puebla-por-pandemia-de-coronavirus/vi-BB13CNa6 | url-status=live }}
  • AMLO reports that remesas (remittances) sent by Mexicans living abroad to their relatives grew 35% in March compared to those of February 2020.{{cite web |title=Alza de remesas, sin precedente en 20 años, destaca AMLO |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/alza-de-remesas-sin-precedente-en-20-a%c3%b1os-destaca-amlo/ar-BB13CyRc |website=msn.com |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913045818/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/alza-de-remesas-sin-precedente-en-20-a%c3%b1os-destaca-amlo/ar-BB13CyRc |url-status=live }}
  • May 6
  • Eruption of Popocateptl.{{cite web |title=Aviso Especial por la actividad del Volcán Popocatépetl |url=https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/es/pronosticos/avisos/aviso-especial-por-la-actividad-del-volcan-popocatepetl |website=smn.conagua.gob.mx |access-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602163544/https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/es/pronosticos/avisos/aviso-especial-por-la-actividad-del-volcan-popocatepetl |url-status=live }}
  • Eleven prisoners escape from a prison in Zacatecas.{{cite web |title=Reportan fuga de reos en penal de Zacatecas tras enfrentamiento con custodios |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/reportan-fuga-de-reos-en-penal-de-zacatecas-tras-enfrentamiento-con-custodios/ar-BB13HWur |website=msn.com |access-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913055255/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/reportan-fuga-de-reos-en-penal-de-zacatecas-tras-enfrentamiento-con-custodios/ar-BB13HWur |url-status=live }}
  • May 8
  • COVID-19 pandemic: More than 3,000 deaths related to the pandemic are reported.{{cite web |title=Coronavirus. México supera los 3 mil muertos por Covid; suman 31,522 contagios |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/coronavirus-mexico-supera-los-3-mil-muertos-por-covid-suman-31522-contagios |website=El Universal |access-date=May 9, 2020 |language=es |date=May 8, 2020 |archive-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509111001/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/coronavirus-mexico-supera-los-3-mil-muertos-por-covid-suman-31522-contagios |url-status=live }} The New York Times reports that the federal government is underreporting deaths in Mexico City; the federal government reports 700 deaths in the city while local officials have detected over 2,500.{{cite web |title=México 'oculta' cientos o miles de muertes por Covid-19: The New York Times |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/0805/mexico/mexico-oculta-cientos-o-miles-de-muertes-por-covid-19-the-new-york-times/ |website=aristeguinoticias.com |access-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508224601/https://aristeguinoticias.com/0805/mexico/mexico-oculta-cientos-o-miles-de-muertes-por-covid-19-the-new-york-times/ |url-status=live }}
  • Two people die and twelve tractor-trailers are damaged along Mexican Federal Highway 40D when an EF-2 tornado hits Apodaca, Nuevo León.{{cite web |title=La razón por la que el tornado de Apodaca causó tantos estragos: fue de categoría EF-2 y alcanzó una gran velocidad |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/09/la-razon-por-la-que-el-tornado-de-apodaca-causo-tantos-estragos-fue-de-categoria-ef-2-y-alcanzo-una-gran-velocidad/ |website=infobae |date=May 9, 2020 |access-date=May 9, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=May 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510224305/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/09/la-razon-por-la-que-el-tornado-de-apodaca-causo-tantos-estragos-fue-de-categoria-ef-2-y-alcanzo-una-gran-velocidad/ |url-status=live }} Four houses are damaged by a tornado in Metepec, Zacatlán, Puebla on May 9.{{cite web |title=Reportan tornado en Puebla; hay cuatro viviendas afectadas |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Reportan-tornado-en-Puebla-hay-cuatro-viviendas-afectadas-20200509-0067.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |access-date=May 9, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=May 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514071551/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Reportan-tornado-en-Puebla-hay-cuatro-viviendas-afectadas-20200509-0067.html |url-status=live }}
  • May 9 – The Sevicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria ("National Service of Health, Safety and Agro-Food Quality"), part of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER), issues a warning about the Asian giant hornet. The agency notes there are 43,500 beekeepers with 172,000 beehives in Mexico.{{cite web |title=México activa vigilancia epidemiológica ante avispón gigante |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/sociedad/mexico-activa-vigilancia-epidemiologica-ante-avispon-gigante |website=El Universal |access-date=May 9, 2020 |language=es |date=May 9, 2020 |archive-date=May 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524105200/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/sociedad/mexico-activa-vigilancia-epidemiologica-ante-avispon-gigante |url-status=live }}
  • 267th anniversary of Miguel Hidalgo's birthday (Civic holiday)
  • May 10 – Mother's Day (Public holidays in Mexico) Flower shops, bake shops, and cemeteries are closed to prevent large gatherings.{{cite web |title=Día de las Madres en pandemia: México aplaza la tradicional celebración |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mundo/d%c3%ada-de-las-madres-en-pandemia-m%c3%a9xico-aplaza-la-tradicional-celebraci%c3%b3n/vi-BB13Jskm |website=msn.com |access-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913061844/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mundo/d%c3%ada-de-las-madres-en-pandemia-m%c3%a9xico-aplaza-la-tradicional-celebraci%c3%b3n/vi-BB13Jskm |url-status=live }} July 10 is proposed as an alternative day of celebration.{{cite web |title=Propone Sheinbaum festejar día de las Madres el 10 de julio |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/propone-sheinbaum-festejar-dia-de-las-madres-el-10-de-julio |website=El Universal |access-date=May 7, 2020 |language=es |date=May 6, 2020 |archive-date=May 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524110556/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/propone-sheinbaum-festejar-dia-de-las-madres-el-10-de-julio |url-status=live }}
  • May 11 – The Supreme Court nullifies the Ley Bonilla (Bonilla Law), saying it was unconstitutional to increase the term of the Governor of Baja California from two to five years.{{cite web |title=Suprema Corte 'tira' la Ley Bonilla; la califican como fraude constitucional |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/suprema-corte-discute-controversias-sobre-la-ley-bonilla |website=El Financiero |date=May 11, 2020 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |language=es |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516080139/https://elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/suprema-corte-discute-controversias-sobre-la-ley-bonilla |url-status=live }}
  • May 12
  • AMLO signs an order that allows members of the Mexican Army and the Mexican Navy to participate in police activities for five years.{{cite web |title=Marina y Ejército, a las calles del país, por decreto de AMLO |url=https://www.diariodemorelos.com/noticias/node/70708 |website=diariodemorelos.com |date=May 12, 2020 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |language=es |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605225328/https://www.diariodemorelos.com/noticias/node/70708 |url-status=live }}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: More than 100 health workers are included among the 3,573 deaths from the virus.{{cite web |title=El coronavirus ha cobrado la vida de más de 100 médicos, enfermeras, camilleros… |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/el-coronavirus-ha-cobrado-la-vida-de-m%c3%a1s-de-100-m%c3%a9dicos-enfermeras-camilleros%e2%80%a6/ar-BB13ZqvV |website=msn.com |access-date=May 13, 2020 |archive-date=June 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624043900/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/el-coronavirus-ha-cobrado-la-vida-de-m%c3%a1s-de-100-m%c3%a9dicos-enfermeras-camilleros%e2%80%a6/ar-BB13ZqvV |url-status=live }}
  • May 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: AMLO presents a three-stage plan to reopen the economy.{{cite web |title=AMLO presenta plan de regreso a la nueva normalidad en tres etapas; ve fechas |url=https://www.unotv.com/noticias/portal/nacional/detalle/amlo-presenta-plan-de-regreso-a-la-nueva-normalidad-313791/ |website=unotv.com |access-date=May 13, 2020 |language=es |date=May 13, 2020 |archive-date=May 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518163527/https://www.unotv.com/noticias/portal/nacional/detalle/amlo-presenta-plan-de-regreso-a-la-nueva-normalidad-313791/ |url-status=live }}
  • May 15
  • Teacher's Day; schools closed[https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/pais/calendario-escolar-sep-2019-2020-inicio-de-clases-puentes-oficiales-y-vacaciones/ Calendario escolar 2019–2020: Inicio de clases, puentes oficiales y vacaciones] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913070055/https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/pais/calendario-escolar-sep-2019-2020-inicio-de-clases-puentes-oficiales-y-vacaciones/ |date=September 13, 2020 }} El Heraldo de Mexico, August 26, 2019 {{in lang|es}}
  • At least 100 deaths have been reported due to adulterated alcohol in Morelos, Puebla, and Jalisco.{{cite web |title=A warning in Mexico after 100 die from drinking tainted alcohol amid coronavirus shortages, bans |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/warning-mexico-after-100-die-drinking-tainted-alcohol-amid-coronavirus-n1207216 |website=NBC News |date=May 14, 2020 |access-date=May 15, 2020 |archive-date=May 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515120940/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/warning-mexico-after-100-die-drinking-tainted-alcohol-amid-coronavirus-n1207216 |url-status=live }}
  • The Ministry of Energy (Sener) stops private renewable energy projects while strengthening the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE).{{cite web |last1=Solís |first1=Arturo |title=Sener publica política que golpea a la industria de energías renovables |url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/economia-sener-freno-renovables-cfe/ |website=Forbes México |access-date=May 18, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=May 16, 2020 |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522074224/https://www.forbes.com.mx/economia-sener-freno-renovables-cfe/ |url-status=live }}
  • May 16 – COVID-19 pandemic: Mexico reports more than 5,000 deaths.{{cite web |title=Mapa del coronavirus en México 17 de mayo: el país suma ya más de 5,000 muertes y López-Gatell señaló que la curva "nunca va a disminuir" |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/17/mapa-del-coronavirus-en-mexico-17-de-mayo-el-pais-suma-ya-mas-de-5000-muertes-y-lopez-gatell-senalo-que-la-curva-nunca-va-a-disminuir/ |website=infobae |date=May 17, 2020 |access-date=May 17, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522205759/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/17/mapa-del-coronavirus-en-mexico-17-de-mayo-el-pais-suma-ya-mas-de-5000-muertes-y-lopez-gatell-senalo-que-la-curva-nunca-va-a-disminuir/ |url-status=live }}
  • May 18
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Phase One of the government's plan to reopen the economy begins in 269 municipalities in 15 states. Mexico reports more than 50,000 cases.{{cite web |title=Coronavirus en México: resumen, casos y muertes del 18 de mayo |url=https://mexico.as.com/mexico/2020/05/18/tikitakas/1589819844_275270.html |website=AS México |access-date=May 19, 2020 |language=es-mx |date=May 19, 2020 |archive-date=May 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524064307/https://mexico.as.com/mexico/2020/05/18/tikitakas/1589819844_275270.html |url-status=live }}
  • A judge rules the conviction and nine-year prison sentence of former Verzcruz governor Javier Duarte de Ochoa; however, he rules in Duarte's favor regarding the illegal acquisition of property.{{cite web |title=Ratificaron sentencia de 9 años de prisión a Javier Duarte, pero revocaron decomiso de 40 propiedades |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/18/ratificaron-sentencia-de-9-anos-de-prision-a-javier-duarte-pero-revocaron-decomiso-de-40-propiedades/ |website=infobae |date=May 18, 2020 |access-date=May 18, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=May 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524100424/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/18/ratificaron-sentencia-de-9-anos-de-prision-a-javier-duarte-pero-revocaron-decomiso-de-40-propiedades/ |url-status=live }}
  • May 20 – Alfonso Durazo of the Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection (Mexico) reports a 1.66% decrease in murders from March to April this year. The highest numbers were in Guanajuato (1,534), State of Mexico (982), Chihuahua (906), Michoacán (886), and Baja California (880). Femicides dropped 10.25% to 70, and robberies fell 33.29%.{{cite web |title=Abril registró una ligera disminución en el número de homicidios, informa Alfonso Durazo |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/20/en-vivo-abril-registro-una-ligera-disminucion-en-el-numero-de-homicidios-informa-alfonso-durazo/ |website=infobae |date=May 20, 2020 |access-date=May 20, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=May 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528001044/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/20/en-vivo-abril-registro-una-ligera-disminucion-en-el-numero-de-homicidios-informa-alfonso-durazo/ |url-status=live }}
  • May 22
  • Remains of sixty mammoths are found during construction of the Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport.{{cite web |author= |title=In Mexico City, experts find bones of dozens of mammoths |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-city-experts-find-bones-dozens-mammoths-70831275 |website=ABC News |access-date=May 24, 2020 |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007225209/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-city-experts-find-bones-dozens-mammoths-70831275 |url-status=live }}
  • A 6.1Mw earthquake is reported {{convert|173|km|mi}} east-southeast of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur. No damages and no tsunami were reported.{{cite web|website=Servicio Sismologico Nacional Mexico|title=Catologo de Sismos|url=http://www2.ssn.unam.mx:8080/catalogo/|access-date=May 27, 2020|archive-date=September 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922100914/http://www2.ssn.unam.mx:8080/catalogo/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Magnitude-6.1 earthquake hits in ocean west of Mexico |url=https://apnews.com/c3a1fe9f2a1073260c4d185fb0372dd4 |website=AP NEWS |access-date=May 27, 2020 |date=May 22, 2020 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609042201/https://apnews.com/c3a1fe9f2a1073260c4d185fb0372dd4 |url-status=live }}
  • May 25 – Walmart de México y Centroamérica agrees to pay MXN $8 billion (US$358 million) in back taxes after being sued by the Tax Administration Service (SAT).{{cite web |title=Walmart acuerda pagar 358 millones de dólares a autoridad fiscal de México |url=https://es-us.finanzas.yahoo.com/noticias/walmart-acuerda-pagar-358-millones-025624084.html |website=es-us.finanzas.yahoo.com |date=May 26, 2020 |access-date=May 27, 2020 |language=es-US |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608094744/https://es-us.finanzas.yahoo.com/noticias/walmart-acuerda-pagar-358-millones-025624084.html |url-status=live }}
  • May 25 – COVID-19 pandemic: Mexico reaches a record of 3,455 new cases and 501 new deaths in one day. The daily death rate approaches that of the United States, where there are 620 deaths in one day.{{cite web |author= |title=Mexico hit new virus record of over 500 deaths per day |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/mexico-hit-virus-record-500-deaths-day-70895072 |website=ABC News |access-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925121827/https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/mexico-hit-virus-record-500-deaths-day-70895072/ |url-status=live }}
  • May 27 – Jaquelina Escamilla, head of the Women's Institute in Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, is fired for not broadcasting an anti-abortion video on the municipal media site. Abortion is legal in Oaxaca.{{cite web |title=Despedida la titular del Instituto de la Mujer en Oaxaca por no transmitir una charla provida en redes |url=https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2020/05/31/mexico/1590883488_466934.html?ssm=FB_MX_CM |website=Verne |access-date=May 31, 2020 |language=es-mx |date=May 31, 2020 |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621085137/https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2020/05/31/mexico/1590883488_466934.html?ssm=FB_MX_CM |url-status=live }}
  • May 28 – COVID-19 pandemic: Leaders of the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress convoke their counterparts from nine other Latin American countries to discuss a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Latin America has 706,798 confirmed cases and 38,384 deaths.{{cite web |title=Parlamentarios de América Latina intercambiarán propuestas para contener el coronavirus en la región |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2020/05/24/parlamentarios-de-america-latina-intercambiaran-propuestas-para-contener-el-coronavirus-en-la-region/ |website=infobae |date=May 24, 2020 |access-date=May 25, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603145421/https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2020/05/24/parlamentarios-de-america-latina-intercambiaran-propuestas-para-contener-el-coronavirus-en-la-region/ |url-status=live }} Maximiliano Reyes Zuñiga, Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE), proposes three measures to finance the recuperation of the region, including a 3% tax on billionaires.{{cite web |title=Pide subsecretario un nuevo impuesto dirigido a multimillonarios |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/pide-subsecretario-un-nuevo-impuesto-dirigido-multimillonarios |website=El Universal |access-date=May 30, 2020 |language=es |date=May 30, 2020 |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204133149/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/pide-subsecretario-un-nuevo-impuesto-dirigido-multimillonarios |url-status=live }}
  • May 29 – FEMSA agrees to pay MXN $8.79 billion in back taxes.{{cite web |title=Pagará FEMSA 8 mil 790 millones de pesos al SAT |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/2905/lomasdestacado/pagara-femsa-8-mil-790-millones-de-pesos-al-sat/ |website=aristeguinoticias.com |access-date=May 30, 2020 |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606024649/https://aristeguinoticias.com/2905/lomasdestacado/pagara-femsa-8-mil-790-millones-de-pesos-al-sat/ |url-status=live }}
  • May 30
  • Seven people including a local drug lord are killed and two are injured at a party in Tierra Blanca, Veracruz.{{cite web |title=Ataque armado deja siete muertos y dos heridos en salón de fiestas en Veracruz |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/ataque-armado-deja-siete-muertos-y-dos-heridos-en-salon-de-fiestas-en-veracruz |website=El Universal |access-date=May 30, 2020 |language=es |date=May 30, 2020 |archive-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820131659/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/ataque-armado-deja-siete-muertos-y-dos-heridos-en-salon-de-fiestas-en-veracruz |url-status=live }}
  • Hundreds of protesters, mostly driving luxury cars, participate in caravans in Mexico City and other cities to demand that AMLO resign.{{cite web |first1=Georgina |last1=Saldierna |first2=Elba Mónica |last2=Bravo |title=Caravana de automovilistas se manifiesta contra AMLO en Ciudad de México – Política – La Jornada |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/05/30/con-lemas-de-amlo-vete-ya-automovilistas-protestan-en-cdmx-844.html |website=jornada.com.mx |access-date=May 31, 2020 |language=es |date=May 30, 2020 |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613121104/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/05/30/con-lemas-de-amlo-vete-ya-automovilistas-protestan-en-cdmx-844.html |url-status=live }} {{cite web |title=Manifestaciones anti AMLO en varios estados – Estados – La Jornada |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/estados/2020/05/30/manifestaciones-anti-amlo-en-los-estados-6108.html |website=jornada.com.mx |access-date=May 31, 2020 |language=es |date=May 30, 2020 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605182825/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/estados/2020/05/30/manifestaciones-anti-amlo-en-los-estados-6108.html |url-status=live }}

=June=

  • June 1
  • National Merchant Marine Day (Civic holiday)[https://www.notimerica.com/sociedad/noticia-junio-dia-marina-mexico-hace-honor-fecha-20190601012932.html 1 de junio: Día de la Marina en México, ¿a qué hace honor esta fecha?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112192020/https://www.notimerica.com/sociedad/noticia-junio-dia-marina-mexico-hace-honor-fecha-20190601012932.html |date=January 12, 2020 }} Notimerica, June 1, 2019 {{in lang|es}}
  • President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announces a "new normal" of partial reopening with a road trip to Cancun and the inauguration of construction of the Mayan Train.{{cite web |author= |title=Mexico president kicks off 'new normal' phase amid pandemic |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-president-kicks-off-normal-phase-amid-pandemic-70996852 |website=ABC News |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602001403/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-president-kicks-off-normal-phase-amid-pandemic-70996852 |url-status=live }}
  • MORENA proposes an increase in taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary soft drinks with the additional income going to support public health.{{cite web |title=Morena revive iniciativa para incrementar impuesto al tabaco, refrescos y alcohol |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Morena-revive-iniciativa-para-incrementar-impuesto-al-tabaco-refrescos-y-alcohol-20200601-0085.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=January 6, 2020 |access-date=June 2, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610073636/https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Morena-revive-iniciativa-para-incrementar-impuesto-al-tabaco-refrescos-y-alcohol-20200601-0085.html |url-status=live }}
  • Foreign digital platforms such as Netflix and Spotify are required to withhold the value-added tax (IVA).{{cite web |title=Aumento en costo de plataformas digitales no es por impuesto: SAT |url=https://www.ejecentral.com.mx/aumento-en-costo-de-plataformas-digitales-no-es-por-impuesto-sat/ |website=Eje Central |access-date=June 3, 2020 |language=es |date=May 12, 2020 |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527170908/https://www.ejecentral.com.mx/aumento-en-costo-de-plataformas-digitales-no-es-por-impuesto-sat/ |url-status=live }}
  • June 2 – Working with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Financial Intelligence Unit under Santiago Nieto freezes the bank accounts of 1,770 individuals, 167 businesses, and two trusts linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).{{cite web |title=UIF bloquea cuentas de mil 939 personas y empresas vinculadas al CJNG |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/uif-bloquea-cuentas-de-mil-939-personas-y-empresas-vinculadas-al-cjng |website=El Universal |access-date=June 2, 2020 |language=es |date=June 2, 2020 |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923045035/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/uif-bloquea-cuentas-de-mil-939-personas-y-empresas-vinculadas-al-cjng |url-status=live }}
  • June 3
  • Senator Lilly Téllez quits Morena and joins National Action Party (PAN).{{cite web |title=Lilly Téllez se incorpora a la bancada del PAN en el Senado » Eje Central |url=https://www.ejecentral.com.mx/lilly-tellez-se-incorpora-a-la-bancada-del-pan-en-el-senado/ |website=Eje Central |access-date=June 3, 2020 |language=es |date=June 3, 2020 |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603175530/https://www.ejecentral.com.mx/lilly-tellez-se-incorpora-a-la-bancada-del-pan-en-el-senado/ |url-status=live }}
  • Meteorologists predict between seven and nine major hurricanes and between 15 and 19 named storms this year.{{cite web |author= |title=Mexico predicts busier-than-average hurricane season |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-predicts-busier-average-hurricane-season-70710819 |website=ABC News |access-date=May 15, 2020 |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516120355/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-predicts-busier-average-hurricane-season-70710819 |url-status=live }} Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall in Astata, Campeche, {{convert|20|km|mi}} from Ciudad del Carmen and {{convert|75|km|mi}} east of Frontera, Tabasco causing flooding and driving people from their homes. In addition to Campeche and Tabasco, the states of Yucatan, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Oaxaca, and Veracruz were affected.{{cite web |title=Tabasco, Campeche y Yucatán bajo el agua: las imágenes más impactantes de la tormenta tropical Cristobal |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/03/tabasco-campeche-y-yucatan-bajo-el-agua-las-imagenes-mas-impactantes-de-la-tormenta-tropical-cristobal/ |website=infobae |date=June 3, 2020 |access-date=June 3, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603195812/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/03/tabasco-campeche-y-yucatan-bajo-el-agua-las-imagenes-mas-impactantes-de-la-tormenta-tropical-cristobal/ |url-status=live }}
  • Mexico surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 confirmed cases.{{cite web|title= Registra Ssa más de mil muertes por Covid-19 en las últimas 24 horas|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/06/03/registra-ssa-3-mil-912-nuevos-casos-de-covid-19-son-ya-101-mil-238-7835.html |website=jornada.com |date=June 3, 2020 |access-date=June 21, 2020}}
  • June 4 – Violence breaks out during demonstrations in Jalisco to demand justice after the death of Giovanni López, 30, in Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos.{{cite web |title=Justicia para Giovanni: Protestan por el asesinato en Jalisco |url=https://www.milenio.com/estados/giovanni-lopez-protestas-asesinato-joven-jalisco |website=milenio.com |date=April 6, 2020 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605022951/https://www.milenio.com/estados/giovanni-lopez-protestas-asesinato-joven-jalisco |url-status=live }}
  • June 5 – Three police officers including the commissioner are arrested in connection with the May 5 beating death of Giovanni López.{{cite web |author= |title=3 Mexican police officers arrested for alleged beating death |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexican-police-officers-arrested-alleged-beating-death-71095687 |website=ABC News |access-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606022556/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexican-police-officers-arrested-alleged-beating-death-71095687 |url-status=live }}
  • June 6 – Ten people are shot dead at a drug rehabilitation center in Irapuato, Guanajuato. Guanajuato reports 1,500 homicides this year.{{cite web |title=Attackers kill 10 at Mexican drug rehab center |url=https://news.yahoo.com/attackers-kill-10-mexican-drug-184958329.html |website=news.yahoo.com |date=June 7, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2020 |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608002728/https://news.yahoo.com/attackers-kill-10-mexican-drug-184958329.html |url-status=live }}
  • June 7
  • Seven police vehicles and a motorcycle are destroyed during a riot in San Pedro Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, while preventing the lynching of a driver who began shooting into a crowd following an auto accident.{{cite web |title=Del choque al linchamiento en Cuajimalpa: lo que se sabe del impactante conflicto masivo en la CDMX en plena pandemia |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/08/del-choque-al-linchamiento-en-cuajimalpa-lo-que-se-sabe-del-impactante-conflicto-masivo-en-la-cdmx-en-plena-pandemia/ |website=infobae |date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=June 8, 2020 |language=es-ES |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608084333/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/08/del-choque-al-linchamiento-en-cuajimalpa-lo-que-se-sabe-del-impactante-conflicto-masivo-en-la-cdmx-en-plena-pandemia/ |url-status=live }}
  • With 117 murders, June 7 is the most violent day in Mexico this year.{{cite web |title=Así fue el día más violento del 2020 en México: 117 homicidios dolosos en plena emergencia por coronavirus |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/08/asi-fue-el-dia-mas-violento-del-2020-en-mexico-117-homicidios-dolosos-en-plena-emergencia-por-coronavirus/ |website=infobae |date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=June 8, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • June 8
  • AMLO explains that a US$1 billion loan from the World Bank is not new debt but is a routine loan that was solicited last year.{{cite web |title="Es una operación de rutina": López Obrador negó contratación de más deuda tras préstamo del Banco Mundial |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/08/es-una-operacion-de-rutina-lopez-obrador-nego-contratacion-de-mas-deuda-tras-prestamo-del-banco-mundial/ |website=infobae |date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=June 8, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • The death toll from adulterated alcohol in Guerrero reaches 18.{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/death-toll-latest-mexico-alcohol-poisoning-rises-18-71143487 |title=Death toll in latest Mexico alcohol poisoning rises to 18|date=June 8, 2020|access-date=June 9, 2020|website=ABC News}}
  • June 9
  • Official news agency Notimex shuts down until an agreement can be reached with striking workers.{{cite web |author=|title=Mexico's government news agency Notimex shut down by strike |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexicos-government-news-agency-notimex-shut-strike-71144730 |website=ABC News |access-date=June 9, 2020}}
  • Police in Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa, Papaloapan Region, Oaxaca, shoot nine teenagers, one fatally, while buying softdrinks.{{cite web |last1=Matías |first1=Pedro |title=Policías matan a joven de 16 años y balean a 8 más en Oaxaca (Video) |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/633837/policias-matan-a-joven-de-16-anos-y-balean-a-8-mas-en-oaxaca-video |website=Proceso Portal de Noticias |access-date=June 11, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=June 10, 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611160923/https://www.proceso.com.mx/633837/policias-matan-a-joven-de-16-anos-y-balean-a-8-mas-en-oaxaca-video |url-status=dead }}
  • June 10 – A health clinic and city hall are burned by armed inhabitants of Las Rosas, Chiapas after the death of a peasant, apparently from COVID-19.{{cite web |title=Hombres queman y causan destrozos a clínica tras un fallecimiento por COVID-19 |url=https://www.diariodemorelos.com/noticias/hombres-queman-y-causan-destrozos-cl-nica-tras-un-fallecimiento-por-covid-19 |website=diariodemorelos.com |date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=June 11, 2020 |language=es}}
  • June 11
  • Police in San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca, hand over two young men accused of theft to local citizens; one is lynched. The state human rights commission (DDHPO) has received 120 complaints of police abuse including two prisoner deaths this year.{{cite web |title=Policía entrega a dos jóvenes para linchamiento en San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca (+video) |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/polic%c3%ada-entrega-a-dos-j%c3%b3venes-para-linchamiento-en-san-pablo-huitzo-oaxaca-plusvideo/ar-BB15n5NL |website=msn.com |access-date=June 12, 2020}}
  • The WHO reports a decrease in malaria in Latin America, including Mexico, although there are fears that many cases are going undetected as sick people stay home instead of going to hospitals.{{cite web |title=Malaria retrocede en forma dispar en América Latina |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/virales/malaria-retrocede-en-forma-dispar-en-am%c3%a9rica-latina/ar-BB15sUz7?li=AAggpOd&ocid=mailsignout |website=msn.com |access-date=June 14, 2020}}
  • June 14 – Caravans of at between 50 and 900 luxury cars in 12 states demand that AMLO resign.{{cite web |title=Siguen las marchas contra el gobierno; protestan en, al menos, 12 estados |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/siguen-las-marchas-contra-el-gobierno-protestan-en-al-menos-12-estados/ar-BB15sl38?li=AAggpOd&ocid=mailsignout |website=msn.com |access-date=June 14, 2020}}
  • June 16 – AMLO says that Mexico will sell fuel to Venezuela for humanitarian purposes if requested.{{cite web |title="Somos libres": López Obrador está dispuesto a vender gasolina a Venezuela, a pesar de sanciones de Washington |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/15/somos-libres-lopez-obrador-esta-dispuesto-a-vender-gasolina-a-venezuela-a-pesar-de-sanciones-de-washington/ |website=infobae |date=June 15, 2020 |access-date=June 15, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • June 17 – Mexico wins a two-year seat on the United Nations Security Council as well as a three-year term on the United Nations Economic and Social Council starting on January 1, 2021, during the 2020 U.N. Security Council Elections.{{Cite web|date=June 1, 2020|title=Turkish diplomat elected President of historic 75th UN General Assembly|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1066562|access-date=June 18, 2020|website=UN News}}
  • June 23 – A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck two kilometers northeast of Crucecita, Santa María Huatulco, Oaxaca at 10:29 a.m. with a depth of {{convert|22.6|km|mi}}.{{cite web |title=Últimos sismos |url=http://www.ssn.unam.mx/sismicidad/ultimos/ |website=ssn.unam.mx |access-date=June 24, 2020 |language=es}} Thirty aftershocks, including one of 5.4 {{M|w}} were reported.{{cite web |title=Today's Earthquakes in Mexico |url=https://earthquaketrack.com/p/mexico/recent |website=earthquaketrack.com |access-date=June 24, 2020}} Nine deaths and more than 2,000 damaged homes were reported in the state. 46 million people in a dozen states across the country felt the earthquake.{{cite web |title=El sismo en Oaxaca deja nueve fallecidos y daños en 85 municipios|date=June 24, 2020|website=Expansion Politica|language=es|url=https://politica.expansion.mx/estados/2020/06/24/el-sismo-en-oaxaca-deja-siete-fallecidos-y-danos-en-85-municipios |access-date=June 24, 2020}} There are reports that the alarm system did not work in some parts of Mexico City.{{cite web |title=Sismo CdMx hoy 23 de junio 2020. Minuto a minuto |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/comunidad/sismo-cdmx-hoy-23-de-junio-2020 |website=milenio.com |date=June 23, 2020 |access-date=June 24, 2020}}
  • June 24 – A giant dust storm from the Sahara Desert hits southeast Mexico.{{cite web |title=Massive Saharan dust cloud shrouds the Caribbean |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53177693?intlink_from_url=&link_location=live-reporting-story |website=BBC News |access-date=June 25, 2020 |date=June 25, 2020}} {{cite web |title=Así se ve la tormenta de polvo del Sahara que llegó a México (FOTOS) |url=https://www.razon.com.mx/estados/ve-tormenta-polvo-sahara-llego-mexico-fotos-395068 |website=La Razón |date=June 24, 2020 |access-date=June 25, 2020}}
  • June 25
  • A six-hour gunfight for control of the Sinaloa drug cartel leaves 16 dead in Tepuche, Sinaloa.{{cite web |title=Enfrentamientos entre grupos armados dejan 16 muertos en Sinaloa |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Enfrentamientos-entre-grupos-armados-dejan-16-muertos-en-Sinaloa-20200625-0117.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=June 25, 2020 |access-date=June 25, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • The Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel is accused of a bomb attempt at the Pemex refinery in Guanajuato after several of the cartel's leaders were arrested on June 20. The cartel is infamous for fuel theft and extortion.{{cite web |title=Pemex refinery in Guanajuato target of failed bomb attack |url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/pemex-refinery-in-guanajuato-target-of-bomb-attack/ |website=Mexico News Daily |access-date=June 26, 2020 |date=June 25, 2020}}
  • June 26 – Mexico City Police Chief Omar García Harfuch is wounded this morning after he and his bodyguards were attacked by 50 heavily armed members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Two police officers and a civilian woman were killed; García Harfuch is reported stable. Twelve of the attackers were arrested.{{cite web |title=Mexico City police chief wounded in armed attack; 3 people killed |url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-city-police-chief-wounded-in-armed-attack-3-people-killed/ |website=Mexico News Daily |access-date=June 26, 2020 |date=June 26, 2020}}

=July=

  • July 1
  • The free-trade agreement known as T-MEC (English: United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement) is scheduled to take effect.{{cite web |last1=Morales |first1=Roberto |title=El T-MEC no entrará en vigor en junio |url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/El-T-MEC-no-entrara-en-vigor-en-junio-20200401-0040.html |website=El Economista |date=April 2020 |access-date=April 25, 2020|language=es|trans-title=The USMCA will not enter into force in June}}
  • Twenty-eight people are killed in a mass shooting at a drug rehabilitation center in Irapuato, Guanajuato.{{cite web |title=Irapuato: asesinan a 28 en un centro de rehabilitación – Estados – La Jornada |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/estados/2020/07/02/irapuato-asesinan-a-28-en-un-centro-de-rehabilitacion-3459.html |website=jornada.com.mx |access-date=July 5, 2020 |language=es |date=July 2, 2020}}
  • COVID-19: Mexico becomes the country with the seventh greatest number of deaths with 28.510, surpassing Spain. Mexico has 231,770 confirmed cases of infection, tenth in the world.{{cite web |title=México supera a España en número de muertes por coronavirus: estas son las cifras |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/07/02/mexico-supera-a-espana-en-numero-de-muertes-por-coronavirus-estas-son-las-cifras/ |website=CNN |access-date=July 5, 2020 |date=July 2, 2020}}
  • July 3 – Quintana Roo Governor Carlos Joaquín González warns of the threat of Sargassum on the beaches of the Riviera Maya.{{cite web |title=Riviera Maya: alertan de sargazo masivo y pasividad del Gobierno |url=https://www.reportur.com/mexico/2020/07/03/riviera-maya-alertan-sargazo-masivo-pasividad-del-gobierno/ |website=Noticias de turismo REPORTUR |access-date=July 5, 2020 |language=es |date=July 3, 2020}}
  • July 4
  • COVID-19: Mexico surges to sixth place in the number of deaths with 30,366, surpassing France.{{cite web |title=COVID-19: México supera los 250 mil contagios y 30 mil fallecidos |url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/noticias-covid-19-mexico-250-mil-contagios-30-mil-fallecidos/ |website=Forbes México |access-date=July 5, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=July 5, 2020}}
  • The Foreign Ministry announces that it formally adhers to the 189th International Labour Organization Convention on Domestic Workers.{{cite web |title=Mexico joins international labor agreement on maids' rights |url=https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-joins-international-labor-agreement-202111744.html |website=news.yahoo.com |date=July 4, 2020 |access-date=July 6, 2020}}
  • July 7 – Remains of a second student killed in the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping are found and identified in Cocula Municipality, Guerrero. The remains were not found in the waste dump where the bodies of the students were previously said to be burned.{{cite web |title=Remains of another of 43 missing students identified, Mexico says |url=https://news.yahoo.com/investigators-identify-remains-one-43-192821848.html |website=news.yahoo.com |date=July 7, 2020 |access-date=July 7, 2020}}
  • July 8
  • In his first foreign visit, President López Obrador flies commercially from Mexico City to Atlanta and then to Washington, D.C. to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss trade, investment, health issues, and combatting organized crime.{{cite web |title=López Obrador depositó ofrendas florales en el Monumento a Abraham Lincoln y la Estatua de Benito Juárez |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/07/08/en-vivo-lopez-obrador-comienza-actividades-y-deposita-ofrenda-floral-en-el-monumento-a-abraham-lincoln/ |website=infobae |date=July 8, 2020 |access-date=July 8, 2020 |language=es-ES}} AMLO and Trump sign a joint declaration pledging to build "a shared future of prosperity, security, and harmony."{{cite web |first1=David |last1=Jackson |first2=Courtney |last2=Subramanian |title='It's all very positive:' Donald Trump, once a critic of Mexico, now praises its president |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/08/once-critic-donald-trump-praises-visiting-mexicos-lopez-obrador/5398306002/ |website=USA Today |access-date=July 8, 2020}}
  • César Duarte Jáquez, former governor of Chihuahua (PRI) is arrested in Florida.{{cite web |title=Former Chihuahua Governor César Duarte has been arrested in the U.S. |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/former-chihuahua-governor-cesar-duarte-has-been-arrested-us |website=El Universal |access-date=July 9, 2020 |language=es |date=July 8, 2020}}
  • Paintings by Frida Kahlo and Rufino Tamayo are reported stolen from a private collection in Mexico City.{{cite web |title=Roban obras de Frida Kahlo y Rufino Tamayo en la CDMX |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/roban-obras-de-frida-kahlo-y-rufino-tamayo-en-la-cdmx/ar-BB16ulNZ?li=AAggxAT&ocid=mailsignout |website=msn.com |access-date=July 8, 2020|language=es}}
  • Two adult and three minor females are killed in an apparent reckong among gangs in El Gavillero, Nicolás Romero, State of Mexico.{{cite web |title=Matan en Nicolás Romero a 5 mujeres, entre ellas niñas y jóvenes |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/edomex/matan-en-nicolas-romero-5-mujeres-entre-ellas-ninas-y-jovenes |website=El Universal |access-date=July 9, 2020 |language=es |date=July 9, 2020}}
  • July 10 – 2014 Ayotzinapa kidnapping: Mexico seeks the arrest and extradition from Canada of Tomas Zeron, former head of the Criminal Investigation Agency that wrote the now-discredited "historical truth" about the kidnappings.{{cite web |title=Mexico asks Canada to arrest, extradite ex-investigator |url=https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-asks-canada-arrest-extradite-ex-investigator-203004272.html |website=news.yahoo.com |access-date=July 12, 2020}}
  • July 11 – COVID-19 pandemic: Mexico surpasses the United Kingdom with 295,268 reported cases.{{cite web |title=Coronavirus 11 de julio. México rebasa a Reino Unido con más de 295 mil casos de Covid-19 |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/coronavirus-11-de-julio-mexico-rebasa-reino-unido-con-mas-de-295-mil-casos-de-covid-19 |website=El Universal |access-date=July 12, 2020 |language=es |date=July 11, 2020}}
  • July 12 – COVID-19 pandemic: Mexico becomes the country with the fourth greatest number of deaths in the world with 35,006, surpassing Italy.{{cite web |title=México supera a Italia con 35,000 muertes por covid-19 |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/m%c3%a9xico-supera-a-italia-con-35000-muertes-por-covid-19/ar-BB16FbeK |website=msn.com |access-date=July 13, 2020}}
  • July 13
  • A network of eight to twelve doctors who worked with funeral homes to falsify death certificates related to both the September 19, 2017, earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City is revealed.{{cite web |title=La red que alteró actas de defunción por COVID-19 también estaría detrás de certificados falsos por el sismo de 2017 |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/07/13/la-red-que-altero-actas-de-defuncion-por-covid-19-tambien-estaria-detras-de-certificados-falsos-por-el-sismo-de-2017/ |website=infobae |date=July 13, 2020 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • The United States promises a $47 million (MXN $2 billion) aid package to fight drug traffic in Mexico.{{cite web |title=Prepara EU ayuda de mil mdp para combate 'antinarco' en México |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/prepara-eu-ayuda-mil-mdp-combate-antinarco-mexico |website=milenio.com |date=July 13, 2020 |access-date=July 14, 2020}}
  • July 16 – WHO warns about an alarming drop in childhood vaccinations in Mexico.{{cite web | url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/07/16/unicef-alerta-a-mexico-por-caida-historica-en-cobertura-de-vacunacion-para-infantes/ | title=UNICEF alertó a México por caída histórica en cobertura de vacunación para infantes | access-date=July 16, 2020 | language=es-ES | website=infobae.com| date=July 16, 2020 }}
  • July 17
  • President López Obrador announces that the Mexican Armed Forces are in charge of customs at border crossings and seaports to combat corruption and drug smuggling.{{cite web |title=Mexican Armed Forces to take over customs operations in anti-corruption move |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexican-armed-forces-take-over-customs-operations-anti-corruption-move |website=El Universal |access-date=July 19, 2020 |language=es |date=July 17, 2020}}
  • Emilio Lozoya Austin, former director of PEMEX accused of corruption, is extradicted from Spain{{cite web |title=Ex-Mexican oil boss leaves Spain to face charges |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53425825 |website=BBC News |access-date=July 25, 2020 |date=July 16, 2020}} and immediately hospitalized for anemia and problems with his esophagus.{{cite web | url=https://www.cronica.com.mx/notas-emilio_lozoya_hospitalizado_por_problemas_sensibles_en_el_esofago-1159073-2020 | title=Emilio Lozoya, hospitalizado por problemas sensibles en el esófago | access-date=July 25, 2020 | website=cronica.com.mx| date=July 17, 2020 }}
  • The Comité de Sanidad Vegetal de Quintana Roo (Plant Health Committee of Quintana Roo, Cesaveqroo) issues an alert for a plague of American grasshoppers that could also affect Campeche, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Yucatán.{{cite web |title=Emiten alerta por ingreso de plaga de langostas a México |url=https://www.sdpnoticias.com/local/quintana-roo/plaga-de-langostas-en-mexico-quintana-roo-alerta-cultivos.html |website=SDPnoticias.com |date=July 18, 2020 |access-date=July 19, 2020 |language=es}}
  • July 18
  • A video showing 20 armoured vehicles and heavily armed paramilitary soldiers shouting pura gente del señor Mencho ("pure people of Señor Mencho"), a nickname for Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, is attributed to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), circulates in social media.{{cite web |title=Supuestos integrantes del CNG exhiben equipo militar |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Supuestos-integrantes-del-CNG-exhiben-equipo-militar-20200718-0038.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=July 18, 2020 |access-date=July 18, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Twenty young businessmen are kidnapped and one killed while on a "Vallartazo," or tour, from Guadalajara to Puerta Vallarta, Jalisco.{{cite web |title="Vallartazo": así fue el presunto "levantón" masivo del CJNG a empresarios |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/07/25/vallartazo-asi-fue-el-presunto-levanton-masivo-del-cjng-a-empresarios/ |website=infobae |date=July 25, 2020 |access-date=July 25, 2020 |language=es-ES}} The CJNG drug cartel has reportedly demanded ransom, but nothing has been heard from the men in a week.{{cite web |title=Secuestro masivo en Puerto Vallarta; muere un empresario |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/2507/mexico/secuestro-masivo-en-puerto-vallarta-muere-un-empresario/ |website=Aristegui Noticias |access-date=July 25, 2020 |language=es}}
  • July 20 to 27 – Guelaguetza festival in Oaxaca City is presented online.[https://www.cuandopasa.com/index.php?v=v65340a Guelaguetza 2020 – Oaxaca] Cuando Pasa.com, Retrieved January 7, 2020 {{in lang|es}}{{cite web |title=Oaxaca's iconic Guelaguetza Festival goes virtual in 2020 |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/oaxacas-iconic-guelaguetza-festival-goes-virtual-2020 |website=El Universal |access-date=July 18, 2020 |language=es |date=July 15, 2020}}
  • July 21 – Three women are arrested for human trafficking as 23 children between 3 months and 15 years old are rescued in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas.{{cite web |title=Rescatan a 23 niños de red de trata de personas en Chiapas |url=https://www.yucatan.com.mx/mexico/rescatan-a-23-ninos-de-una-red-de-trata-de-personas-en-chiapas |website=El Diario de Yucatán |access-date=July 21, 2020 |language=es |date=July 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722045859/https://www.yucatan.com.mx/mexico/rescatan-a-23-ninos-de-una-red-de-trata-de-personas-en-chiapas |url-status=dead }} {{frac|2|1|2}}-year-old Dylan, whose disappearance from a market sparked the investigation, is still missing.{{cite web |title=Mexican authorities dismantle child trafficking network in Chiapas |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexican-authorities-dismantle-child-trafficking-network-chiapas |website=El Universal |access-date=July 23, 2020 |language=es |date=July 22, 2020}}
  • July 21–22 – Fifteen Huave people are tortured and burned alive in a political dispute in San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca.{{cite news |title=Familias desplazadas exigen justicia tras masacre en San Mateo del Mar |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/familias-desplazadas-exigen-justicia-tras-masacre-en-san-mateo-del-mar |access-date=December 30, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=21 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • July 22 – AMLO proposes major reforms in pensions.{{cite web |title=Reforma de pensiones en México 2020: 5 puntos clave para entenderla |url=https://www.unotv.com/negocios/sistema-de-pensiones-puntos-clave-para-entender-la-nueva-propuesta-de-reforma/ |website=Uno TV |access-date=July 23, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=July 23, 2020}} Bank stocks go up.{{cite web |last1=Rivera |first1=José Antonio |title=BMV y Biva cierran con fuertes alzas tras anuncio de reforma a pensiones |url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/mercados/BMV-y-Biva-cierran-con-fuertes-alzas-tras-anuncio-de-reforma-a-pensiones-20200722-0058.html |website=El Economista |date=July 22, 2020 |access-date=July 23, 2020}}
  • July 23
  • The government announced 20 actions to repair the damage done during the Acteal massacre of 45 people including children in Chiapas in 1997. An Acuerdo de Solución Amistosa (Friendly Solution Agreement) is to be signed on September 3.{{cite web |title=El gobierno prevé 20 acciones para reparar el daño por la masacre de Acteal |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/el-gobierno-prevé-20-acciones-para-reparar-el-daño-por-la-masacre-de-acteal/ar-BB176Tfe?li=AAggxAT&ocid=mailsignout |website=msn.com |access-date=July 23, 2020}}
  • The volcano Popocatépetl had its most active day of 2020 with 1,348 minutes of quaking, plus emissions of gas, water vapor, and ashes.{{cite web |title=Popocatépetl alcanza máximo nivel de tremor en 2020 |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/popocatépetl-alcanza-máximo-nivel-de-tremor-en-2020/ar-BB176IVv?ocid=mailsignout |website=msn.com |access-date=July 23, 2020}}
  • July 25
  • Former Secretary of the CDMX is Rosa Icela Rodríguez is named coordinator of ports and seacoasts.{{cite web |title=Quién es Rosa Icela Rodríguez, la nueva coordinadora general de Puertos y Marina |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/quien-es-rosa-icela-rodriguez-la-nueva-coordinadora-general-de-puertos-y-marina |website=El Universal |access-date=July 25, 2020 |language=es |date=July 25, 2020}} {{cite web |title=AMLO nombra a Rosa Icela Rodríguez coordinadora general de puertos |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/amlo-propone-rosa-icela-rodriguez-coordinadora-puertos |website=milenio.com |date=July 25, 2020 |access-date=July 25, 2020}}
  • A study of 20 states reveals an excess of 71,315 deaths for the first six months of the year, compared to 2019. Some but not all are related to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=En México hay 71 mil 315 muertes más de las esperadas para 2020 |url=https://www.animalpolitico.com/2020/07/mexico-muertes-exceso-de-mortalidad-2020/ |website=Animal Político |access-date=July 27, 2020 |language=es |date=July 26, 2020}}
  • July 26 – Hurricane Hanna hits southern Texas and parts of Mexico, causing flooding in a maternity ward in a hospital in Reynosa, Tamaulipas.{{cite web |title=Mexican hospital floods during Hanna's intense rainfall |url=https://abc13.com/reynosa-hurricane-hanna-flood-rain-fall-hospital-floods-in-mexico/6336519/ |website=ABC13 Houston |access-date=July 27, 2020 |date=July 27, 2020}} A section of the border wall collapses.{{cite web |title=Hurricane Hanna 'destroys part of Trump's US-Mexico border wall' |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/hurricane-hannah-destroys-trump-us-mexico-wall-a4509161.html |website=Evening Standard |access-date=July 27, 2020 |date=July 27, 2020}} Flloding and fallen trees are reported in Monterrey, Nuevo León.{{cite web |title=Las estremecedoras imágenes que dejó el paso de Hanna por Monterrey |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/07/27/las-estremecedoras-imagenes-que-dejo-el-paso-de-hanna-por-monterrey/ |website=infobae |date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=July 27, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • July 27 – Federal Deputy Jesús de los Ángeles Pool Moo (QR-PRD) joins the PRD after leaving Morena on July 1.{{cite web |title=Suma PRD a sus filas a diputado disidente de Morena y llega a 12 integrantes |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/suma-prd-sus-filas-diputado-disidente-de-morena-y-llega-12-integrantes |website=El Universal |access-date=July 28, 2020 |language=es |date=July 27, 2020 |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728085003/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/suma-prd-sus-filas-diputado-disidente-de-morena-y-llega-12-integrantes |url-status=dead }}
  • July 28
  • The government of Chihuahua announces it will place 21 properties owned by César Duarte Jáquez up for auction.{{cite web |title=Chihuahua efectuará la extinción de dominio a 21 propiedades de César Duarte para subastarlas: estiman su valor en 500 millones |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/07/28/chihuahua-efectuara-la-extincion-de-dominio-a-21-propiedades-de-cesar-duarte-para-subastarlas-estiman-su-valor-en-500-millones/ |website=infobae |date=July 28, 2020 |access-date=July 28, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Child rape charges are refiled against Naasón Joaquín García, leader of the Guadalajara-based La Luz del Mundo church, and two alleged accomplices.{{cite web |title=Child rape charges refiled against Mexican megachurch leader |url=https://apnews.com/b980dca56ef04de3f6f07fbfe672fac6 |website=AP NEWS |access-date=August 4, 2020 |date=July 31, 2020}}
  • July 29 – Nancy Guadalupe Sánchez Arredondo, substitute Senator for Vanessa Rubio (PRI-BC) changes her party affiliation to Morena.{{cite web |title=Nancy Guadalupe Sánchez Arredondo apoyará a Morena en Senado |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/nancy-guadalupe-sanchez-arredondo-apoyara-morena-senado |website=milenio.com |date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=July 28, 2020}}
  • July 31
  • Santiago Nieto Castillo, head of the :es:Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (Financial Intelligence Unit, UIF) confirms an investigation against Luis Cárdenas Palomino, former Secretary of Public Security. The bank accounts of Cárdenas Palomino, Genaro García Luna, and Ramón Pequeño have been frozen.{{cite web |title="Cumplimos la instrucción del presidente": UIF confirmó que las cuentas de García Luna, Cárdenas Palomino y Pequeño están congeladas |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/07/31/cumplimos-la-instruccion-del-presidente-uif-confirmo-que-las-cuentas-de-garcia-luna-cardenas-palomino-y-pequeno-estan-congeladas/ |website=infobae |date=July 31, 2020 |access-date=July 31, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: With 46,688 deaths, Mexico moves into third place in the number of fatalities, behind the United States and Brazil.{{cite web |title=México se coloca como el tercer país con más muertes por COVID-19 al superar a Reino Unido |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/mexico-se-coloca-como-el-tercer-pais-con-mas-muertes-por-covid-19-al-superar-a-reino-unido |website=El Financiero |date=August 2020 |access-date=August 1, 2020 |language=es}}

=August=

  • August 1 – The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is rated the second-best university in Latin America by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities of the Spanish National Research Council (SCIC), surpassed by only the University of São Paulo.{{cite web |title=La UNAM fue catalogada como la segunda mejor universidad en América Latina por su impacto web |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/08/01/la-unam-fue-catalogada-como-la-segunda-mejor-universidad-en-america-latina-por-su-impacto-web/ |website=infobae |date=August 2020 |access-date=August 1, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • August 2 – José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, "El Marro," leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, is arrested.{{cite web |title=Mexico arrests 'El Marro,' gang leader at the center of a bloody cartel war |url=https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-arrests-el-marro-gang-193240664.html |website=news.yahoo.com |date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=August 4, 2020}}
  • August 5 – Emilio Lozoya Austin is charged with four counts of corruption similar to the 2013–2014 Estafa Maestra ("Master Scam").{{cite web |title=Van 4 denuncias contra Lozoya por Estafa Maestra en Pemex: UIF |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/4-denuncias-lozoya-estafa-maestra-pemex-uif |website=milenio.com |date=May 8, 2020 |access-date=August 6, 2020}} {{cite web |title=Revelan que Lozoya usó esquema de la estafa maestra contra Pemex |url=https://www.milenio.com/policia/revelan-lozoya-esquema-estafa-maestra-pemex |website=milenio.com |date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=August 6, 2020}}
  • August 6
  • The Secretaría de la Contraloría General de la Ciudad de México (Mexico City comptroller) reports that between January 2019 and February 2020, 1,680 public servants in the city were sanctioned for acts of corruption.{{cite web |title=CdMx sanciona a mil 680 servidores públicos por corrupción |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/comunidad/cdmx-contraloria-sanciona-mil-680-servidores-publicos-corrucion |website=milenio.com |date=April 8, 2020 |access-date=August 6, 2020}}
  • The state legislature of Oaxaca bans the sales of sugary drinks and junk food to minors.{{cite web |title=Ya no venderán chatarra ni refrescos a menores |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/ya-no-venderan-chatarra-ni-refrescos-menores |website=El Universal |access-date=August 6, 2020 |language=es |date=August 6, 2020}} Public Health Nutrition reveals that Coca-Cola has financed pseudo-scientific studies to demonstrate that drinking sugary drinks does not contribute to obesity.{{cite web |last1=Flores |first1=Efrén |title=Coca-Cola financió científicos que negaron que el refresco engorda, revela investigación |url=https://www.sinembargo.mx/06-08-2020/3835750 |website=SinEmbargo MX |date=August 6, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |language=es}}
  • Víctor Manuel Toledo Manzur, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources offers his resignation after an audio recording of his opposition to the Mayan Train is made public.{{cite web |title=Quién es Víctor Manuel Toledo: el incómodo secretario de López Obrador que calificó de "incongruente" a la 4T |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/08/06/quien-es-victor-manuel-toledo-el-incomodo-secretario-de-lopez-obrador-que-califico-de-incongruente-a-la-4t/ |website=infobae |date=August 6, 2020 |access-date=August 6, 2020 |language=es-ES}} {{cite web |title=Analizan renuncia tras audio de Toledo contra la 4T |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/titular-de-semarnat-arremete-contra-4t |website=El Universal |access-date=August 6, 2020 |language=es |date=August 6, 2020}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: 50,000 deaths{{cite web |title=Coronavirus 6 de agosto. México alcanza 50 mil muertes por Covid; hay 462 mil casos |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/politica/coronavirus-6-de-agosto-mexico-alcanza-50-mil-muertes-por-covid-hay-462-mil-casos |website=El Universal |access-date=August 7, 2020 |language=es |date=August 6, 2020}} The United States Department of State classifies travel to Mexico as "high risk."{{cite web |title=EU pone a México en riesgo máximo de Covid-19 en alerta para viajes |url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/mundo-eu-mexico-riesgo-maximo-covid-19-alerta-viajes/ |website=Forbes México |access-date=August 7, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=August 6, 2020}}
  • August 7
  • AMLO sets up a "justice commission" to solve land, water, and infrastructure problems for the Yaqui in Sonora.{{cite web |title=Mexico sets up justice commission for Yaqui Indians |url=https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-sets-justice-commission-yaqui-233527927.html |website=news.yahoo.com |date=August 7, 2020 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=August 9, 2020}}
  • Nobel Prize-winning scientist Mario J. Molina calls for a complete ban on fuel oil in the production of electricity.{{cite web|author=Garcia|first=David Alire|date=2020-08-07|title=Nobel-winning Mexican scientist calls for complete ban on fuel oil|url=https://news.yahoo.com/nobel-winning-mexican-scientist-calls-032142903.html|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Yahoo News|publisher=Reuters}}
  • August 11 – Tamaulipas Governor Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca is investigated for money laundering and ties to drug dealers.{{cite web |title=SEIDO indaga a Cabeza de Vaca por presunto lavado de dinero del narco |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/seido-indaga-a-cabeza-de-vaca-por-presunto-lavado-de-dinero-del-narco/ar-BB184AxC?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Animal Politico |access-date=August 18, 2020}}
  • August 12
  • While reiterating the independence of the Attorney General of Mexico (Fiscalía General de la República, FGR), AMLO says that former President Enrique Peña Nieto will have to testify in regard to the accusations of Emilio Lozoya Austin.{{cite web |title=Peña Nieto tendrá que declarar y Lozoya probar: López Obrador sobre las revelaciones del caso Odebrecht |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/08/12/pena-nieto-tendra-que-declarar-y-lozoya-probar-lopez-obrador-sobre-las-revelaciones-del-caso-odebrecht/ |website=infobae |date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |language=es-ES}} For the second time, he accuses former president Felipe Calderón of leading narcoestado (drug lord state).{{cite web |title=Es como si un capo hubiera estado de vicepresidente: López Obrador reiteró que con Calderón había un "narcoestado" |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/08/12/es-como-si-un-capo-hubiera-estado-de-vicepresidente-lopez-obrador-reitero-que-con-calderon-habia-un-narcoestado/ |website=infobae |date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Jesús Orta and eighteen other former top police officials are arrested in a crackdown on corruption.{{cite web |title=Mexican judge orders arrest of 19 former federal police officials |url=https://news.yahoo.com/mexican-judge-orders-arrest-19-144859864.html |website=news.yahoo.com |date=August 12, 2020 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=August 13, 2020}}
  • Hugo Bello, leader of the Confederacón Libertad de Trabajadores de México, (Freedom Confederation of Mexican Workers) is arrested for kidnapping and the union's suspected involvement in embezzlement of money destined for construction of the now-defunct Mexico City Texcoco Airport (NAIM) in Texcoco.{{cite web |title=Hugo Bello, detenido ayer, es investigado por desvío millonario en NAIM |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/hugo-bello-detenido-ayer-es-investigado-por-desvio-millonario-en-naim |website=El Universal |access-date=August 13, 2020 |language=es |date=August 13, 2020}}
  • August 13
  • COVID-19 pandemic:
  • Mexico reports more than 500,000 confirmed cases.{{cite web | url=https://lta.reuters.com/article/salud-coronavirus-mexico-idLTAKCN2592WX | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918163846/https://lta.reuters.com/article/salud-coronavirus-mexico-idLTAKCN2592WX | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 18, 2020 | title=México supera el medio millón de contagios de coronavirus – Reuters | publisher=Reuters | access-date=August 14, 2020 | website=lta.reuters.com}}
  • AMLO decrees thirty day of mourning for victims of the pandemic, from August 13 to September 11. This is in addition to the minute of silence offered during the President's daily press conferences.{{cite web|date=2020-08-15|title=AMLO decreta 30 días de duelo nacional por las personas muertas por COVID-19|trans-title=AMLO decrees 30 days of national mourning for people killed by COVID-19|url=https://politica.expansion.mx/presidencia/2020/08/15/amlo-decreta-30-dias-de-duelo-nacional-por-las-personas-muertas-por-covid-19|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Expansión Política|language=es}}
  • The company that built the Estela de la Luz in CDMX as a monument to President Felipe Calderón is ordered to pay back MXN $447.1 million for overcharges.{{cite web |last1=Vergara |first1=Rosalía |title=Ordenan a constructores de la Estela de Luz devolver $447 millones |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/643155/ordenan-a-constructores-de-la-estela-de-luz-devolver-447-millones-de-pesos-por-compra-de-acero-a-sobreprecio |website=Proceso Portal de Noticias |access-date=August 18, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=August 13, 2020 |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913070055/https://www.proceso.com.mx/643155/ordenan-a-constructores-de-la-estela-de-luz-devolver-447-millones-de-pesos-por-compra-de-acero-a-sobreprecio |url-status=dead }}
  • August 14 – Over 1,000 employees of the National Migration Institute (INM) are fired for corruption.{{cite web |title=Mexican government forces out over 1,000 immigration officials accused of corruption |url=https://news.yahoo.com/mexican-government-forces-over-1-002414138.html |website=news.yahoo.com |date=August 15, 2020 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=August 15, 2020}}
  • August 14 to 17 – Chiapas conflict: Paramilitary groups from Santa Martha, Chenalhó, carry out 26 attacks against villagers in Aldama Municipality, Chiapas.{{cite web |title=Horas de terror en comunidades de Aldama, Chiapas, registraron 26 ataques armados de presuntos paramilitares |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/08/18/horas-de-terror-en-comunidades-de-aldama-chiapas-registraron-26-ataques-armados-de-presuntos-paramilitares/ |website=infobae |access-date=August 17, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • August 15 – The Registro Nacional de Personas Desaparecidas (Nation Registry of Missing Persons) reports an increase in the number of missing children and teenagers. There are 73,000 missing persons in Mexico, with the largest number of cases in Tamaulipas (11,000), Jalisco (10,000), and the State of México (7,000).{{cite web |title=Crece desaparición de niños y jóvenes; suma el país 73 mil extraviados: México evalúa |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/crece-desaparici%C3%B3n-de-ni%C3%B1os-y-j%C3%B3venes-suma-el-pa%C3%ADs-73-mil-extraviados-m%C3%A9xico-eval%C3%BAa/ar-BB188zSF?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Excélsior |access-date=August 19, 2020}}
  • August 17
  • A Google Doodle honors Mexican translator, professor, and author Librado Silva Galeana on his 78th birthday.{{cite web |title=Google rinde homenaje a Librado Silva Galeana ¿quién fue este mexicano? |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/google-rinde-homenaje-librado-silva-galeana-quien-fue-este-mexicano |website=El Universal |access-date=August 17, 2020 |language=es |date=August 17, 2020}}
  • Heavy rains are expected along the Pacific coast as Hurricane Genevieve is elevated to Category 2.{{cite web |title=Huaracán "Genevieve" sube a categoría 2; Jalisco emite alerta |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Huaracan-Genevieve-sube-a-categoria-2-Jalisco-emite-Alerta-Amarilla-20200817-0080.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=August 17, 2020 |access-date=August 17, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Querátero Governor Francisco Domínguez Servién fires his secretary, Guillermo Gutiérrez Badillo after the latter appears on a video receiving money from a director of Pemex.{{cite web |title=Gobernador de Querétaro cesa a secretario que aparece en video con bolsas de billetes |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/gobernador-de-quer%C3%A9taro-cesa-a-secretario-que-aparece-en-video-con-bolsas-de-billetes/ar-BB184Hir?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Milenio |access-date=August 18, 2020}}
  • August 18
  • Genevieve becomes a Category 4 hurricane as it approaches Jalisco and Baja California Sur. Waves up to {{convert|6|m|ft}} are reported in Jalisco, Colima, and Michoacán.{{cite web |title=Huracán Genevieve pasa a categoría 4 entre Colima y BCS |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/hurac%C3%A1n-genevieve-pasa-a-categor%C3%ADa-4-entre-colima-y-bcs/ar-BB186jMA?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Milenio Digital |access-date=August 18, 2020}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Hugo López-Gatell declares that the pandemic is clearly in descent as daily cases and deaths decline for six consecutive weeks.{{cite web |last1=Muñoz |first1=Alma E. |last2=Urrutia |first2=Alonso |title=Pandemia, en clara fase de descenso en México: López-Gatell |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/pandemia-en-clara-fase-de-descenso-en-m%C3%A9xico-l%C3%B3pez-gatell/ar-BB186xW6?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=La Jornada |access-date=August 18, 2020}}
  • AMLO reveals that President Carlos Salinas de Gortari ceded a 50-year concession to a private company to operate the Port of Veracruz, and that President Peña Nieto extended the concession to 2094.{{cite web |title=AMLO revela Documento: "Salinas privatizó Puerto de Veracruz, y EPN amplió concesión hasta 2094" |url=https://www.sinembargo.mx/18-08-2020/3844003 |website=SinEmbargo MX |date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=August 18, 2020 |language=es}}
  • The Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) of the Treasury Department (SCHP) freezes the bank accounts of Aquiles Córdova Morán, Juan Manuel Celis, and other leaders of the Antorcha Campesina (Torch of the Peasantry) in the states of Mexico and Puebla.{{cite web |title=UIF congela cuentas de Antorcha Campesina; organización acusa persecución política |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/1808/mexico/uif-congela-cuentas-de-antorcha-campesina-organizacion-acusa-persecucion-politica/ |website=Aristegui Noticias |access-date=August 19, 2020 |language=es}}
  • August 19
  • Two deaths are reported in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, due to Hurricane Genevieve.{{cite web |last1=Martínez de Jesús |first1=Ignacio |title=El fuerte oleaje provocado por el huracán "Genevieve" deja 2 muertos en BC; instalan refugios |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/el-fuerte-oleaje-provocado-por-el-hurac%C3%A1n-genevieve-deja-2-muertos-en-bc-instalan-refugios/ar-BB189GAQ?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=August 19, 2020}}
  • Members of the Sindicato de Telefonistas de la República Mexicana (Telephone Workers' Union of Mexico, STRM) call a national strike in protest of the destruction of their pension system by Telmex.{{cite web |last1=Martínez |first1=María del Pilar |title=Sindicato de Telefonistas va a paro nacional el miércoles 19 de agosto |url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/Sindicato-de-Telefonistas-va-a-paro-nacional-el-miercoles-19-de-agosto-20200818-0088.html |website=El Economista |date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=August 19, 2020}}
  • August 20
  • Journalist Carlos Loret de Mola of Latinas shows two videos from 2015 wherein Pio López Obrador, brother of the President and head of Morena in Chiapas, received packages of cash from David León Romero, who has been nominated to head the government agency responsible for delivering medicine to the Secretariat of Health.{{cite web |title=Exponen a hermano de AMLO recibiendo supuestos sobornos |url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/1733846.exponen-a-hermano-de-amlo-recibiendo-supuestos-sobornos.html |website=El Siglo |date=August 21, 2020 |publisher=El Siglo de Torreón |access-date=August 21, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Mexico City passes 10,000 deaths, 17% of the total.{{cite web |title=Supera CDMX las 10 mil muertes por covid-19 |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/supera-cdmx-las-10-mil-muertes-por-covid-19/1401105 |website=Excélsior |access-date=August 21, 2020 |language=es |date=August 21, 2020}}
  • August 21 – AMLO says the money his brother Pio received from David León involved private donations, not bribes. AMLO also expressed his willingness to testify.{{cite web |title=Video entre Pío López Obrador y David León Romero, "no eran sobornos, eran aportaciones: AMLO |url=https://www.deluna.com.mx/nacional/aclara-amlo-video-entre-su-hermano-y-david-leon-no-eran-sobornos-eran-aportaciones/ |website=De Luna |access-date=August 21, 2020 |language=es |date=August 21, 2020}} León Romero says he was a consultant, not a public servant, at the time of the videos, and that he will not accept the position he has been nominated for until this matter has been cleared up.{{cite web |title=Graban a Pío López Obrador recibiendo dinero supuestamente para campaña de 2018 |url=https://rondapolitica.com.mx/graban-a-pio-lopez-obrador-recibiendo-dinero-supuestamente-para-campana-de-2018/ |website=Ronda Politica |access-date=August 21, 2020 |date=August 21, 2020}}
  • August 22
  • COVID-19 pandemic: More than 60,000 deaths are reported.{{cite web |title=México rebasa los 60 mil muertos por Covid-19 |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/m%C3%A9xico-rebasa-los-60-mil-muertos-por-covid-19/ar-BB18gH6A |website=msn.com |publisher=Excélsior |access-date=August 22, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Raziel |first1=Zedryk |title=Ante 60 mil muertes, Gatell dice que se ha hecho todo lo posible y más para contener pandemia |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/ante-60-mil-muertes-gatell-dice-que-se-ha-hecho-todo-lo-posible-y-m%c3%a1s-para-contener-pandemia/ar-BB18icA4 |website=msn.com |publisher=Animal Politico |access-date=August 24, 2020}}
  • An "antimonument" in the form of 72+ is erected on Paseo de la Reforma in CDMX in front of the U.S. Embassy to commemorate the 2010 San Fernando massacre in Tamaulipas.{{cite web |title=Recuerdan con antimonumento la masacre de 72 migrantes en noreste de México |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/otras/recuerdan-con-antimonumento-la-masacre-de-72-migrantes-en-noreste-de-m%c3%a9xico/ar-BB18gBON |website=msn.com |publisher=EFE |access-date=August 22, 2020}}
  • The Human Rights Commission of Guanajuato (PDHG) opens an investigation of police in relation to the arrest of 29 women, including four reporters, during a protest demonstration.{{cite web |title=Inician investigación a policías por reprimir a 29 mujeres en Guanajuato |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/inician-investigaci%C3%B3n-a-polic%C3%ADas-por-reprimir-a-29-mujeres-en-guanajuato/ar-BB18hBL3 |website=msn.com |publisher=La Jornada |access-date=August 23, 2020 |language=es |date=August 23, 2020}}
  • José Antonio Rojas Nieto, Finance director of the Federal Electricity Commission (FCE) resigns. Sánchez Aguilar is appointed in his place.{{cite web |title=Renuncia el director de Finanzas de CFE, Antonio Rojas |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/dinero/emprendedores/renuncia-el-director-de-finanzas-de-cfe-antonio-rojas/ar-BB18eUDe |website=msn.com |publisher=Forbes Mexico |access-date=August 24, 2020 |language=es |date=August 22, 2020}}
  • August 24 – Schools reopen across the country.{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Alma Paola |title=Así queda el calendario escolar 2020–2021 de la SEP; habrá vacaciones |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/calendario-escolar-2020-2021-sep-inscripcion-puentes-vacaciones |website=milenio.com |date=May 8, 2020 |publisher=MILENIO DIGITAL |access-date=August 14, 2020}}{{cite web |title=La SEP da el banderazo del ciclo escolar desde Palacio Nacional |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/la-sep-da-el-banderazo-del-ciclo-escolar-desde-palacio-nacional/ar-BB18jlay |website=msn.com |publisher=Excélsior |access-date=August 24, 2020}}
  • August 25 – The confederation of Gobernadores de Acción Nacional (Governors of National Action Party, GOAN) and opposition parties protest against the 13–0 decision of the Baja California Sur legislature to remove five and sanction three of its members for missing five sessions in a row.{{cite web |title=La oposición protesta por la destitución de 5 diputados en Baja California Sur |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/la-oposici%C3%B3n-protesta-por-la-destituci%C3%B3n-de-5-diputados-en-baja-california-sur/ar-BB18mAyg |website=msn.com |publisher=Expansión Política |access-date=August 25, 2020 |language=es}}
  • August 26 – Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio opens an investigation involving two dozen soldiers involved in the killing of nine gang members and three kidnap victims in Nuevo Laredo in July.{{cite web |last1=Verza |first1=Maria |title=Mexican army to investigate soldiers in border deaths |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-army-probe-soldiers-border-deaths-72629675?cid=clicksource_4380645_3_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed |website=ABC News |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=August 26, 2020}}
  • Grupo Modelo becomes the latest industrial giant to agree to pay its back taxes, MXN$2 billion.{{cite web |title=Grupo Modelo cede ante el SAT y paga 2 mil millones de pesos por adeudos fiscales |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/dinero/noticias/grupo-modelo-cede-ante-el-sat-y-paga-2-mil-millones-de-pesos-por-adeudos-fiscales/ar-BB18u41q?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=24 Horas |access-date=August 30, 2020}}
  • August 30 – Juan Collado, the former lawyer of ex-President Peña Nieto, is charged with tax evasion of MXN #6 million in 2015. This is in addition to earlier charges of organized crime and money laundering, in addition to possible charges for bank fraud in Andorra.{{cite web |title=La FGR imputa a Juan Collado el delito de defraudación fiscal equiparada |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/la-fgr-imputa-a-juan-collado-el-delito-de-defraudaci%C3%B3n-fiscal-equiparada/ar-BB18wGEg?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Expansión Política |access-date=August 30, 2020}}
  • August 31
  • AMLO criticizes the Labor Party (PT) for its maneuvers to take over the presidency of the Chamber of Deputuies.{{cite web |last1=Benítez |first1=Diana |title=AMLO critica al PT por maniobras ilegales para pelar presidencia de Cámara |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/amlo-critica-al-pt-por-maniobras-ilegales-para-pelar-presidencia-de-c%C3%A1mara/ar-BB18yyDz?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=24 Horas |access-date=August 31, 2020}} Due to party defections, PT and PRI are tied as the third-largest political party in the Chamber with 46 seats each.{{cite web |last1=Damián |first1=Fernando |title=Cámara de Diputados. PT y PRI quedan en empate como tercera fuerza |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/camara-diputados-pt-pri-quedan-empate-fuerza |website=milenio.com |publisher=Milenio |access-date=August 31, 2020 |language=es |date=August 30, 2020}}
  • Gerardo Sosa Castelán, chairman of the board of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH) is arrested for money laundering, embezzlement, and tax fraud. Sosa Castelán had already been implicated in the US$156 million Estafa Maestra.{{cite web |title=Detienen a Gerardo Sosa Castelán, presidente del patronato de la UAEH por lavado de dinero |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/detienen-a-gerardo-sosa-castel%C3%A1n-presidente-del-patronato-de-la-uaeh-por-lavado-de-dinero/ar-BB18yLYz?ocid=msedgdhp |publisher=El Economista |access-date=August 31, 2020}}

=September=

  • September 1 – President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gives his Second Informe (Report) in the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro. He says, "En el peor momento está el mejor gobierno" ("At the worst time there is the best government").{{cite web |title="En el peor momento está el mejor gobierno", Andrés Manuel López Obrador presenta su Segundo Informe |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/en-el-peor-momento-est%C3%A1-el-mejor-gobierno-andr%C3%A9s-manuel-l%C3%B3pez-obrador-presenta-su-segundo-informe/ar-BB18CWQx?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Excélsior |access-date=September 2, 2020}}
  • September 2
  • Acteal massacre: The government accepts its responsibility for the December 1997 massacre and apologizes to the surviving victims.{{cite web |title=Estado mexicano ofrece disculpas por masacre de Acteal |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/estado-mexicano-ofrece-disculpas-por-masacre-de-acteal/ar-BB18GSjQ?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=EXP |access-date=September 3, 2020}}
  • Luz María de la Mora, Undersecretary for Trade, announces that trade between Mexico and the United States in the first quarter of the year amounted to US$290 billion, making Mexico the largest trading partner of the United States.{{cite web |last1=Sandoval |first1=Edgar |title=De nueva cuenta México es el mayor socio comercial de EU |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/dinero/noticias/de-nueva-cuenta-m%C3%A9xico-es-el-mayor-socio-comercial-de-eu/ar-BB18Gtyj?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Uno TV |access-date=September 3, 2020}}
  • September 2 to 7 – Hay Festival Querétaro will be online.{{cite web|date=July 23, 2020|title=Hay Festival Querétaro joins the digital world in 2020|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/hay-festival-queretaro-joins-digital-world-2020|access-date=July 23, 2020|website=El Universal|language=es}}
  • September 4 – The Times Higher Education World University Rankings rates the UAM at number 601, ITESM at number 800, and UNAM at number 801.{{cite web |title=UNAM: UAM superó a la Máxima Casa de Estudios en ranking de universidades |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/unam-uam-super%C3%B3-a-la-m%C3%A1xima-casa-de-estudios-en-ranking-de-universidades/ar-BB18GJ9b?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=Redacción Récord |access-date=September 6, 2020}}
  • September 6 – Tropical Storm Julio: Waves up to {{convert|3|m|ft}} in Jalisco and Nayarit.{{cite web |title=Julio provocará lluvias intensas en Jalisco y Nayarit y olas de hasta 3 metros |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/julio-provocar%C3%A1-lluvias-intensas-en-jalisco-y-nayarit-y-olas-de-hasta-3-metros/ar-BB18LF7Y?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=Animal Politico |access-date=September 6, 2020}}
  • September 7
  • The 2020–2021 electoral process begins. Elections will be held on June 6, 2021.{{cite web |title=Proceso electoral 2020–2021 iniciará el próximo 7 de septiembre: INE |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Proceso-electoral-2020-2021-iniciara-el-proximo-7-de-septiembre-INE-20200817-0038.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=August 17, 2020 |access-date=August 17, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Governors of ten states leave the National Governors' Conference, CONAGA.{{cite web |title=Gobernadores de 10 estados anuncian su salida de la Conago |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/gobernadores-de-10-estados-anuncian-su-salida-de-la-conago/ar-BB18NDHF?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=24 Horas |access-date=September 8, 2020 |language=es |date=September 7, 2020}}
  • September 8 – Opposition Senators demand accountability from Rosario Piedra Ibarra, president of the National Human Rights Commission, in relation to the occupation of the Human Rights Commission headquarters by a group of feminists.{{cite web |last1=Ballinas |first1=Victor |title=PAN, PRI, PRD y MC buscan comparecencia de Rosario Piedra en el Senado |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/pan-pri-prd-y-mc-buscan-comparecencia-de-rosario-piedra-en-el-senado/ar-BB18NAVl?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=La Jornada |access-date=September 8, 2020 |language=es |date=Sep 7, 2020}} The occupation began on September 3, and demonstrators say they may occupy other facilitities if their demands are not met.{{cite web |last1=Navarro |first1=María Fernanda |title=Feministas que protestan en CNDH advierten más tomas de oficinas gubernamentales |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/feministas-que-protestan-en-cndh-advierten-m%C3%A1s-tomas-de-oficinas-gubernamentales/ar-BB18NjTX?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=Forbes Mexico |access-date=September 8, 2020}}
  • September 9
  • Two demonstrators are killed by the National Guard while protesting against sending water from La Boquilla Dam in Chihuahua to the United States as stipulated in a 1944 treaty.{{cite web |title=VIDEO: Campesinos se enfrentan y desalojan a Guardia Nacional, se oponen a entrega de agua de presa a Estados Unidos |url=https://laopinion.com/2020/09/09/video-campesinos-se-enfrentan-y-desalojan-a-guardia-nacional-se-oponen-a-entrega-de-agua-de-presa-a-estados-unidos/ |website=La Opinión |date=September 9, 2020 |access-date=September 9, 2020 |language=es}}
  • The SCHP presents its 2021 budget without proposed increases in taxes or debt. Infrastructure projects such as the airport of Santa Lucia and the Mayan Train plus the health sector are given priority.{{cite web |title=El Paquete Económico afrontará una crisis inusual, asegura Arturo Herrera |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/dinero/noticias/el-paquete-econ%C3%B3mico-afrontar%C3%A1-una-crisis-inusual-asegura-arturo-herrera/ar-BB18Rgqb?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Diner en Imagen |access-date=September 9, 2020}} Tourism (mostly for the Mayan Train), SEDATU, SEDENA, National Electoral Institute (INE), and the TEPJF are the areas with the greatest increases.{{cite web |title=Turismo domina el PEF con presupuesto para Tren Maya; proyectan aumento de 641.7% en 2021 |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/turismo-domina-el-pef-con-presupuesto-para-tren-maya-proyectan-aumento-de-641-7-en-2021/ar-BB18QRc9?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Excelsior |access-date=September 9, 2020}} The Chamber of Deputies receives an increase, but the Senate and the Human Rights Commission will have budget cuts.{{cite web |title=En año electoral, subirá presupuesto del INE, del TEPJF… y también de diputados |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/en-a%C3%B1o-electoral-subir%C3%A1-presupuesto-del-ine-del-tepjf-y-tambi%C3%A9n-de-diputados/ar-BB18R4vv?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Expansión Politico |access-date=September 9, 2020}} The total budget is MXN $6.295 trillion (US 293.6 billion) with projected income of MXN $5.539 trillion (US$258.34 billion) with the largest single item for BIENESTAR (MXN $190 billion).{{cite web |title=Gobierno prioriza atención a los pobres en presupuesto (+Infografía) |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/gobierno-prioriza-atenci%C3%B3n-a-los-pobres-en-presupuesto-infograf%C3%ADa/ar-BB18QrLO?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=24 Horas |access-date=September 9, 2020}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Six former Health Secretaries release a report critical of the government's response to the virus, saying that increased testing and mapping of cases could lead to containing infections in six to eight weeks.{{cite web |title=Seis ex secretarios de Salud y su contrapropuesta a la estrategia COVID-19 de López Obrador |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/09/09/seis-ex-secretarios-de-salud-y-su-contrapropuesta-a-la-estrategia-covid-19-de-lopez-obrador/ |website=infobae |access-date=September 10, 2020 |language=es-ES |date=September 9, 2020}}
  • September 11 – Members of the feminist group Manada Periferia complain that male police officers used unnecessary force to arrest eleven adults and eight minors who were occupying the offices of the state human rights commission (Codem) in Ecatapec, State of Mexico.{{cite web |title=Policías de Edomex desalojan a mujeres de Codhem; detenidas son trasladadas a Atizapán, denuncian |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/polic%C3%ADas-de-edomex-desalojan-a-mujeres-de-codhem-detenidas-son-trasladadas-a-atizap%C3%A1n-denuncian/ar-BB18VLIe?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Sin Embargo |access-date=September 11, 2020}}
  • The CFE estimates damages caused by protesters to La Boquilla Dam at MXN $100 million (US$4.7 million).{{cite web |title=Daños en hidroeléctrica de la presa La Boquilla ascienden a 100 mdp: CFE |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/da%C3%B1os-en-hidroel%C3%A9ctrica-de-la-presa-la-boquilla-ascienden-a-100-mdp-cfe/ar-BB18Xa9F?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Milenio Digital |access-date=September 12, 2020}}
  • September 11–12
  • Festival Pa′l Tecate Norte (Mexican and Latin music) in Fundidora Park, Monterrey Originally scheduled for March 20–21[http://tiempolibreqro.com/tecate-pal-norte-2020-ya-tiene-nueva-fecha/ Tecate Pa’l Norte 2020 now has a new date] Tiempo Libre, retrieved April 4, 2020
  • Festival Corona Capital (rock and indie music) in Guadalajara Rescheduled from April[https://www.sopitas.com/musica/corona-capital-guadalajara-festival-anuncia-nueva-fecha-para-edicion-2020/ A Esperar Un Ratito: ¡Corona Capital Guadalajara ANuncia Nueva Fecha Para Su Edición 2020!] Sopitas, April 2, 2020
  • September 14 – Pasta de Conchos mine disaster: The government and family members of the 65 victims of the 2006 exlosion reached an agreement on rescuing the bodies and compensating the families.{{cite web |title=Familiares de mineros de Pasta de Conchos acuerdan rescate de cuerpos e indemnización |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/familiares-de-mineros-de-pasta-de-conchos-acuerdan-rescate-de-cuerpos-e-indemnizaci%C3%B3n/ar-BB192goZ?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=Telediario, Multimedios Digital |access-date=September 14, 2020}}
  • September 15
  • Grito de Dolores: AMLO gives his second Grito amidst special health restrictions.{{cite news |title=López Obrador da su segundo Grito de Independencia |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/l%C3%B3pez-obrador-da-su-segundo-grito-de-independencia/ar-BB1959f6?ocid=msedgntp |access-date=Sep 16, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Excelsior |date=September 15, 2020 |language=es}}
  • Three hospitals are among the one hundred winners of the for the presidential airplane.{{cite web |last1=Zamudio |first1=Isabel |last2=Chacón |first2=Manuel |last3=Estrada |first3=Jocelyn |title=Hospitales se llevan 'premio mayor' en rifa de avión presidencial |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/hospitales-se-llevan-premio-mayor-en-rifa-de-avi%C3%B3n-presidencial/ar-BB194WcE?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=Milenio |access-date=September 15, 2020}} A kindergarten in Aramberri, Nuevo León also won.{{cite news |last1=Garza |first1=Luciano Campos |title=Kínder rural de Aramberri, NL, gana 20 millones de la "rifa del avión" |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/648495/kinder-rural-de-aramberri-nl-gana-20-millones-de-la-rifa-del-avion |access-date=Sep 16, 2020 |work=Proceso Portal de Noticias |publisher=Proceso |date=16 September 2020 |language=es-MX}}
  • Pope Francis names Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregón.{{cite news |last1=Zambrano |first1=Jaime |title=Nombra el Papa a obispo auxiliar de Puebla como obispo de Ciudad Obregón |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/nombra-el-papa-a-obispo-auxiliar-de-puebla-como-obispo-de-ciudad-obreg%C3%B3n/ar-BB194cAA?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=Sep 15, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Milenium |date=September 15, 2020 |language=es}}
  • UIF freezes the accounts of former governor of Chihuahua José Reyes Baeza Terrazas for embezzlement of MXN $129 million (US$6.14 million) related to the Estafa Maestra ("Master Scam") while Reyes Baeza was the director of FOVISSSTE.{{cite news |last1=López Ponce |first1=Jannet |title=UIF congela cuentas de Reyes Baeza, ex gobernador de Chihuahua |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/uif-congela-cuentas-de-reyes-baeza-ex-gobernador-de-chihuahua/ar-BB194g00?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=Sep 15, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Milenio |date=September 15, 2020 |language=es}}
  • September 16 – Independence Day, national holiday
  • The traditional military parade in the Zócalo is televised but closed to the public.{{cite news |title=Dos mujeres pilotearon aeronave durante desfile militar del 16 de septiembre |url=https://elmanana.com.mx/dos-mujeres-pilotearon-fuerzas-armadas-desfile-militar-16-septiembre-2020/ |access-date=Sep 17, 2020 |work=El Mañana de Nuevo Laredo |publisher=El Mañana |date=16 September 2020 |language=es-MX |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919013300/https://elmanana.com.mx/dos-mujeres-pilotearon-fuerzas-armadas-desfile-militar-16-septiembre-2020/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Fifty-eight health workers from hospitals of IMSS, ISSSTE, Insabi, Semar, and Pemex receive the Condecoración Miguel Hidalgo for their work in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |title="Héroes y heroínas del siglo XXI": el Gobierno reconoció a personal médico con la condecoración "Miguel Hidalgo" |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/09/16/heroes-y-heroinas-del-siglo-xxi-el-gobierno-reconocio-a-personal-medico-con-la-condecoracion-miguel-hidalgo/ |access-date=Sep 16, 2020 |work=infobae |language=es-ES}}
  • September 17 – The government demands an explanation as to why immigrants in Georgia were forcibly given hysterectomies.{{cite news |title=Mexico asks info on alleged migrant abuse at US centers |url=https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-asks-alleged-migrant-abuse-002915190.html |access-date=Sep 17, 2020 |work=news.yahoo.com |agency=AP |date=September 16, 2020}}
  • September 19 – The flag in the Zócalo is raised to half mast in memory of the victims of the 1985 earthquake and the 2017 earthquake.{{cite news |title=AMLO encabeza ceremonia de izamiento de bandera a media asta en honor a víctimas de los sismos del 1985 y 2017 |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/09/19/amlo-encabeza-ceremonia-de-izamiento-de-bandera-a-media-asta-en-honor-a-victimas-de-los-sismos-del-1985-y-2017/ |access-date=Sep 19, 2020 |work=infobae |language=es-ES}}
  • September 22 – Jaime Cárdenas Gracia, head of the Instituto para Devolverle al Pueblo lo Robado (Institute to Return that which was stolen to the People, Indep), resigns and Ernesto Prieto, formerly of the National Lottery, replaces him.{{cite news|last1=Urrutia|first1=Alonso|last2=Martínez|first2=Fabiola|date=2020-09-22|title=Ernesto Prieto remplaza a Jaime Cárdenas en el Indep|language=es|work=msn.com|publisher=La Jornada|url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/ernesto-pri%20eto-remplaza-a-jaime-c%C3%A1rdenas-en-el-indep/ar-BB19iZIi?ocid=msedgdhp|access-date=2021-01-01}}
  • September 23
  • SAT: The Tax Administration Service reveals that between 2007 and 2018 MXN $413 billion in taxes was forgiven.{{cite news |title=Condonaron gobiernos de Calderón y Peña 413 mmdp |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/condonaron-gobiernos-de-calder%c3%b3n-y-pe%c3%b1a-413-mmdp/ar-BB19lzAn?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=Sep 23, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Excelsioe |date=September 23, 2020}} Of the 647 large contributors whose accounts have been reviewed, two unidentified companies still refuse to pay their debts.{{cite news |last1=Domínguez |first1=Pedro |title=Dos grandes contribuyentes se han negado a pagar adeudos de impuestos: SAT |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/dinero/noticias/dos-grandes-contribuyentes-se-han-negado-a-pagar-adeudos-de-impuestos-sat/ar-BB19lJL9?ocid=msedgntp |access-date=Sep 23, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Milenio |date=September 23, 2020}} The SAT denounced 497 public servants for acts of corruption.{{cite news |last1=Muñoz |first1=Alma E. |last2=Urrutia |first2=Alonso |title=Denuncia el SAT por corrupción a más de 500 funcionarios públicos |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/denuncia-el-sat-por-corrupci%C3%B3n-a-m%C3%A1s-de-500-funcionarios-p%C3%BAblicos/ar-BB19liCJ?ocid=msedgntp |access-date=Sep 23, 2020 |publisher=La Jornada}}
  • Two Mexicans, Gabriela Cámara Bargellini, a chef at "Contramar," and Arussi Unda, feminist (Las Brujas del Mar) are included in the list of one hundred most influential people in the world by Time.{{cite news |last1=Sanchez |first1=Oscar |title=Ellas son las mexicanas más influyentes, según la revista Time |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/ellas-son-las-mexicanas-m%c3%a1s-influyentes-seg%c3%ban-la-revista-time/ar-BB19lGOD?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=Sep 24, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Uno TV |date=September 23, 2020}}
  • September 25 – The government reveals that two politically connected families are behind the demonstrations against the 1944 water treaty with the United States. Demonstrations at La Boquilla dam have left MXN $100 million.{{cite news |title=Gobierno federal acusa a red de políticos y a dos familias de acaparar agua en Chihuahua |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/gobierno-federal-acusa-a-red-de-pol%c3%adticos-y-a-dos-familias-de-acaparar-agua-en-chihuahua/ar-BB19qmm6?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=Sep 25, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Animal Politico |date=September 25, 2020}} AMLO announces changes in the leadership of CONAGUA.{{cite news |last1=Martínez |first1=Fabiola |last2=Muñoz |first2=Alma E. |title=Fortalecimiento de Conagua es "para que no tengamos problemas": AMLO |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/fortalecimiento-de-conagua-es-para-que-no-tengamos-problemas-amlo/ar-BB19qhkz?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=Sep 25, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=La Jornada |date=September 25, 2020}}

=October=

  • October 2
  • Marches are cancelled but social events are held to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the Tlatelolco massacre.{{cite news |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Laura |title=52 años después, el 2 de octubre no se olvida |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/52-a%C3%B1os-despu%C3%A9s-el-2-de-octubre-no-se-olvida/ar-BB19EU7Y?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=October 3, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Uno TV |date=October 3, 2020}}{{cite news |title=Dos mil quinientas personas se reunieron en Tlatelolco por el 2 de octubre |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/dos-mil-quinientas-personas-se-reunieron-en-tlatelolco-por-el-2-de-octubre/ar-BB19ESkE?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=October 3, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Excelsior |date=October 2, 2020}}
  • AMLO deploys 26,000 soldiers on the southern border to block an immigrant caravan originating in Honduras.{{cite news |title=Mexico deploys military to block migrant caravan |url=https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-deploys-military-block-migrant-232044329.html |access-date=October 3, 2020 |work=news.yahoo.com |agency=AFP |date=October 2, 2020}}
  • October 3
  • Six police officers and two civilians die in an anbush in San Antonio de Padua, Durango.{{cite news |title=Mueren seis policías y dos civiles armados en enfrentamiento en Durango |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/video/noticias/mueren-seis-polic%C3%ADas-y-dos-civiles-armados-en-enfrentamiento-en-durango/vi-BB19FeFp?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=October 3, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Milenio |date=October 3, 2020}}
  • Quintana Roo is on red-alert and flooding is expected in Tabasco and Chiapas due to Tropical Storm Gamma.{{cite news |last1=Vázquez |first1=Patricia |title=Emiten alerta roja en Quintana Roo por tormenta 'Gamma' |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/emiten-alerta-roja-en-quintana-roo-por-tormenta-gamma/ar-BB19FjNU?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=October 3, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=La Jornada |date=October 3, 2020}}
  • October 18 – Elections
  • Coahuila: PRI wins 16 of 32 municipalities with 49.31% of the votes, second place for MORENA (19.3%), and third place for PAN (9.9%).{{cite news |last1=Camhaji |first1=Elías |last2=Varela |first2=Micaela |title=El PRI arrasa en 16 distritos en las elecciones de Coahuila y en Hidalgo obtiene 32 municipios |url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2020-10-19/el-pri-aventaja-a-morena-en-las-elecciones-legislativas-en-coahuila.html |access-date=December 7, 2020 |work=EL PAÍS |date=19 October 2020 |language=es}}
  • Hidalgo: PRI wins 32 municipalities, PAN five plus six others in alliance with PRD, and MORENA six plus another five in alliances with PVEM, PES, and PT.
  • October 27 – Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in Tulum, Quintana Roo, without reports of deaths or major damages.{{cite web |title=Hurricane Zeta hits Mexico with strong winds and heavy rain |url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/10/28/hurricane-zeta-hits-mexico-with-strong-winds-and-heavy-rain |website=euronews |access-date=November 7, 2020 |date=28 October 2020}}
  • October 29 – Authorities in the Mexican state of Guanajuato discover a mass grave containing 59 bodies.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-29|title=Bodies of young people found in mass grave in Mexico's Guanajuato|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/29/dozens-of-bodies-found-in-mass-grave-in-mexicos-guanajuato|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Aljazeera}}

=November=

  • November 6 – Twenty-one people are killed and 80,000 are homeless because of Tropical Storm Eta.{{cite news |title=At least 21 killed in Mexico as hurricane Eta wreaks havoc in Central America |url=https://www.efe.com/efe/english/world/at-least-21-killed-in-mexico-as-hurricane-eta-wreaks-havoc-central-america/50000262-4388401 |access-date=November 7, 2020 |work=efe.com |agency=EFE |date=November 7, 2020}}
  • November 7 – AMLO cancels his tour after floods in Tabasco kill 20 and damage thousands of homes in Villahermosa, Tabasco.{{cite web |title=AMLO suspende gira por crisis de inundaciones en Tabasco |url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/politica-amlo-gira-crisis-inundaciones-tabasco/ |website=Forbes México |access-date=November 9, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=7 November 2020}} Opening the Peñitas Dam southwest of Villahermosa leaves 184,000 homeless in Tabasco, Chiapas, Veracruz, and Quintana Roo.{{cite news |title=Lluvia, inundaciones y desesperanza: Eta y frentes fríos dejan más de 184,000 damnificados en México |url=https://www.infobae.com/fotos/2020/11/09/lluvia-inundaciones-y-desesperanza-eta-y-frentes-frios-dejan-mas-de-184000-damnificados-en-mexico/ |access-date=November 12, 2020 |work=Infobae |agency=AFE & EFE |publisher=Infobae |language=es-ES}}
  • November 9 – Cancun police shoot at demonstrating feminists, wounding a female reporter.{{cite news |title=Con disparos, policía de Cancún reprime protesta de feministas |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/0911/mexico/con-disparos-policia-de-cancun-reprime-protesta-de-feministas-videos-y-fotos/ |access-date=November 9, 2020 |work=Aristegui Noticias |date=November 8, 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 9–20 – El Buen Fin{{cite web |last1=de la Rosa |first1=Eduardo |last2=Ochoa |first2=Cristina |title=Buen Fin: 12 días para impulsar la economía |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/dinero/noticias/buen-fin-12-d%C3%ADas-para-impulsar-la-econom%C3%ADa/ar-BB18QP5h?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Milenio |access-date=September 9, 2020}}
  • November 11
  • AMLO apologizes for insulting Alonso Ancira, president of Altos Hornos de México who was recently arrested in Spain for cheating the Mexican government on the sale of a fertilizer plant. “Yes, I'm offering an apology, now just return the 200 million dollars," said López Obrador.{{cite news |title=AMLO a Alonso Ancira: sí, le ofrezco disculpas, pero que devuelva los 200 millones de dólares |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/politica/2020/11/11/amlo-alonso-ancira-si-le-ofrezco-disculpas-pero-que-devuelva-los-200-millones-de-dolares-252547.html |access-date=November 11, 2020 |work=www.proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=November 11, 2020 |language=es |quote=Sí, sí se la ofrezco ahorita, nada más que devuelva los 200 millones de dólares}}
  • Mexico receives praise from international human rights advocates for changing responsibility for the care of migrant children from the National Migration Institution (NIM) to the National System for Integral Family Development (DIF).{{cite news |title=Mexico will stop holding migrant children in detention, wins praise from U.N. |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexico-will-stop-holding-migrant-children-detention-wins-praise-u-n1247557?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma |access-date=November 11, 2020 |work=NBC News |agency=Associated Press |date=November 11, 2020}}
  • November 12 – Members of the Attorney General of Tabasco's office remove drinking water and food from a flooded convenience store to distribute among victims of the flooding in Tabasco.{{cite news |title=¿Robo o apoyo para los damnificados de Tabasco? Imagen Televisión |url=https://www.imagentv.com/noticias/imagen-noticias-con-ciro-gomez-leyva/robo-o-apoyo-para-los-damnificados-de-tabasco |access-date=November 13, 2020 |work=Imagen Televisión |date=12 November 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 13 – The Senate begins debate on recreational use of marijuana.{{cite news |title=Mexican lawmakers take up sweeping pot legalization bill |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mexican-lawmakers-take-up-sweeping-pot-legalization-bill/ar-BB1aZYYm |access-date=November 15, 2020 |work=msn.com |agency=Reuters |date=November 13, 2020}}
  • November 14 – The anti-AMLO coalition (Frente Nacional Anti-AMLO, FRENAA) lifts its demonstration in the Zócalo of Mexico City after one of its members is accused of sex abuse.{{cite news |last1=Pantoja |first1=Sara |title=Detienen a presunto integrante de Frena por abuso sexual… dentro del plantón |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/justicia/2020/11/12/detienen-presunto-integrante-de-frena-por-abuso-sexual-dentro-del-planton-252648.html |access-date=November 16, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=November 12, 2020 |language=es}}{{cite news |title=Frena levanta su campamento del Zócalo capitalino |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/11/14/frena-levanta-su-campamento-del-zocalo-capitalino-252752.html |access-date=November 16, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=November 14, 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 15
  • COVID-19: More than 1,000,000 total positive cases are confirmed.{{cite news |last1=Choi |first1=Joseph |title=Mexico surpasses grim milestone: 1 million coronavirus cases |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/news/526055-mexico-surpasses-grim-milestone-1-million-coronavirus-cases |access-date=November 15, 2020 |work=The Hill |date=15 November 2020}}
  • AMLO admits that low-lying, indigenous, "poor" areas of Tabasco were flooded to save the city of Villahermosa.{{cite news |title=AMLO dice que decidieron inundar zonas pobres para salvar Villahermosa |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/estados/2020/11/15/amlo-dice-que-decidieron-inundar-zonas-pobres-para-salvar-villahermosa-252774.html |access-date=November 15, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=November 15, 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 16 – Thirteen people are killed and four vehicles are killed when an automobile and a truck carrying LP gas collide on the Guadalajara-Tepic tollway Km. 106.{{cite news |title=Al menos 13 muertes y 4 vehículos siniestrados, el saldo de la explosión en Nayarit |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/estados/2020/11/16/al-menos-13-muertes-vehiculos-siniestrados-el-saldo-de-la-explosion-en-nayarit-252826.html |access-date=November 16, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=November 16, 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 17 – Prosecutors in the United States drop the charges against General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda so he can be tried in Mexico.{{cite news |title=Fiscalía de EEUU desestima cargos contra Cienfuegos; será juzgado en México |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/11/17/fiscalia-de-eeuu-desestima-cargos-contra-cienfuegos-sera-juzgado-en-mexico/ |access-date=November 17, 2020 |work=infobae |date=November 17, 2020 |language=es-ES}}{{cite news |title=In shock move, U.S. to drop charges against ex-Mexican defense minister |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-to-drop-charges-against-ex-mexican-defense-minister/ar-BB1b6IPM |access-date=November 17, 2020 |work=msn.com |agency=Reuters |date=November 17, 2020}}
  • November 18 – The Chamber of Deputies approves a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing indigenous languages the same legal status as Spanish.{{cite news |title=Cámara de Diputados aprueba elevar a rango constitucional las lenguas indígenas |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/11/18/camara-de-diputados-aprueba-elevar-rango-constitucional-las-lenguas-indigenas-252982.html |access-date=November 18, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=November 18, 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 21 – President López Obrador participates virtually in the 2020 G20 Riyadh summit.{{cite news |title=AMLO participa, de manera virtual, en Cumbre G20 |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/amlo-participa-de-manera-virtual-en-cumbre-g20 |access-date=November 21, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=21 November 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 23 – Police in Celaya kill a tamal vendor by kneeling on his neck for ten minutes.{{cite news |title=Denuncian que vendedor de tamales murió tras ser golpeado por policías |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoamerica/celaya-guanajuato-muerte-de-tamalero-juan-carlos-tras-golpiza-de-policias-indigna-en-mexico-video-551100#:~:text=tus%20temas%20favoritos.-,Denuncian%20que%20vendedor%20de%20tamales%20murió%20tras%20ser%20golpeado%20por,%2C%20en%20Guanajuato%20(México). |access-date=December 22, 2020 |work=El Tiempo |date=25 November 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 25 – LeBarón and Langford families massacre: Three suspects are arrested in connection with the 2019 murder of three women and nine children belonging to a Mormon sect.{{cite web | title=Mexico ambush: Arrest over Mormon massacre | website=BBC News | date=2020-11-24 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-55052853 | access-date=2024-09-12}}

=December=

  • December 3 – AMLO says that the government of the United States helped him secure an agreement from Pfizer to secure 34.4 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, including 250,000 doses in December.{{cite news |last1=Rodriguez Garcia |first1=Arturo |title=Gobierno de Trump ayudó a conseguir vacuna de Pfizer para México: AMLO |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/3/gobierno-de-trump-ayudo-conseguir-vacuna-de-pfizer-para-mexico-amlo-253839.html |access-date=December 7, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 3, 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 4 – Pemex cancels its contracts with Litoral Laboratorios Industriales SA de CV, which is owned by Felipa Guadalupe Obrador Olán, cousin of President López Obrador.{{cite news |title=Pemex anuncia que canceló los contratos a la prima de AMLO |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/5/pemex-anuncia-que-cancelo-los-contratos-la-prima-de-amlo-253990.html |access-date=December 7, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 5, 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 5 – PAN, PRI, and PRD announce an electoral alliance for the 2021 Mexican legislative election.{{cite news |last1=Beauregard |first1=Luis Pablo |title=El PAN aprueba aliarse con el PRI y PRD para intentar arrebatar el Congreso a Morena en 2021 |url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2020-12-05/el-pan-aprueba-aliarse-con-el-pri-y-prd-para-intentar-arrebatar-el-congreso-a-morena-en-2021.html |access-date=December 6, 2020 |work=EL PAÍS |date=5 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 6 – AMLO calls for an end of diplomatic immunity for Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents.{{cite news |last1=Choi |first1=Joseph |title=Mexican president proposes stripping immunity from US agents |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mexican-president-proposes-stripping-immunity-from-us-agents/ar-BB1bGBE3?ocid=Peregrine |access-date=December 6, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=The Hill |date=December 6, 2020}}
  • December 7
  • López Obrador names Galia Borja Gómez Assistant Secretary of the Banco de Mexico, Graciela Márquez Colín to the board of directors oF INEGI, and Tatiana Clouthier as Secretary of the Treasury. Elvira Concheiro is named Secretary of the Federation and Captain Ana Laura López Bautista is named coordinator of ports.{{cite news |last1=Urrutia |first1=Alonso |last2=Enciso |first2=Angélica |title=Galia Borja, a BdeM; Graciela Márquez, a Inegi; Tatiana Clouthier, a SE |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2020/12/07/politica/galia-borja-a-bdem-graciela-marquez-a-inegi-tatiana-clouthier-a-se/ |access-date=December 7, 2020 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=December 7, 2020 |language=es}}
  • The Secretary of Foreign Relations (SRA) has solicited the extradition of Genaro García Luna, former Secretary of Public Security, who is on trial in the United States for drug trafficking and money laundering.{{cite news |last1=Tourliere |first1=Mathieu |title=SRE confirma que solicitó a EU la extradición de Genaro García Luna |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/7/sre-confirma-que-solicito-eu-la-extradicion-de-genaro-garcia-luna-254060.html |access-date=December 7, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 7, 2020 |language=es}}
  • A Campeche judge has indefinitely suspended construction of Section 2 of the Tren Maya (Escárcega to Calkiní).{{cite news |last1=Santana |first1=Rosa |title=Revés a obras del Tren Maya: juez da suspensión definitiva a tramo clave en Campeche |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/7/reves-obras-del-tren-maya-juez-da-suspension-definitiva-tramo-clave-en-campeche-254063.html |access-date=December 7, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 7, 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 8 – COVID-19 pandemic: Distribution of the vaccine will begin late in December, after the Pfizer vaccine is approved in the United States and by Mexican authorities. First to receive the vaccine will be 125,000 health workers in CDMX and the state of Coahuila; full coverage will take until 2022.{{cite news |last1=Rodriguez Garcia |first1=Arturo |title=Cobertura total de vacunación, hasta marzo de 2022; personal de salud y adultos mayores van primero |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/8/cobertura-total-de-vacunacion-hasta-marzo-de-2022-personal-de-salud-adultos-mayores-van-primero-254111.html |access-date=December 8, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 8, 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 10 – Alejandro Encinas, deputy interior minister responsible for human rights, calls upon the State of Veracruz to reopen the investigation into the death of Ernestina Ascencio, a 73-year-old indigenous woman who died after being reportedly raped by members of the armed forces.{{cite news |title=Mexico reopens case of indigenous woman who died after alleged rape by soldiers |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexico-reopens-case-indigenous-woman-012831809.html |access-date=December 11, 2020 |work=news.yahoo.com |agency=Reuters |publisher=Yahoo News |date=December 10, 2020}}
  • December 10—13 – COVID-19 pandemic: For the first time in its 400-year history, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe is closed. Several metro and metrobus stations in the area are also closed.{{cite news |last1=Velázquez |first1=César |title=Basílica de Guadalupe inicia cierre por covid19 por Día de la Virgen |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/comunidad/basilica-guadalupe-inicia-cierre-covid19-virgen |access-date=December 10, 2020 |work=milenio.com |publisher=Milenio |date=December 10, 2020 |language=es-MX}}
  • December 11
  • CFE and the government of France sign an agreement to develop geothermal energy in Mexico.{{cite news |title=México y Francia firman un acuerdo para desarrollar energía geotérmica |url=https://espanol.yahoo.com/finanzas/noticias/méxico-francia-firman-acuerdo-desarrollar-220946971.html |access-date=December 11, 2020 |work=es-us.finanzas.yahoo.com |agency=EFE |publisher=Yahoo News |date=December 11, 2020 |language=es-US}}
  • Cardinal Carlos Aguiar, archbishop of Mexico City, endorses civil unions for gay couples.{{cite news |last1=Alire Garcia |first1=David |title=Mexico's senior Catholic leader backs civil unions for gay couples |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexicos-senior-catholic-leader-backs-014005854.html |access-date=December 12, 2020 |work=news.yahoo.com |agency=Reuters |publisher=Yahoo News |date=December 11, 2020}}
  • Archaeologists find remains of 119 more people in the "Aztec Tower of Skulls".{{cite news |title=Mexican archaeologists find remains of 119 more people in Aztec 'tower of skulls' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexican-archaeologists-remains-119-more-015924658.html |access-date=December 12, 2020 |work=news.yahoo.com |publisher=The Telegraph |date=December 11, 2020}}
  • December 14 – AMLO congratulates President-elect Joe Biden on his victory in the United States Electoral College.{{cite news |last1=Ramirez |first1=Sergio |title=AMLO manda carta a Biden para felicitarlo por su triunfo en elecciones de EU |url=https://www.razon.com.mx/mexico/amlo-manda-carta-biden-felicitarlo-triunfo-elecciones-eu-416335 |access-date=December 15, 2020 |work=La Razón |date=December 15, 2020}}
  • December 15
  • The United Kingdom and Mexico sign a continuity trade agreement; the UK retains its European Union benefits.{{cite news |last1=Mayes |first1=Joe |title=U.K. Signs Continuity Trade Deal With Mexico, Keeps EU Benefits |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/uk-signs-continuity-trade-deal-with-mexico-keeps-eu-benefits/ar-BB1bWSi5 |access-date=December 15, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Bloomberg |date=December 15, 2020}}
  • The Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) complains that the attorney general (FGR) and (FEPADE) has blocked information about Odebrecht and Pío López Obrador.{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Karina |title=INE acusa a FGR y FEPADE de negar información sobre Odebrecht y Pío López Obrador |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/15/ine-acusa-fgr-fepade-de-negar-informacion-sobre-odebrecht-pio-lopez-obrador-254600.html |access-date=December 16, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 15, 2020 |language=es}}
  • Samuel García, Citizens' Movement candidate for governor of Nuevo León, whines that political opponents question how much he suffered as a child for being forced to play golf with his father or the suffering of families who earn "mini-salaries" of MXN $50,000/month (US$2507).{{cite news |title=Tunden a Samuel García por asegurar que conoce gente que vive con "sueldito" de 50 MP |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Tunden-a-Samuel-Garcia-por-asegurar-que-conoce-gente-que-vive-con-sueldito-de-50-MP-20201215-0065.html |access-date=December 16, 2020 |work=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |publisher=El Informador |date=December 15, 2020 |language=es-ES}} Conservative former president Felipe Calderón joined the critics.{{cite news |title=Felipe Calderón cuestiona dicho de Samuel García sobre "sueldito" |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Felipe-Calderon-cuestiona-dicho-de-Samuel-Garcia-sobre-sueldito-20201215-0089.html |access-date=December 16, 2020 |work=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |publisher=El Informador |date=December 15, 2020 |language=es-ES |quote=Un sueldito de 40-50 (mil).... y son felices...'.¿En qué mundo viven?}} The average salary in Mexico is US$1,358/month,{{cite web |title=Mexico: average salary |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/812354/mexico-average-annual-wage/#:~:text=In%202018%2C%20the%20average%20wage,wage%20of%20the%20indicated%20period. |website=Statista |access-date=December 16, 2020}} and 20% of workers make the minimum wage of MXN $123.22/day (US$6.53).{{cite news |last1=Naishadham |first1=Suman |title=Mexico's new minimum wage: Thanks for trying |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/1/31/mexicos-new-minimum-wage-thanks-for-trying |access-date=December 16, 2020 |work=aljazeera.com |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=31 January 2020}}
  • December 16
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • According to a survey by the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (National Institute of Public Health—INSP), 31 million Mexicans, 25% of the population, has been exposed to the virus.{{cite news |title=Al menos 31 millones de mexicanos ha estado expuestos al covid, 70% sin síntomas, revela encuesta |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/16/al-menos-31-millones-de-mexicanos-ha-estado-expuestos-al-covid-70-sin-sintomas-revela-encuesta-254648.html |access-date=December 16, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 16, 2020 |language=es}}
  • 150 members of SEDENA and 50 members of SEMAR begin training for application of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccination will begin on December 22.{{cite news|last=Murillo|first=Eduardo|date=2020-12-16|title=Elementos de Sedena y Semar comienzan capacitación para aplicar vacuna|language=es|work=La Jornada|publisher=Desarrollo de Medios S.A. de C.V.|url=https://jornada.com.mx/notas/2020/12/16/politica/elementos-de-sedena-y-semar-comienzan-capacitacion-para-aplicar-vacuna/|access-date=2021-01-01}}
  • Education Secretary Esteban Moctezuma Barragán is named Ambassador of Mexico to the United States following the retirement of Martha Bárcena Coqui.{{cite news |last1=Rodriguez Garcia |first1=Arturo |title=AMLO nombra a Moctezuma Barragán como embajador de México en EU |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/16/amlo-nombra-moctezuma-barragan-como-embajador-de-mexico-en-eu-254647.html |access-date=December 16, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 16, 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 18 – Former governor Aristóteles Sandoval (PRI) of Jalisco is assassinated in Puerto Vallarta.{{cite news |last1=Corona |first1=Sonia |title=El crimen organizado mexicano asesina al exgobernador de Jalisco Aristóteles Sandoval |url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2020-12-18/asesinado-el-exgobernador-de-jalisco-aristoteles-sandoval.html |access-date=December 18, 2020 |work=EL PAÍS |publisher=El Pais |date=18 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 19
  • AMLO and United States President-elect Joe Biden discuss a new approach to migration issues during a phone call.{{cite news |title=U.S. President-elect Biden, Mexico's president vow to cooperate on immigration |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexicos-president-says-spoke-phone-002546397.html |access-date=December 20, 2020 |work=news.yahoo.com |agency=Reuters |publisher=Yahoo News |date=December 19, 2020}}
  • A photograph of Pedro Gabriel Hidalgo Cáceres, state leader of PAN in Tabasco, illegally collecting MXN $10,000 destined for flood victims, circulates on social media.{{cite news |last1=Gutierrez |first1=Armando |title=Denuncian que líder del PAN en Tabasco cobró apoyo como damnificado |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/19/denuncian-que-lider-del-pan-en-tabasco-cobro-apoyo-como-damnificado-254897.html |access-date=December 20, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 19, 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 20 – AMLO proposes that the armed forces control Maya Train and the airports of Chetumal, Palenque, and 'Felipe Ángeles' of Mexico City to free them of dependence on civilian oversight.{{cite news |last1=Rodriguez Garcia |first1=Arturo |title=AMLO plantea que el Tren Maya y Santa Lucía sean administrados por Ejército |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/politica/2020/12/20/amlo-plantea-que-el-tren-maya-santa-lucia-sean-administrados-por-ejercito-254913.html |access-date=December 20, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |language=es}}
  • December 21
  • Security measures are increased in Puerto Vallarta following the assassination of Aristóteles Sandoval.{{cite news |title=Mexico violence: Security raised in Puerto Vallarta after ambush |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexico-violence-security-raised-puerto-124021736.html |access-date=December 21, 2020 |work=news.yahoo.com |publisher=BBC World News }}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • AMLO names Delfina Gómez Álvarez the new head of SEP.{{cite news |title=Delfina Gómez Álvarez será la nueva titular de la SEP: AMLO |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/12/21/delfina-gomez-alvarez-sera-la-nueva-titular-de-la-sep-amlo/ |access-date=December 21, 2020 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=December 21, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Two precandidates for mayor from MORENA in Guerrero, Efrén Valois Morales (Pilcaya) and Mario Figueroa (Taxco de Alarcón) are attacked by armed assailants. Valois Morales dies.{{cite news |last1=Flores Contreras |first1=Ezequiel |title=Atacan a balazos a precandidatos de Morena a las alcaldías de Pilcaya y Taxco |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/estados/2020/12/22/atacan-balazos-precandidatos-de-morena-las-alcaldias-de-pilcaya-taxco-254969.html |access-date=December 22, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 22, 2020 |language=es}}
  • Aeroméxico renews flights of the Boeing 737 MAX on its Mexico City-Cancun routes.{{cite news |title=Reinicia operaciones en México el Boeing 737 MAX |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/reinicia-operaciones-en-mexico-el-boeing-737-max |access-date=December 18, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=18 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 22
  • The Committee to Protect Journalists says Mexico is the most dangerous country for journalists in the world.{{cite news |last1=Sly |first1=Eleanor |title=Mexico is named world's deadliest country for journalists |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexico-named-world-deadliest-country-170206892.html |access-date=December 22, 2020 |work=news.yahoo.com |publisher=The Independent |date=December 22, 2020}}
  • Celaya, Villagrán,and Cortazar, Guanajuato see a wave of violence after a high-ranking member of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel is arrested.{{cite news |last1=Espinosa |first1=Veronica |title=Celaya, Cortazar y Villagrán padecen oleada de asesinatos, balaceras y narcobloqueos |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/22/celaya-cortazar-villagran-padecen-oleada-de-asesinatos-balaceras-narcobloqueos-255011.html |access-date=December 22, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 22, 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 23
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The first batch of vaccines arrive in Mexico.{{cite news |title=Aristegui en Vivo: Llegan vacunas anti-Covid a México; la alianza PRI-PAN-PRD; Mesa de Análisis y más |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/2312/mexico/aristegui-en-vivo-llegan-vacunas-anti-covid-a-mexico-la-alianza-pri-pan-prd-mesa-de-analisis-y-mas/ |access-date=December 23, 2020 |work=Aristegui Noticias |date=December 23, 2020 |language=es}}
  • A poll by Morning Consult lists President Lopez Obrador as the second most popular president in the word, after India's Narendra Modi.{{cite news |last1=Vergara |first1=Rosalia |title=AMLO presume segundo lugar entre los presidentes mejor evaluados en el mundo |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/30/amlo-presume-segundo-lugar-entre-los-presidentes-mejor-evaluados-en-el-mundo-255344.html |access-date=December 30, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 30, 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 25 – 2018 Puebla helicopter crash: Four people who worked for Rotor Flight Services are arrested in connection with the crash.{{cite news |title=4 arrested in Mexico crash that killed current, ex-governor |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/4-arrested-mexico-crash-killed-010824078.html |access-date=December 26, 2020 |work=news.yahoo.com |agency=AP |publisher=Yahoo News |date=December 25, 2020}}
  • December 28 – CFE reported electrical failures in six entities.{{cite news |title=Aristegui Noticias |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/2812/mexico/se-registra-apagon-en-distintas-ciudades-del-pais/ |access-date=December 28, 2020 |date=December 28, 2020 |language=es}} The National Center for Energy Control (Cenace) explained, ″[T]here was an imbalance in the National Interconnected System between the load and the power generation, causing a loss of approximately 7,500 MW."{{cite news |title=El Cenace explica por qué ocurrió el apagón |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/28/el-cenace-explica-por-que-ocurrio-el-apagon-255249.html |access-date=December 28, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 28, 2020 |language=es}} Later reports indicate that from 12 to 21 entities were effected by the blackout.{{cite news |title=A AMLO le dieron "otros datos" del apagón |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/periodistas-el-universal/amlo-le-dieron-otros-datos-del-apagon |access-date=December 30, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=30 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 29 – Dozens of Cuban migrants demonstrate in Ciudad Juarez to be allowed to cross the border into the United States to seek asylum.{{cite news |title=Cuban migrants protest at Mexico border, seeking entry to U.S. |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/cuban-migrants-protest-mexico-border-055645338.html |access-date=December 30, 2020 |work=news.yahoo.com |agency=Reuters |publisher=Yahoo News |date=December 29, 2020}}
  • December 30 – INE insists that Morena Party remove a video from Twitter entitled Extirpemos el tumor de México until election camoaigns begin on April 3, 2021.{{cite news |title=INE pide a Morena bajar spot; "compartan antes que desaparezca", dice Delgado |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/ine-pide-morena-bajar-spot-compartan-antes-que-desaparezca-dice-delgado |access-date=December 31, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=30 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 31
  • A report by the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) shows that 20% of the nation's water is controlled by 1.1% of the population.{{cite web |title=La 4T ante los amos del agua |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/opinion/2020/12/31/la-4t-ante-los-amos-del-agua-255396.html |website=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |access-date=December 31, 2020 |language=es}}
  • An oil pipeline in {{ill|Dos Bocas, Tabasco|lt=Dos Bocas|es|Dos Bocas}} was temporarily shut down due to a fire.{{cite news |title=Se incendia gasoducto de Pemex frente a terminal de Dos Bocas |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/se-incendia-gasoducto-de-pemex-frente-terminal-de-dos-bocas |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=El Universal |date=31 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • AMLO proposes a popular consultation among women on abortion.{{cite news |title=Women should decide whether to legalize abortion, Mexican president says |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-abortion/women-should-decide-whether-to-legalize-abortion-mexican-president-says-idUSKBN2951GI |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=Reuters |date=31 December 2020}}

Predicted and scheduled events

  • June (TBA) – Hospital de la Salud (Health hospital) is scheduled to oped open with 500 medical and 500 nursing students. The hospital will train medical professionals primarily for community service.{{cite web|website=Aristegui Noticias|title=AMLO y Sheinbaum anuncian Universidad de la Salud; van por médicos comunitarios|date=January 13, 2020|language=es|trans-title=AMLO and Sheinbaum announce Health University; they go for community doctors|url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/1301/mexico/amlo-y-sheinbaum-anuncian-universidad-de-la-salud-van-por-medicos-comunitarios/}}
  • October 10 to 18 – The Monterrey International Book Fair is cancelled.{{cite web|title=Cancelan Feria Internacional del Libro de Monterrey por Covid-19|url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/cancelan-feria-internacional-del-libro-de-monterrey-por-covid-19/ar-BB17WfNT?ocid=msedgdhp|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=msn.com|publisher=La Jornada}}
  • October 14 to 18 – The Festival Internacional Cervantino (FIC) will be presented online.{{cite web|title=Festival Cervantino será completamente digital por primera vez en su historia|url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/culturas/festival-cervantino-sera-completamente-digital-por-primera-vez-en-su-historia|access-date=July 22, 2020|website=El Financiero|date=July 22, 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 1 – The Instituto de Salud para el Bienestar (Insabi) (English: Institute of Health for Welfare) will go fully into effect and stop charging for services.[https://www.elsegundero.com/2020/01/insabi-se-consolidara-mas-tardar-el-1.html Insabi se consolidará a más tardar el 1 de diciembre de 2020, confía AMLO] El Segundero, January 16, 2020 [https://www.diariodemexico.com/insabi-dejar%C3%A1-de-cobrar-cuotas-partir-del-1-de-diciembre-ssa Insabi dejará de cobrar cuotas a partir del 1 de diciembre: SSA] Diario de Mexico, January 15, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • TBA
  • 'OUM Wellness' which will be built by the consortium Edificios Cero Energía in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León will be the first net-zero energy building (NZEB) in Latin America.[https://elmanana.com.mx/tendra-nuevo-leon-el-primer-edificio-cero-energia-de-mexico/ Tendrá Nuevo León el primer edificio ‘Cero Energía’ de México] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113053229/https://elmanana.com.mx/tendra-nuevo-leon-el-primer-edificio-cero-energia-de-mexico/ |date=January 13, 2020 }} El Mañana (Mexico), January 12, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • 'La Torre Reforma Colón' designed by Javier Sordo Madaleno in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, at 309 meters tall will be the tallest building in Latin America; projected for completion.[https://mxcity.mx/2019/01/edificios-monumentales-que-cambiaran-el-rostro-de-la-cdmx/ EDIFICIOS MONUMENTALES QUE CAMBIARÁN EL ROSTRO DE LA CDMX] MX City Guia Insider, Retrieved January 12, 2020 {{in lang|es}}

2020 in numbers

;Crime

  • Mexican drug war – The government reports a six-fold increase in fentanyl in 2020.{{cite news |title=Mexico says fentanyl seizures up almost six-fold in 2020 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-drugs/mexico-says-fentanyl-seizures-up-almost-six-fold-in-2020-idUSKBN2951KV |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=Reuters |date=31 December 2020}}
  • Murders – 34,523 homicides (0.4% decrease); femicides 1,015 (0.3% increase).{{cite news |title=El gobierno de AMLO celebró una disminución en el número de homicidios, pero los feminicidios siguen al alza |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/12/31/el-gobierno-de-amlo-celebro-una-disminucion-en-el-numero-de-homicidios-pero-los-feminicidios-siguen-al-alza/ |access-date=January 2, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=December 31, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Huachicoleros – The FGR says that {{convert|850,000|liter|USgal}} of stolen fuel were decommissioned and 94 people were arrested. 2,536 clandestine faucets were found and put out of service.{{cite news |title=La FGR aseguró durante 2020 más de 850,000 litros de hidrocarburo relacionados con el "huachicol" |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/02/07/la-fgr-aseguro-durante-2020-mas-de-850000-litros-de-hidrocarburos-relacionado-con-el-huachicol/ |access-date=February 7, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=February 7, 2021 |language=es-ES}}

;Economics

  • Price of crude oil (December 31) – US $47.16 per barrel, a 16% loss for the year.{{cite news |title=Petróleo mexicano despide 2020 en 47.16 dólares por barril |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/petroleo-mexicano-despide-2020-en-4716-dolares-por-barril |access-date=January 1, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=31 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • Fuel price (averages December 31) – Regular gasoline: MXN $18.177, Premium: MXN $18.734, Diesel: MXN $19.388, Vehicular natural gas: MXN $9.248{{cite news |title=Precios de la gasolina y diésel hoy PETROIntelligence |url=https://petrointelligence.com/precios-de-la-gasolina-y-diesel-hoy.php |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=petrointelligence.com |publisher=Petro Intelligence |date=January 1, 2021}}
  • Debt – Pemex and CFE reported a debt of MXN $2.26 trillion (US$109.7 billion), a 13.9% increase over 2019.{{cite news |last1=Gutiérrez |first1=Julio |title=La deuda de Pemex y la CFE llegó en 2020 a 2.6 billones de pesos |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/03/01/economia/la-deuda-de-pemex-y-la-cfe-llego-en-2020-a-2-6-billones-de-pesos/ |access-date=March 1, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=March 1, 2021 |language=es}}
  • Overnight interbank interest rate (December 17) – 4.25%.{{cite news |title=Banxico remains on hold in December |url=https://www.focus-economics.com/countries/mexico/news/monetary-policy/banxico-remains-on-hold-in-december |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=FocusEconomics {{!}} Economic Forecasts from the World's Leading Economists |date=23 December 2020}}
  • Exchange rate (December 31) – MXN / USD: 18.93.{{cite news |title=Mexico Inflation Rate (CPI) - Mexico Economy Forecast & Outlook |url=https://www.focus-economics.com/country-indicator/mexico/inflation |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=FocusEconomics {{!}} Economic Forecasts from the World's Leading Economists}}
  • Annual inflation rate – Estimated <3.0%.{{cite news |title=DOF - Diario Oficial de la Federación |url=https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5582641&fecha=23/12/2019 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=dof.gob.mx |publisher=SEGOB |date=December 23, 2020}}
  • Poverty – In May the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) estimated a 9.1% contraction in the economy, leading 9.6 million people living in poverty (49.5% of the population) and 3.4 million people living in extreme poverty (an increase to 17.4.%).{{cite news |title=Economic stagnation and unemployment will force one in every two Mexicans into poverty |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/economic-stagnation-and-unemployment-will-force-one-every-two-mexicans-poverty |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=El Universal |date=16 July 2020 |language=es}}
  • Transfer payments – Mexicans living abroad, mostly in the United States, sent a record US$40.6 billion to their families in Mexico. The average payment was $340.{{cite news |last1=Rodríguez |first1=Israel |title=La Jornada - Remesas lograron 40 mil 606 mdd en 2020; máximo histórico |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/02/economia/remesas-lograron-40-mil-606-mdd-en-2020-maximo-historico/ |access-date=February 2, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |language=es}}

;Health

  • COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico totals – 1,426,094 infections and 125,807 deaths (December 31).{{cite news |title=Mexico's official coronavirus death toll rises to 125,807 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico/mexicos-official-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-to-125807-idUSKBN2961ZW |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=Reuters |date=1 January 2021}} 9,579 people received the first dosis of the vaccine (as of December 24).{{cite news |last1=Camhaji |first1=Elías |title=México vacuna a 9.500 personas en tres días de campaña e intensifica la búsqueda de dosis |url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2020-12-29/mexico-vacuna-a-9500-personas-en-tres-dias-de-campana-e-intensifica-la-busqueda-de-dosis.html |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=EL PAÍS |date=29 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • INEGI reported (August 2020) that the principal causes of death were: heart disease (20.8%), COVID-19 (15.9%), and type 2 diabetes (14.6%). 58.7% of the dead were men and 41.1% were women.{{cite news |last1=Villanueva |first1=Dora |title=Covid-19, la segunda causa de muerte en México: Inegi |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/01/27/politica/coronavirus-la-segunda-causa-de-muerte-en-mexico-inegi/ |access-date=January 27, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=January 27, 2021 |language=es}} Data (January 2021) show 40% ″excessive deaths″ and 954,517 total deaths. Final results will be published in October 2021.{{cite news |last1=Tourliere |first1=Mathieu |title=2020, el año más letal |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2021/2/1/2020-el-ano-mas-letal-257412.html |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |language=es}}

;Population

  • 2020 Census{{cite news |last1=Villanueva |first1=Dora |title=Bajó en México el ritmo de crecimiento poblacional: Inegi |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/01/26/economia/bajo-en-mexico-el-ritmo-de-crecimiento-poblacional-inegi/ |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=January 26, 2021 |language=es}}
  • 126,014,024 total (51.2% female, 48.8% male); 1.2% growth per year since 2010; eleventh most populous in the world.
  • 15 million (12%) over 60 years old, median age 29; youngest state is Chiapas (median 24) and oldest is Mexico City (median 35).
  • 62% of the population over 12 are economically active (men 75.8%, women 49.0%).

Entertainment and culture

{{See also|List of 2020 box office number-one films in Mexico|List of number-one albums of 2020 (Mexico)|List of number-one songs of 2020 (Mexico)|List of number-one Billboard Regional Mexican Songs of 2020}}

=Bullfighting=

  • January 19 to February 16 – The second part of the 2019–20 bullfighting season at Plaza de Toros México in Mexico City.[https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/01/14/actualidad/1578980320_702909.html Toros cómodos y discretos toreros, en la temporada grande de Plaza México] El Pais Cultura, January 14, 2020 {{in lang|es}}

=Fashion=

  • July 10–18-year-old Karen Vega becomes the first model from Oaxaca to be featured on the cover of Vogue México y Latinoamérica magazine.{{cite web |title=Karen Vega, the Mexican model taking the fashion world by storm |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/karen-vega-mexican-model-taking-fashion-world-storm |website=El Universal |access-date=July 11, 2020 |language=es |date=July 10, 2020}}
  • July 12 – Designer Carla Fernández teams up with ten artisans from Michoacan, Colima, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Guerrero to make ecological face masks based upon traditional wooden masks.{{cite web |title=Mexican designer collaborates with artisans to create ecological masks |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexican-designer-collaborates-artisans-create-ecological-masks |website=El Universal |access-date=July 14, 2020 |language=es |date=July 12, 2020}}
  • December 15 – French designer Isabel Marant apologizes for stealing indigenous designs from Michoacán, State of México, Tlaxcala, San Luis Potosí, and Oaxaca.{{cite news |title=Aristegui Noticias |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/1512/kiosko/disenadora-francesa-marant-se-disculpa-por-usar-disenos-indigenas-mexicanos/ |access-date=December 15, 2020 |date=December 15, 2020 |language=es}}

=Film=

  • February 9: 92nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles
  • Fernando Luján was remembered as a "movie legend" at the Academy Awards ceremony.[https://www.razon.com.mx/entretenimiento/la-academia-recuerda-a-fernando-lujan-en-ceremonia-de-premios-oscar-2020/ La Academia recuerda a Fernando Luján en ceremonia de Premios Oscar 2020 {{in lang|es}}] La Razon online, February 10, 2020
  • Luis Manuel Villreal, 47, from Monterrey wins an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, Hair Love.[https://www.publimetro.com.mx/mx/entretenimiento/2020/02/09/mexicano-gana-oscar-por-colaborar-en-corto-animado.html Mexicano gana Oscar por colaborar en corto animado] Retrieved February 10, 2020 [https://www.eldiariodechihuahua.mx/espectaculos/video-celebra-mexicano-triunfo-de-hair-love-en-los-oscar-20200210-1625879.html Video: Celebra mexicano triunfo de Hair Love en los Óscar] {{in lang|es}}
  • May 29 to June 7 – The Guadalajara International Film Festival participates in the We Are One: A Global Film Festival.{{cite web |title=Guadalajara Film Festival to join YouTube's We Are One: A Global Film Festival |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/guadalajara-film-festival-join-youtubes-we-are-one-global-film-festival |website=El Universal |access-date=June 25, 2020 |language=es |date=May 12, 2020}}
  • June 23 – Laura Mariana Meraz, a Mexican national who lives in Brooklyn, New York City, wins the New York City Quarantine Film Festival with the short film 19 Times.{{cite web |title=Mexican film director triumphs at NYC Quarantine Film Festival |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexican-film-director-triumphs-nyc-quarantine-film-festival |website=El Universal |access-date=June 25, 2020 |language=es |date=June 23, 2020}}
  • August 30 – Blanco de verano, directed by Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, is selected the best Iberoamerican feature-length movie at the Málaga Film Festival. Fabián Corres wins best supporting actor; and Ruiz Patterson and Raúl Sebastián Quintanilla win the award for best script. Arturo Ripstein wins a retrospective award for El diablo entre las piernas.{{cite web |title=La película mexicana "Blanco de verano" gana premio en el Festival de Málaga |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/la-pel%C3%ADcula-mexicana-blanco-de-verano-gana-premio-en-el-festival-de-m%C3%A1laga/ar-BB18whD7?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=24 Horas |access-date=August 30, 2020}}
  • September 9 – Vilcek Prize in Filmmaking to Rodrigo Prieto; for Creative Promise in Filmmaking, Juan Pablo González.{{cite web |title=El mexicano Rodrigo Prieto recibe premio por sus aportes como migrante |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/el-mexicano-rodrigo-prieto-recibe-premio-por-sus-aportes-como-migrante/ar-BB18PPJq?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Quién |access-date=September 9, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Vilcek Foundation Awards $250,000 in Prizes to Immigrant Filmmakers |url=https://news.yahoo.com/vilcek-foundation-awards-250-000-160000708.html |website=news.yahoo.com |publisher=Cision PR newswire |access-date=September 9, 2020}}
  • September 12 – Director Michel Franco wins the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize for Nuevo Orden (New Order) at the Venice Film Festival.{{cite web |last1=Lattanzio |first1=Ryan |title=Venice Film Festival 2020 Winners: 'Nomadland' Takes Golden Lion, Vanessa Kirby Is Best Actress |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/09/venice-film-festival-2020-winners-list-1234585982/ |website=IndieWire |access-date=September 12, 2020 |date=12 September 2020}}
  • October – Morelia International Film Festival: Sin señas particulares directed by Fernanda Valadez wins "Best Mexican Film."
  • November 17 – Sin señas particulares directed by Fernanda Valadez wins first prize ("Golden Alexander") at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece.{{cite news |title=Cinta mexicana "Sin señas particulares" recibe máximo premio en festival de cine en Grecia |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/cine/cinta-mexicana-sin-senas-particulares-recibe-maximo-premio-en-festival-de-cine-en |access-date=November 17, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=17 November 2020 |language=es}}
  • TBA: 62nd Ariel Awards for excellence in film-making

=Literature=

  • January 24 – Writer Guillermo Arriaga wins the Premio Alfaguara de Novela for his novel, Salvar el fuego.[https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/literatura/2020/01/24/5e2b077021efa09d528b459e.html Guillermo Arriaga, premio Alfaguara de novela con una historia de violencia y amor en el México actual] Luis Alemany, El Mundo (Madrid), January 24, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • February 13 – The El Colegio de México awards the Alfonso Reyes International Prize to American historian Herbert S. Klein.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/letras/herbert-s-klein-ganador-del-premio-alfonso-reyes-2019 Otorgan el Premio Alfonso Reyes 2019 a Herbert S. Klein] El Universal February 13, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • June 10 – The Princess of Asturias Award for Literature is awarded to the Guadalajara International Book Fair.{{cite web|date=2020-06-10|title=FIL Guadalajara wins Princess of Asturias Award|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/guadalajara-international-book-fair-wins-2020-princess-asturias-award|access-date=2021-01-01|website=El Universal}}
  • September 18 – Juana Peñate Montejo wins the Premio de Literaturas Indígenas de América (Indigenous Literature of America Prize, PLIA) for the Chʼol language poem Isoñil ja’al ("Water Dance").{{cite news |last1=Alejo Santiago |first1=Jesús |title=Poeta en lengua chol gana Premio de Literaturas Indígenas de América |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/poeta-en-lengua-chol-gana-premio-de-literaturas-ind%C3%ADgenas-de-am%C3%A9rica/ar-BB19bCnL?ocid=msedgntp |access-date=Sep 18, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Milenio |date=September 18, 2020}}
  • December 29 – The National Prize for Arts and Sciences is awarded to four men, and in a controversial move a special award is given to Bertha Navarro y Solares.{{cite news |title=Presidencia publica el acuerdo del Premio Nacional de Artes y Literatura 2020 |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/letras/presidencia-publica-el-acuerdo-del-premio-nacional-de-artes-y-literatura-2020 |access-date=January 2, 2021 |work=El Universal |date=1 January 2021 |language=es}}

=Music=

  • January 14 – Manuel Antonio Casas Camarillo of Oaxaca wins second place in the Golden Classical Music Award in New York City, United States.[https://www.milenio.com/cultura/escenario/golden-classical-music-award-pianista-antonio-casas-gana Pianista mexicano gana en concurso internacional de música clásica] Milenio Cultura, January 14, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 19 – Actress Yalitza Aparicio made a surprise appearance with Chilean singer Mon Laferte while she sang Plata ta tá at the Palacio de los Deportes. Aparicio held up a hand-written sign that said, "No es mi color de piel, mi clase social, mi cultura o mi preferencia sexual lo que determina quien soy, son mis valores". ("It is not my skin color, my social class, my culture or my sexual preference that determines who I am, they are my values.")[https://www.radioformula.com.mx/entretenimiento/20200119/no-es-mi-color-de-piel-yalitza-aparicio-protesta-en-concierto-de-mon-laferte/ “No es mi color de piel”: Yalitza Aparicio protesta en concierto de Mon Laferte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120125637/https://www.radioformula.com.mx/entretenimiento/20200119/no-es-mi-color-de-piel-yalitza-aparicio-protesta-en-concierto-de-mon-laferte/ |date=January 20, 2020 }} By Grupo Formula, January 20, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • May 28 & 31 – Virtual pop concerts organized by Ocesa, featuring María José, Los Claxons, María León, and others.{{cite web |title=Así se vivió el primer día del Festival Virtual Conecta |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/musica/asi-se-vivio-el-primer-dia-del-festival-virtual-conecta |website=eluniversal.com.mx |date=May 29, 2020 |access-date=May 30, 2020}}
  • September 27 – German rock and metal band Rammstein performs at Foro Sol in Mexico City.[https://mexico.as.com/mexico/2020/01/21/tikitakas/1579627216_891818.html Rammstein confirma su visita a la Ciudad de México] Tikitakas, January 21, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • November 20 – Natalia Lafourcade wins three awards at the Latin Grammy Awards including Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Un Canto Por México, Vol. 1.{{cite news |title=Ladies' night at Latin Grammys: Lafourcade, Rosalía win big |url=https://apnews.com/article/latin-grammy-awards-j-balvin-maluma-hip-hop-and-rap-coronavirus-pandemic-448c04b96ba67729f42defa2c487bece |access-date=November 21, 2020 |work=AP NEWS |date=19 November 2020}}

=Television=

  • February 24
  • Como tú no hay 2 comedy-drama premiers on El Canal de las Estrellas{{cite web |title=¡Ya hay fecha de estreno para 'Como tú no hay 2', protagonizada por Adrián Uribe y Claudia Martín! |url=https://www.lasestrellas.tv/espectaculos-1/tus-estrellas-1/como-tu-no-hay-2-fecha-hora-estreno |website=Las Estrellas TV |access-date=June 20, 2020 |language=es}}
  • ¡Qué Chulada! (TV program) talk show debuted on Imagen Televisión.
  • August 18–20: 'Expo Cine Video Television' in Mexico City[https://10times.com/cine-video-television Expo Cine Video Television] 10Times, Retrieved January 12, 2020
  • August 19–21: 'TecnoTelevision Mexico' at the World Trade Center Mexico City is for professionals in broadcasting, production, and post-production.[https://mexico.tecnotelevision.com/ Tecno Television Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715232252/https://mexico.tecnotelevision.com/ |date=July 15, 2019 }} Retrieved January 12, 2020

=Theater=

=Visual arts=

  • January 15 – The controversial nude painting of Emiliano Zapata, La Revolución by Fabián Cháirez is purchased by Spanish businessperson Tatxo Benet.[https://www.proceso.com.mx/614292/zapata-tatxo-benet-fabian-chairez Un empresario español compra la polémica pintura de Zapata] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116134403/https://www.proceso.com.mx/614292/zapata-tatxo-benet-fabian-chairez |date=January 16, 2020 }} Milenio, January 15, 2020
  • February 5–9 – Contemporary Art Week at four locations in Mexico City The fair in "Zona Macro" is considered the most important contemporary art fair in Latin America.
  • July 1–17 – An open-air art exhibit called Conexión (Connection) where works of art are displayed in windows, doors, walls, and terraces was on held in several Mexico City neighborhoods. Works by Teresita de la Torre, Cole M. James, Itzamina Reyes, Nasser Dłaz, and Alfredo Esparza Cárdenas, among others, were on display.{{cite web |title=Mexico City streets become an open-air museum amid the pandemic |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexico-city-streets-become-open-air-museum-amid-pandemic |website=El Universal |access-date=July 9, 2020 |language=es |date=July 4, 2020}}
  • September 8 – The Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in CDMX reopens with an exposition by 20th-century Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani.{{cite web |last1=Saldaña |first1=Jonathan |title=La exposición con la que Bellas Artes reabre sus puertas |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/la-exposici%C3%B3n-con-la-que-bellas-artes-reabre-sus-puertas/ar-BB18Q8N2?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Quién |access-date=September 9, 2020}}

=Other=

  • January 8
  • XHCHM-FM radio station closes after seven years.[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/81451_200127165243_9186.pdf Constancia de Inscripción en El Registro Público de Concesiones] retrieved June 20, 2020
  • XHPAT-FM radio station closes after eight years.[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/37603_200127165110_3272.pdf Constancia de Inscripción en El Registro Público de Concesiones] retrieved June 20, 2020
  • March 7 – Valentina Fluchaire is chosen "Miss International Queen" in the transgender beauty contest in Thailand.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/espectaculos/2020/03/07/mexicana-transgenero-gana-premio-de-belleza-en-tailandia-654.html Mexican transgender wins beauty award in Thailand]{{in lang|es}} La Jornada, March 7, 2020
  • March 13 to 15 – La Mole Convention (comic books), Centro Citibanamex, Mexico City[https://lamole.com.mx/ La Mole Convention] La Mole Convention, Retrieved January 11, 2020
  • June 10 – Karime López is the first Mexican woman to win a Michelin star.{{cite web |title=Karime López, primera mujer mexicana en obtener una estrella Michelin |url=https://gourmetdemexico.com.mx/comida-y-cultura/karime-lopez-estrella-michelin-mujer-mexicana/ |website=Gourmet de México: Vive el placer de la gastronomía. |access-date=June 12, 2020 |language=es |date=November 11, 2019}}

Sports

{{Main|2020 in sports}}

{{See also|Category:2020 in Mexican sports|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports}}

=Association football and soccer=

  • January 10 – Close of Liga MX[https://ligamx.net/cancha/hashtag/2020 Noticias Relacionadas #2020] Liga MX, Retrieved January 12, 2020 {{in lang|es}} and Liga MX Femenil[http://www.ligafemenil.mx/ Clausura 2020] Liga MX Femenil, Retrieved January 12, 2020 {{in lang|es}} soccer seasons begin.[https://www.futboltotal.com.mx/futbol-mexicano/ya-hay-fecha-de-inicio-para-el-clausura-2020/2019/11 Ya hay fecha de inicio para el Clausura 2020] Futbol Total, Retrieved January 12, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 20 – The La Comisión Disciplinaria de la Federación Mexicana de Futbol (Disciplinary Commission of the Mexican Soccer League) disciplines Estadio Jalisco after fans yelled homophobic insults.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/deportes/2020/01/20/tras-grito-homofobico-vetan-un-juego-al-jalisco-1684.html#.XiZnSX8YCZw.twitter Va en serio; vetan un juego al Jalisco por grito homofóbico] La Jornada, January 20, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • February 22 – Rodolfo Cota, goalie for Club León, protests against femicide and may be suspended for three matches and fined MXN $300,000.[https://www.lajornadamaya.mx/2020-02-24/Portero-de-Leon-se-manifiesta-contra-feminicidios--podria-ser-sancionado Goalkeeper of León manifests against femicides; could be sanctioned] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226194702/https://www.lajornadamaya.mx/2020-02-24/Portero-de-Leon-se-manifiesta-contra-feminicidios--podria-ser-sancionado |date=February 26, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} La Jornada Maya, February 24, 2020
  • February 22 to March 8 – Campeonato Femenino Sub-20 Concacaf 2020 (Concacaf 2020 Under-20 Women's Championship) in the Dominican Republic[https://www.guatemala.com/deportes/futbol-guatemalteco/como-sera-participacion-guatemala-campeonato-femenino-sub-20-concacaf-2020.html Cómo será la participación de Guatemala en el Campeonato Femenino Sub-20 Concacaf 2020] By Juan Diego, Guatemala.com, Retrieved January 20, 2020
  • March 26 – The Mexico national soccer team plays an exhibition game against the Czech Republic national soccer team in Charlotte, North Carolina.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexicos-soccer-team-play-against-czech-republic Mexico's soccer team to play against Czech Republic] El Universal English, January 17, 2020
  • March 29 – The Mexico national soccer team plays an exhibition game against the Greek national soccer team in Arlington, Texas.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexicos-soccer-team-play-against-greece Mexico's soccer team to play against Greece] El Universal English, January 18, 2020
  • May 18 – The Liga MX officially closes without a champion.{{cite web|date=2020-05-18|title=Liga MX se dará por terminada; no habrá campeón|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/futbol/liga-mx-se-dara-por-terminada-no-habra-campeon|access-date=2021-01-01|website=El Universal|language=es}}
  • May 29 – Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas and two other executives of Cruz Azul soccer club are investigated for money laundering.{{cite web |title=Mexico's Cruz Azul soccer team top directors investigated for money laundering |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexicos-cruz-azul-soccer-team-top-directors-investigated-money-laundering |website=El Universal |access-date=May 30, 2020 |language=es |date=May 29, 2020}}
  • June 2 – Monarcas Morelia announce they will move to Mazatlan next year.{{cite web |title=Monarcas deja Morelia; se muda a Mazatlán |url=https://www.informador.mx/deportes/Monarcas-deja-Morelia-se-muda-a-Mazatlan-20200602-0066.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=February 6, 2020 |access-date=June 2, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • July 24 – Liga MX is scheduled to begin matches, but without the public.{{cite web |title=El futbol mexicano volverá el 24 de julio; 12 equipos podrán calificar a la liguilla ahora |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/el-futbol-mexicano-volver%c3%a1-el-24-de-julio-12-equipos-podr%c3%a1n-calificar-a-la-liguilla-ahora/ar-BB15j9rq |website=msn.com |access-date=June 10, 2020}}
  • December 13 – Club León defeats the Pumas 3-1 for the Guardianes 2020 Liga MX championship.{{cite news |title=León vence a Pumas y es campeón del fútbol mexicano |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/12/14/leon-vence-a-pumas-y-es-campeon-del-futbol-mexicano/ |access-date=December 14, 2020 |work=CNN |date=14 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 14 – Tigres Femenil defeat Rayadas 3-2 for the Liga MX femenil championship.{{cite news |title=Tigres son las nuevas campeonas de la Liga MX Femenil y se reafirmaron como las máximas ganadoras del torneo mexicano |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/deportes/2020/12/15/tigres-son-las-nuevas-campeonas-de-la-liga-mx-femenil-y-se-reafirmaron-como-las-maximas-ganadoras-del-torneo-mexicano/ |access-date=December 14, 2020 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=December 15, 2020 |language=es-ES}}

=Auto and motorcycle racing=

  • February 15 – 2020 Mexico City ePrix won by Mitch Evans
  • March 12 to 15 – 2020 Rally Mexico, León, Guanajuato to Guanajuato City; won by Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
  • July 24 – Formula One races are canceled in Mexico and other countries during 2020.{{cite web |title=Formula 1 cancels Mexico Grand Prix due to COVID-19 |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/formula-1-cancels-mexico-grand-prix-due-covid-19 |website=El Universal |access-date=July 28, 2020 |language=es |date=July 24, 2020}}
  • December 6 – Sergio Pérez wins the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix.{{cite news |title=Fórmula 1: Resumen y resultados de la victoria de Checo Pérez en el Gran Premio de Sakhir 2020 |url=https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/motor/formula-1/2020/12/06/5fccec59ca474103138b4612.html |access-date=December 6, 2020 |work=MARCA Claro México |date=6 December 2020 |language=es-MX}}

=Baseball, softball, and cricket=

  • February 1–7: Baseball: Caribbean Series in San Juan, Puerto Rico[https://www.septimaentrada.com/liga-mexicana-del-pacifico/calendario-serie-del-caribe-2020-puerto-rico-juegos-mexico Este es el calendario de la Serie del Caribe 2020] Septima Entrada, January 5, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • August 17 – The Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame cancels its 2020 induction ceremony until 2021.{{cite web |title=Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano pospone Entronización 2020 |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/deportes/other/sal%C3%B3n-de-la-fama-del-beisbol-mexicano-pospone-entronizaci%C3%B3n-2020/ar-BB183O59?ocid=msedgdhp |publisher=Editorial Séptima entrada |access-date=August 17, 2020}}
  • September 11 to 20 – 2020 Women's Baseball World Cup in Monterrey[https://www.philstar.com/sports/2020/01/08/1983084/philippine-baseball-picks-steam Philippine baseball picks up steam] by Joaquin Henson (The Philippine Star) – January 8, 2020

=Basketball=

=Bicycling=

  • February 14 – Muevéte en Bici ("Move by bicycle") sponsors a night ride in Mexico City for Valentine's Day (Spanish: Día de Amor y Amistad).[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/destinos/que-actividades-habra-en-la-ciudad-de-mexico-en-febrero-2020 Actividades que podrás hacer en la CDMX durante febrero 2020] Activities you can do in Mexico City during February 2020, El Universal, February 2, 2020

=Boxing, martial arts, and wrestling=

  • January 1 – Sin Piedad (2020) wrestling
  • January 24 – La Noche de Mr. Niebla wrestling event in honor of the late Mr. Niebla.
  • March 13
  • Rossy Velazquéz, 35, from Morelos fights María José "Leona" Favela from Baja California in Muay Thai and Grappling at Combate Americas in Tucson, Arizona, USA.[https://zonadoesporte.com/la-guerrera-de-morelos-rossy-velazquez-hara-su-debut-en-la-liga-combate-americas/ La guerrera de Morelos Rossy Velazquéz hará su debut en la liga Combate Americas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815080229/https://zonadoesporte.com/la-guerrera-de-morelos-rossy-velazquez-hara-su-debut-en-la-liga-combate-americas/ |date=August 15, 2020 }} By Klinger Araujo, Zona Esporte, January 19, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • AAA vs MLW wrestling in Tijuana

=Fishing and hunting=

  • July 16 to 18 – International Marlin and Tuna fishing tournament, Nuevo Vallarta, Jalisco[https://www.zonaturistica.com/en/calendar/1255/torneo-internacional-de-pesca-marlin-y-atun-nuevo-vallarta.html Torneo Internacional De Pesca Marlín Y Atún 2020] Zona Turistica, Retrieved January 7, 2020 {{in lang|es}}

=Golf=

  • February 17—23 – 2020 WGC-Mexico Championship won by Patrick Reed at Club Chapultepec in Mexico City[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/mas-deportes/pga-tour-confirma-dos-torneos-en-mexico PGA Tour confirm dos torneos en México] Ramon Treviño, El Universal, July 29, 2019 {{in lang|es}}
  • June 17—21 – Mexican Pro Golf Tour final, Mayakoba Championship, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo[http://mexprotour.plus.golf/calendario/ LA TEMPORADA 2019] Mexico Pro Tour Plus, Retrieved January 12, 2020
  • November 9 – Carlos Ortiz wins the Houston Open. This is the first time a Mexican national has won a PGA tournament in 42 years.{{cite web |title="Esta va por México": Carlos Ortiz, el golfista que rompió una sequía de 42 años en el PGA Tour |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/11/09/esta-va-por-mexico-carlos-ortiz-el-golfista-que-rompio-una-sequia-de-42-anos-en-el-pga-tour/ |website=infobae |date=November 9, 2020 |access-date=November 9, 2020 |language=es-ES}}

=Olympics=

  • January 15 – Laura Wilson wins a gold medal in mixed 3-on-3 ice hockey as part of the Yellow Team at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[https://www.elsoldedurango.com.mx/deportes/mexicana-luisa-wilson-gana-oro-hockey-sobre-hielo-juegos-olimpicos-juveniles-invierno-4703671.html ¡De sueño! Mexicana Luisa Wilson gana oro en hockey sobre hielo] by Guillermo Martínez, El Sol de Durango, January 15, 2020 {{in lang|es}}

=Tennis and racket sports=

=Track and Field, running, and jogging=

  • January 25 – Laura Galván wins the mile run at the "John Thomas Terrier Classic" at Boston University with a time of 4'31.89", a Mexican record.[https://zonafranca.mx/deportes/la-guanajuatense-laura-galvan-gana-la-milla-indoor-en-boston-y-registra-record-mexicano/ La guanajuatense Laura Galván gana la milla Indoor en Boston y registra récord mexicano] Octavio Zúñiga, Zona Franca Deportes, January 25, 2020

Births

  • January 9 – Salomón Andrés López Adams, first grandchild of President López Obrador, born in Houston, Texas[https://aristeguinoticias.com/1401/mexico/amlo-ya-es-abuelo-su-nieto-nacio-en-houston-texas/ AMLO ya es abuelo; su nieto nació en Houston, Texas] Aristegui Noticias, January 14, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • July 1
  • Teodoro Zedillo de la Vega, tenth grandchild of former president Ernesto Zedillo.{{cite web |title=Ernesto Zedillo da la bienvenida a su nieto número 10 |url=https://www.revistaclase.mx/gente-con-clase/ernesto-zedillo-da-la-bienvenida-su-nieto-numero-10 |website=Clase |access-date=July 28, 2020 |language=es |date=July 27, 2020}}
  • Eight Mexican gray wolf cubs of the endangered species C. l. baileyi are born at the Desert Museum in Saltillo, Coahuila.{{cite web |title=Las tiernas imágenes de los ocho cachorros de lobo gris mexicano que nacieron en Saltillo |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/fotos/2020/07/02/las-tiernas-imagenes-de-los-ocho-cachorros-de-lobo-gris-mexicano-que-nacieron-en-saltillo/ |website=Infobae |date=July 2, 2020 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • August 8 – An African elephant named "Zoom" is born in Africam Safari in Valsequillo, Puebla.{{cite web |title=Nace cría de elefante africano en México durante pandemia, le llaman 'Zoom' |url=https://www.muyinteresante.com.mx/medio-ambiente/nace-elefante-africano-mexico-zoom/ |website=Muy Interesante |access-date=August 17, 2020 |language=es |date=August 18, 2020}}
  • August 18 – An unnamed white tiger cub weighing {{convert|1|kg|lb}} is born at the Culiacán zoo.{{cite web |last1=Sánchez |first1=Samuel |title=Sinaloa: nace tigre blanco en el Zoológico de Culiacán |url=https://www.unotv.com/estados/sinaloa/sinaloa-en-pandemia-nace-tigre-blanco-en-el-zoologico-de-culiacan/ |website=Uno TV |access-date=September 8, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=18 August 2020}}
  • December 1 – An unnamed black jaguar puppy is born at the Mérida zoos, Centenario and Animaya.{{cite news |title=Nació un adorable jaguar negro con ojos claros en zoológico de Mérida; buscan nombre para el cachorro |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/02/03/nacio-un-adorable-jaguar-negro-con-ojos-claros-en-zoologico-de-merida-buscan-nombre-para-el-cachorro/ |access-date=February 3, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=February 3, 2021 |language=es-ES}}

Deaths

{{See also|List of politicians killed in the Mexican Drug War|List of journalists and media workers killed in Mexico}}

=January=

  • January 2 – Minerva 'N', 42, is the first victim of femicide of the year, in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí; stabbed.
  • January 3
  • Andrea Arruti, 21, voice actress, dubbed ('Sid Chang') in The Loud House and The Casagrandes, and ('Izzy') in Jake and the Neverland Pirates; Asthma[https://www.adn40.mx/noticia/cultura/notas/2020-01-14-20-59/muere-a-los-21-anos-andrea-arruti-quien-dio-voz-a-elsa-de-frozen Muere a los 21 años Andrea Arruti, quien dio voz a Elsa de Frozen] ADN 40, January 14, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Alicia Salgado, nurse union leader (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado de México); tortured to death (body found on this date){{cite web |title=Hallada muerta y con signos de tortura una líder sindical desaparecida en México |url=https://www.hoy.es/internacional/america-latina/hallada-muerta-signos-tortura-lider-sindical-mexico-20200102083542-ntrc.html |website=Hoy |access-date=April 24, 2020 |language=es |date=January 3, 2020}}
  • January 4
  • Félix Alberto Linares, mayor of Ocuilan, State of México; an ultra-light plane crash.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/muere-f%c3%a9lix-alberto-linares-alcalde-de-ocuilan-en-accidente-a%c3%a9reo/ar-BBYCzpS Muere Félix Alberto Linares, alcalde de Ocuilan en accidente aéreo] MSN Noticias/24 Horas, January 4, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Enrique Montero Ponce, 91, journalist (XEHR) from Puebla{{Cite web|url=https://www.ejecentral.com.mx/murio-a-los-91-anos-el-periodista-enrique-montero-ponce/|title=Murió a los 91 años el periodista Enrique Montero Ponce|date=January 5, 2020}}
  • January 5
  • Rubén Almanza, 90, Olympic basketball player (1952){{Cite web|url=https://gruporeforma.elnorte.com/libre/offlines/mty/Obituarios/homenajes_norte/pdf/28_10_1_2020_12_34_41.pdf|title=Rubén Almanza Garcia}}
  • Felipe Antonio Díaz Zamora, Spanish chef in Tijuana, Baja California; murdered.[https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/4109283/0/muere-asesinado-en-tijuana-mexico-el-chef-cartagenero-felipe-antonio-diaz-zamora/ Muere asesinado en Tijuana (México) el chef cartagenero Felipe Antonio Díaz Zamora] 20 Minutos (Spain), January 8, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 6 – Sergio Fernández, 93, novelist (Los peces (1968) and Los desfiguros de mi corazón (1986)), essayist, and university professor (National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM))[https://www.proceso.com.mx/613202/muere-el-sorjuanologo-y-cervantista-sergio-fernandez Muere el sorjuanólogo y cervantista Sergio Fernández] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107095419/https://www.proceso.com.mx/613202/muere-el-sorjuanologo-y-cervantista-sergio-fernandez |date=January 7, 2020 }} Proceso, January 6, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 8
  • Jaime Rosas Quiñones, leader of the sugarcane union Confederación Nacional de Propietarios Rurales (CNPR) in Puebla, shot in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla. Carlos Valencia Camaño, 44, was also shot.[https://www.lodehoy.com.mx/2020/01/08/605/ejecutan-lider-canero-era-diputado-suplente Ejecutan a líder cañero; era hermano de diputado suplente] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913064624/https://www.lodehoy.com.mx/2020/01/08/605/ejecutan-lider-canero-era-diputado-suplente |date=September 13, 2020 }} By fernando Alberto Cristano, Lo De Hoy, La Jornada Morelos, January 8, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Gary Hirsch Meillón, legal representative of Marindustrias (a tuna fish company) and former local president of the Red Cross; shot in Manzanillo, Colima[https://www.proceso.com.mx/613503/ejecutan-a-apoderado-legal-de-atunera-mientras-cenaba-con-su-esposa-en-manzanillo Ejecutan a apoderado legal de atunera mientras cenaba con su esposa en Manzanillo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109213445/https://www.proceso.com.mx/613503/ejecutan-a-apoderado-legal-de-atunera-mientras-cenaba-con-su-esposa-en-manzanillo |date=January 9, 2020 }} By Pedro Zamora Briseň0, Proceso, January 9, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 9 – Martín Alejandro Loera Trujillo, 18, student-athlete at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; murdered[https://www.proceso.com.mx/613640/ejecutan-a-estudiante-y-destacado-atleta-en-una-plaza-comercial-de-ciudad-juarez Ejecutan a estudiante y destacado atleta en una plaza comercial de Ciudad Juárez] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110215100/https://www.proceso.com.mx/613640/ejecutan-a-estudiante-y-destacado-atleta-en-una-plaza-comercial-de-ciudad-juarez |date=January 10, 2020 }} By Patricia Mayorga, Proceso, January 10, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 10
  • María "Miss Mary" Assaf Medina, 50, English teacher at Colegio Cervantes in Torreón, Coahuila; murdered in a school shooting. The 11-year-old shooter and a 7-year-old girl also died.[https://vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/adios-a-miss-mary-una-maestra-ejemplar-que-perdi%C3%B3-la-vida-en-tragedia-de-torreon Adiós a miss Mary: una maestra ejemplar que perdió la vida en tragedia de Torreón] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112130011/https://vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/adios-a-miss-mary-una-maestra-ejemplar-que-perdi%C3%B3-la-vida-en-tragedia-de-torreon |date=January 12, 2020 }} Vanguardia, January 11, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • José Javier Rodríguez Garza, Director of operations of Club de Fútbol Monterrey[http://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/detallenoticia/33213/lamentamos-el-fallecimiento-del-sr-jose-javier-rodriguez-garza Lamentamos el fallecimiento del Sr. Jose Javier Rodriguez Garza] Liga MX Femenil, January 19, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 11
  • Jorge Cázares Campos, 82, landscape painter from Cuernavaca, Morelos[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/cultura/2020/01/11/fallece-jorge-cazares-campos-pintor-paisajista-morelense-9462.html#.XhoP-_qliss.facebook Fallece Jorge Cázares Campos, pintor paisajista morelense] by Rubicela Morelos Cruz, La Jornada Cultural, January 11, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • La Parka II (Jesus Alfonso Huerta Escoboza), Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide wrestler; renal complication (b. January 4, 1966)[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/deportes/2020/01/11/muere-el-luchador-de-la-aaa-2018la-parka2019-243.html#.XhqZILBWlKg.facebook Muere el luchador de la AAA ‘La Parka’] La Jornada, January 11, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 13
  • Carlos Alvarado Perea, 68, progressive rock musician; cancer (b. August 11, 1951)[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/espectaculos/2020/01/14/muere-el-musico-carlos-alvarado-perea-7317.html Muere el músico Carlos Alvarado Perea] La Jornada, January 14, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Carlos Girón, 65, silver medal-winning diver in the 1980 Olympics[https://www.proceso.com.mx/613904/carlos-giron-murio Murió el medallista olímpico Carlos Girón] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113215204/https://www.proceso.com.mx/613904/carlos-giron-murio |date=January 13, 2020 }} Proceso, January 13, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 77, movie director (La tarea o María de mi corazón) in Aguascalientes[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/espectaculos/2020/01/13/muere-el-director-de-cine-jaime-humberto-hermosillo-3455.html#.XhzT24RFiMk.facebook Muere el director de cine Jaime Humberto Hermosillo] Proceso, January 13, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Maria Guadalupe Lopez Esquival "La Catina", 21, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in Tepalcatepec, Michoacan; killed in gun battle with state and federal security forces.{{Cite web|url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/clash-kills-la-catrina-21-suspected-cjng-boss/|title=Clash kills La Catrina, 21, suspected CJNG boss in Tierra Caliente|first=Peter|last=Davies|date=January 13, 2020}}
  • January 14
  • Guillermo Ancira Elizondo, 57, businessman (b. 1962){{Cite web|url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/empresas/fallece-el-empresario-guillermo-ancira/|title=Fallece el empresario Guillermo Ancira, hermano de Alonso Ancira|website=El Financiero|date=January 14, 2020 }}
  • Chamín Correa El Requinto de Oro (the Golden Guitarist), 90, founder of Los Tres Caballeros (b. 1929)[https://lopezdoriga.com/entretenimiento/murio-el-musico-chamin-correa/ Murió el músico Chamín Correa] López-Dóriga Digital, January 14, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Diego Alejandro Rentería ("El Pulpomo"), 39, radio announcer[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/farandula/muere-el-conductor-de-radio-diego-renteria-el-pulpomo Muere el conductor de radio Diego Rentería "El Pulpomo" {{in lang|es}}] El Universal, January 15, 2020
  • January 16 – Jorge Navarro Sánchez and Luis Gerardo Rivera, actors in the Televisa series No Fear of Truth died after falling from a bridge during filming near Mexico City.{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/actors-die-fall-rehearsal-mexican-tv-show-68354826|title=Actors die in fall during rehearsal for Mexican TV show|website=ABC News }}
  • January 17
  • Members of the band Sensación murdered by "Los Ardillos" in Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero: Jose Julio (37), Crescenciano (37), Israel (24), Antonio (24), Candido (20), Lorenzo (32), Juan Joaquin (42), Marco (36), Regino (15), and Israel (15)[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/asesinan-10-miembros-de-grupo-musical-en-chilapa-de-alvarez-guerrero Asesinan 10 miembros de grupo musical en Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero] El Universal, January 17, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • Eduardo Soar Nova López, 42, police officer killed while trying to stop a robbery in Cuernavaca[https://www.adninforma.com/2020/01/17/identifican-a-policia-caido-en-cumplimiento-de-su-deber/ Identifican a POLICÍA caído en cumplimiento de su deber] ADN informa, retrieved January 18, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 18 – Isabel Cabanillas, 26, artist and activist in Ciudad Juárez[https://netnoticias.mx/juarez/lamentan-muerte-de-isabel-cabanillas-convocan-a-homenaje/ Lamentan muerte de Isabel Cabanillas, convocan a homenaje] By Kevin Luna, Net Noticias.com, January 19, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 23 – José "N", husband of alderman from Huimanguillo, Tabasco; murdered[https://www.elheraldodetabasco.com.mx/policiaca/asesinan-a-esposo-de-regidora-de-huimanguillo-4738471.html Asesinan a esposo de regidora de Huimanguillo] El Heraldo de Tabasco, January 23, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 24
  • José Luis Castro Medellín, 81, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tacámbaro (2002–2014).{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdnoticias.com.mx/articulos/fallece-obispo-luis-castro-medellin/michoacan|title=Fallece el Obispo Luis Castro Medellin|first=Abel|last=Lopez|date=January 24, 2020}}
  • Carlos Garrido Gular, director del Instituto Tcnológico de Villa La Venta, Huimanguillo, Tabasco; murdered[https://www.elheraldodetabasco.com.mx/local/acribillan-a-director-del-itslv-4747532.html Acribillan a director del ITSLV] El Heraldo de Tabasco, January 25, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 25 – Enrique Rovirosa Priego, businessman and rancher from Villahermosa, Tabasco; natural causes.[https://www.elheraldodetabasco.com.mx/local/fallece-el-empresario-enrique-rovirosa-priego-4748784.html Fallece el empresario Enrique Rovirosa Priego] El Heraldo de Tabasco, January 25, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 28 – Narciso Elvira, 52, left-handed pitcher in the Mexican League (MLB), Milwaukee Brewers (MLB), Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB); murdered in Paso del Toro, Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz; murdered. His brother Abraham was wounded and his nephew Gustavo was also killed.[https://www.milenio.com/deportes/beisbol/narciso-elvira-ex-beisbolista-de-grandes-ligas-es-asesinado Muere Narciso Evira, ex-beisbolista de grandes ligas] Milenio, January 28, 2020 [https://www.mediotiempo.com/beisbol/narciso-elvira-muere-baleado-veracruz-pitcher-mexicano-mlb Exligamayorista mexicano Narciso Elvira fue asesinado en Veracruz; ya había sido secuestrado en 2015] Medio Tiempo.com, January 28, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 29 – Homero Gómez González, 50, ecologist and president of Comité Administrador del Santuario El Rosario, a Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Ocampo Municipality, Michoacán. He was last seen alive on January 20, and a spokesperson for the state human rights commission declared that he believes Gómez González was murdered by illegal forestry interests.[https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020/01/30/actualidad/1580347593_030310.html?ssm=FB_CM Hallado sin vida un activista ambiental dedicado a la protección de la mariposa monarca en México] by Carlos Salinas Maldonado, El Pais, January 30, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • January 30 – Miguel Arroyo, 53, road racing cyclist, National champion (2000), complications during surgery.{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/deportes/2020/01/31/murio-miguel-arroyo-uno-de-los-maximos-exponentes-del-ciclismo-en-mexico/|title=Murió Miguel Arroyo, uno de los máximos exponentes del ciclismo en México|date=31 January 2020|website=infobae}}

According to the Security Cabinet (Attorney General, Secretary of Security, Army, and Navy), there were 2,300 murders during the month of January 2020, with 104 on January 25. Other estimates put the figure over 3,000.{{cite web|website=El Universal |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/enero-cierra-con-mas-de-2-mil-300-asesinatos-gobierno-federal|title=Enero cierra con más de 2 mil 300 asesinatos, según datos del gobierno federal|date=January 31, 2020|language=es|trans-title=January closes with more than 2,300 murders, according to federal government data}}

=February=

  • February 1 – Raúl Hernández Romero, 44, tourist guide in Monarch butterfly sanctuaries in eastern Michoacan; he disappeared on January 27 and was found murdered on February 1. He was the second butterfly activist found murdered in less than a week.[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/estados/2020/02/01/hallan-muerto-a-otro-defensor-de-la-mariposa-monarca-7161.html#.XjYYTyu8FJU.facebook Hallan muerto a otro defensor de la mariposa Monarca] by Ernesto Martínez Elorriaga, La Jornada, February 1, 2020 {{in lang|es}}
  • February 8
  • Humberto Rojas Landa ("Doctor Cosquillas"), 51, a clown doctor in Puebla; shot during a robbery.{{Cite web|url=https://laprensafl.com/2020/02/08/matan-a-doctor-cosquillas-se-dedicaba-a-hacer-reir-a-ninos-enfermos/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209175840/https://laprensafl.com/2020/02/08/matan-a-doctor-cosquillas-se-dedicaba-a-hacer-reir-a-ninos-enfermos/|url-status=dead|title=Matan a Doctor Cosquillas, se dedicaba a hacer reír a niños enfermos|archivedate=February 9, 2020}}
  • Ingrid Escamilla Vargas, 25, a victim of femicide[https://aristeguinoticias.com/1102/mexico/asi-fue-el-feminicidio-de-ingrid-que-conmociona-a-la-cdmx-se-exigira-la-maxima-condena-sheinbaum/ Feminicidio de Ingrid conmociona a la CdMx; “se exigirá máxima condena”: Sheinbaum] Aristegui Noticias, February 11, 2020
  • February 12
  • Javier Arevalo, 82, artist; heart failure.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/cultura/2020/02/12/muere-en-jalisco-el-artista-plastico-javier-arevalo-6508.html|title=Muere en Jalisco el artista plástico Javier Arévalo|first=Merry|last=MacMasters|date=February 12, 2020|website=www.jornada.com.mx}}
  • Fatima Cecilia Aldrighett, 7, victim of femicide (body found on this date)[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/supernumberjusticiaparaf%c3%a1tima-preparan-protestas-por-ni%c3%b1a-asesinada-en-tl%c3%a1huac/ar-BB1053EA # JusticiaParaFátima: Protests are prepared for a girl killed in Tláhuac] {{in lang|es}} Uno TV. February 17, 2020
  • February 17
  • Plácido Arango Arias, 88, businessman (b. 1931){{Cite web|url=https://www.economiahoy.mx/empresas-eAm-mexico/noticias/10361609/02/20/Muere-a-los-88-anos-el-mexicano-Placido-Arango-fundador-del-Grupo-Vips-en-Espana.html|title=Muere a los 88 años el empresario mexicano Plácido Arango, fundador del Grupo Vips en España|website=www.economiahoy.mx}}
  • February 18
  • Jaqueline Ramírez, 17, teenager from the Costa Grande of Guerrero, shot and tortured after she publicly accused the local police of harassment.[https://www.proceso.com.mx/618361/asesinan-joven-guerrero 17-year-old girl who publicly accused police of harassment killed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219054048/https://www.proceso.com.mx/618361/asesinan-joven-guerrero |date=February 19, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} Politico, February 18, 2020
  • Aracely Alcocer Carmona ("Bárbara Greco"), radio journalist (La Poderosa) in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuauhua; shot[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/02/20/una-locutora-asesinada-y-un-periodista-secuestrado-en-mexico/ Una locutora asesinada en México] CNN en Español, February 20, 2020
  • February 29 – Luis Alfonso Mendoza, 55, Mexican dubbing and voice actor, shot.{{Cite web|url=https://asapland.com/boruto-and-konohamaru-honor-the-death-of-a-beloved-character/72405/|title=Boruto and Konohamaru honor the death of a beloved character|first=Ryan|last=Sanders|date=November 9, 2022}}

=March=

  • March 3
  • Sergio Estrada Cajigal Barrera, 88, historian and politician (PAN), interim mayor of Cuernavaca, Morelos (1990–1991), father of Morelos governor Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez; health complications[https://www.elsoldecuernavaca.com.mx/local/muere-el-ex-alcalde-de-cuernavaca-sergio-estrada-cajigal-barrera-4919821.html Former Cuernavaca Mayor Sergio Estrada Cajigal Barrera dies] {{in lang|es}} El Sol de Cuernavaca, March 3, 2020
  • Silvestre Frenk, 97, doctor (b. 1923){{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/RobledoZoe/photos/a.243564669088857/2653594904752476/|title=Zoé Robledo - A sus 97 años, falleció Don Silvestre Frenk Freund, distinguido médico e investigador del IMSS y maestro de miles de generaciones de pediatras. En su honor, la UMAE de #Pediatría del Centro Médico Nacional #SigloXXI lleva su nombre. Mis sinceras condolencias a sus familiares, compañer@s y a toda la comunidad médica por esta sensible pérdida. |website=www.facebook.com}}
  • March 5 –
  • Alberto Mozas Fornos, 40, a Spanish citizen living in Zapopan, Jalisco; shot[https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/4176645/0/un-hombre-de-origen-gallego-fallece-tras-recibir-varios-disparos-en-mexico/ A man of Galician origin dies after being shot multiple times in Mexico] {{in lang|es}}, 20 Minutos, March 5, 2020
  • Gilberto Villarreal Solís, 93, baseball player; coronavirus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elsoldesinaloa.com.mx/deportes/fallece-el-inmortal-gilberto-gilillo-villarreal-5589151.html|title=Fallece el Inmortal Gilberto "Gilillo" Villarreal|first=David |last=Velázquez Robles │website=El Sol de Sinaloa}}
  • March 6 – Magdaleno Mercado, 75, soccer player (Club Atlas, national team), (b. April 4, 1944){{Cite web|url=https://www.informador.mx/deportes/Fallece-Magdaleno-Mercado-leyenda-rojinegra-20200306-0049.html|title=Fallece Magdaleno Mercado, leyenda rojinegra|website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento|date=June 3, 2020 }}
  • March 7
  • Aarón Alejandro Navarro Delgado ("Drago"), police commander in Tlaluac, Mexico City; shot[https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/matan-a-comandante-drago-de-la-policia-estatal-en-tlahuac/1368407 Commander "Drago" of the state police in Tlahuac killed] {{in lang|es}}, Excélsior, March 7, 2020
  • Alberto Méndez, Deputy police chief in Tarimoro, Guanajuato; shot[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/estados/2020/03/07/asesinan-a-subdirector-de-policia-de-tarimoro-en-guanajuato-1913.html Deputy director of police of Tarimoro murdered in Guanajuato] {{in lang|es}}, La Jornada, March 7, 2020
  • March 8 – Nadia Veronica Rodriguez Saro Martinez, 23, student at Universidad Iberoamericana León; shot[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/guanajuato-asesinan-una-estudiante-universitaria-en-salamanca Young woman in Guanajuato supported #UnDiaSinMujeres; murdered on International Women's Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524164950/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/guanajuato-asesinan-una-estudiante-universitaria-en-salamanca |date=May 24, 2020 }} {{in lang|es}} El Universal, March 8, 2020
  • March 10 – Erik Juárez Blanquet, 30, Mexican teacher and politician, Deputy (2015–2018, 2018), shot.{{Cite web|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/03/11/alerta-mexico-asesinan-al-diputado-local-erick-juarez-blanquet/|title=Asesinan en Michoacán, México, al diputado local Erick Juárez Blanquet|date=March 11, 2020}}
  • March 11 – Erick Juárez Blanquet, politician (PRD), member of Michoacan legislature; shot[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/03/11/alerta-mexico-asesinan-al-diputado-local-erick-juarez-blanquet/ Local deputy Erick Juárez Blanquet murdered in Michoacán, Mexico] {{in lang|es}} CNN Español, March 11, 2020
  • March 14 – Mariana Cecilia Aureliano Sixtos, 24, a student at UNAM who had been missing since March 12, found dead on this date[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/seguridad/hallan-muerta-mariana-cecilia-estudiante-de-la-unam Mariana Cecilia, a student at UNAM, found dead] {{in lang|es}} El Universal, March 14, 2020
  • March 16 – Pilar Luna, 75, underwater archaeologist (b. 1944).{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/muere-la-arqueologa-subacuatica-pilar-luna-erreguerena|title=Muere la arqueóloga subacuática Pilar Luna Erreguerena|date=March 16, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • March 19 – Román Arámbula, 83–84, comic-book and storyboard artist (Mickey Mouse), heart attack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/03/20/roman-arambula-rip/|title=Román Arámbula – RIP|date=March 21, 2020|website=The Daily Cartoonist}}
  • March 24 – Ignacio Trelles, 103, soccer player (Necaxa) and manager (Toluca, national team), heart attack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.milenio.com/deportes/futbol/don-ignacio-trelles-murio-paz-casa-leti-hija|title=Hija de Ignacio Trelles cuenta los últimos días de su papá|website=Grupo Milenio|date=March 25, 2020 }}
  • March 21 – Adrián Darío Rosales, producer and director[https://twitter.com/acpt_mex/status/1241431266290884608 #ACPT Lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento del productor y director Adrián Darío Rosales. ]
  • March 25 – Soledad Alatorre, 94, labor activist (b. 1927){{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-03-30/chole-alatorre-soledad-dead|title=Soledad 'Chole' Alatorre, pioneering labor organizer and Latina activist, dies at 94|date=March 30, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times}}
  • March 27 – Sergio González Gálvez, 86, lawyer and diplomat (b. 1934){{Cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/03/27/fallece-el-embajador-emerito-sergio-gonzalez-galvez-8282.html|title=Fallece el embajador emérito Sergio González Gálvez |first=Rosa Elvira|last=Vargas|date=March 27, 2020|website=www.jornada.com.mx}}
  • March 29 – Gonzálo Curiel Larráinzar, 81, voice actor (b. 1929){{Cite web|url=https://desdepuebla.com/2020/04/01/fallecio-el-reconocido-actor-de-doblaje-gonzalo-curiel-larrainzar/|title=Falleció el reconocido actor de doblaje Gonzalo Curiel Larráinzar -|date=April 1, 2020}}
  • March 30
  • Martha Avante Barrón, 94, Mexican singer and musician{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/musica/fallece-martha-avante-barron-fundadora-de-los-angeles-azules|title=Fallece Martha Avante Barrón, fundadora de Los Ángeles Azules|date=April 1, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • Lorena Borjas, 59, Mexican-American transgender rights activist; COVID-19{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/lorena-borjas-pioneering-transgender-latina-activist-in-nyc-dies-from-covid-19/2351601/|title=Lorena Borjas, Pioneering Transgender Latina Activist in NYC, Dies From COVID-19|date=March 30, 2020 }}
  • María Elena Ferral, journalist in Papantla, Vercruz; murdered[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Reporteros-de-Veracruz-protestan-por-el-asesinato-de-Maria-Elena-Ferral-20200331-0162.html Veracruz reporters protest the murder of María Elena Ferral] {{in lang|es}} Informador, March 31, 2020

There were 29 deaths as of March 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Casos-positivos-de-COVID-19-en-Mexico-ascienden-a-mil-215-20200331-0171.html Positive cases of COVID-19 in Mexico amount to 1,215] Informador March 31, 2020

=April=

  • April 1 – Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, 70, Secretary Communications and Transportation (SCT) (2012–2018); stroke[https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Fallece-Ruiz-Esparza-ex-secretario-de-Comunicaciones-y-Transportes-20200401-0119.html Ruiz Esparza, former Secretary of Communications and Transportation, dies] {{in lang|es}} Informador, April 1, 2020 (b. April 22, 1949)
  • April 4 – Jerónimo Arango, 92–93, businessman (Walmart de México y Centroamérica){{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/fallece-el-empresario-jeronimo-arango-uno-de-los-creadores-de-aurrera|title=Fallece el empresario Jerónimo Arango, uno de los creadores de Aurrera|date=April 6, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • April 5 – Domingo Arturo García, 83, radio host (b. 1936){{Cite web|url=https://dominiomedios.com/muere-domingo-garcia-carrera-pionero-de-la-radio-en-nl/|title=Muere Domingo García Carrera, pionero de la radio en NL|date=April 5, 2020|access-date=November 6, 2020|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406111605/https://dominiomedios.com/muere-domingo-garcia-carrera-pionero-de-la-radio-en-nl/|url-status=dead}}
  • April 8 –
  • Obed Durón Gomez, mayor of Mahahual, Quintana Roo; shot[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/asesinan-a-balazos-a-alcalde-de-mahahual-en-quintana-roo/ar-BB12gXbL Mayor of Mahahual shot dead in Quintana Roo] {{in lang|es}} Milenio, April 7, 2020
  • Patricia Mendoza, 72, photographer and art historian (b. 1948)[https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/cultura/2020/04/08/fallece-la-historiadora-de-arte-patricia-mendoza-8140.html Fallece la historiadora de arte Patricia Mendoza]
  • Adan Vez Lira, environmental rights activist; shot to death in Actopan, Veracruz{{cite web |title=Environmental activist Adán Vez Lira was murdered in Veracruz |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/environmental-activist-adan-vez-lira-was-murdered-veracruz |website=El Universal |access-date=April 28, 2020 |date=April 15, 2020}}
  • April 11
  • Víctor Fernando Álvarez Chávez, 53, journalist in Guerrero; murdered (body found on this date)(b. July 27, 1969)[https://noticieros.televisa.com/ultimas-noticias/hallan-muerto-periodista-fernando-alvarez-chavez-guerrero/ Hallan muerto en Guerrero al periodista Fernando Álvarez Chávez] {{in lang|es}} Televisa News, April 11, 2020
  • Adolfo Patrón Luján, 93, entrepreneur, art promoter and philanthropist (b. 1926){{Cite web|url=https://www.yucatan.com.mx/merida/2020/4/11/fallece-adolfo-patron-lujan-fundador-del-patronato-de-la-osy-180017.html|title=Fallece Adolfo Patrón Luján, fundador del Patronato de la OSY|website=www.yucatan.com.mx|access-date=November 14, 2022|archive-date=November 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114113404/https://www.yucatan.com.mx/merida/2020/4/11/fallece-adolfo-patron-lujan-fundador-del-patronato-de-la-osy-180017.html|url-status=dead}}
  • Gus Rodríguez, 59, Mexican writer, director and video game journalist; lung cancer (b. May 27, 1958){{Cite web|url=https://noticieros.televisa.com/ultimas-noticias/muere-gus-rodriguez-gamer-nintendomania-bitme-escritor-conductor/|title=Muere Gus Rodríguez, escritor, conductor y gamer, confirmó su amigo Eugenio Derbez|date=April 11, 2020|website=N+}}
  • April 12 – Jaime Ruiz Sacristán, 70, businessman and head of the Mexican Stock Exchange; COVID-19.[https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/muere-jaime-ruiz-sacrist%C3%A1n-presidente-150752273.html Muere presidente de la BMV a un mes de dar positivo a COVID-19] {{in lang|es}} Politico, April 12, 2020
  • April 14 – Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza, 84, politician, Governor of the State of Mexico (1989–1993) and President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (1994); complications from surgery{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/04/15/murio-ignacio-pichardo-pagaza-ex-gobernador-del-estado-de-mexico-y-ex-secretario-de-energia/|title=Murió Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza, ex gobernador del Estado de México y ex secretario de Energía|date=14 April 2020|website=infobae}}
  • April 15 – Eric Mergenthaler, 56, Olympic sailor (1984, 1988, 1992), and world champion (1992); bicycle accident{{Cite web|url=https://www.finnclass.org/news/20-news/1094-rip-eric-mergenthaler-mx-33|title=RIP Eric Mergenthaler, MX 33|website=www.finnclass.org}}
  • April 18
  • Alejandro Algara, 92, lyric tenor (b. 1928){{Cite web|url=http://www.elsiglocoahuila.mx/coahuila/noticia/367454.muere-el-tenor-y-ultimo-interprete-de-agustin-lara-alejandro-algara.html|title=Muere el tenor y 'último intérprete de Agustín Lara' Alejandro Algara|website=El Siglo Coahuila|date=April 18, 2020 }}
  • Amparo Dávila, 92, author and poet (Xavier Villaurrutia Award (1977)) The Houseguest and other stories (b. 1928){{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexican-author-amparo-davila-passes-away|title=Mexican author Amparo Dávila passes away|date=April 18, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • April 20 – Gabriel Retes, 73, filmmaker (Paper Flowers and Broken Flag), (b. March 25, 1947){{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexican-filmmaker-gabriel-retes-dies-73|title=Mexican filmmaker Gabriel Retes dies at 73|date=April 20, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • April 21 – Gisleno Medina, 78, soccer player{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/futbol/murio-gisleno-medina-exfigura-del-atlante|title=Murió Gisleno Medina, exfigura del Atlante|date=April 21, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • April 23 – José Luis Chávez Romero, sociologist and poet from Cuautla, Morelos; murdered{{Cite web|url=https://www.nodonoticias.com.mx/2020/04/14/sociologo-que-pintaba-con-su-poesia-urbana-fue-asesinado-en-cuautla/|title=Sociólogo que pintaba con su poesía urbana, fue asesinado en Cuautla}}
  • April 24 – Juan Vlasco, 51, Mexican cartoonist (Marvel Comics); complications from appendicitis surgery{{Cite web|url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/juan-vlasco-rip/|title=Juan Vlasco, Veteran Marvel Inker, Dead at 51|date=May 2, 2020}}
  • April 25
  • Socorro Castro Alba, 85, mother of actress Verónica Castro{{cite web |title=Verónica Castro está de luto: murió su madre Socorro a los 85 años |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2020/04/25/veronica-castro-esta-de-luto-murio-a-los-85-anos-su-madre-socorro/ |website=infobae |date=April 25, 2020 |access-date=May 28, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Arturo Huizar, 63, vocalist for Heavy Metal band Luzbel.{{cite web |title=Fallece Arturo Huizar (Luzbel), emblemática voz del metal mexicano |url=https://www.cuarteldelmetal.com/2020/04/fallece-arturo-huizar-luzbel-voz-metal-mexicano.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425184432/https://www.cuarteldelmetal.com/2020/04/fallece-arturo-huizar-luzbel-voz-metal-mexicano.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 25, 2020 |website=El Cuartel del Metal {{!}} Noticias sobre Heavy Metal y Rock, conciertos, reseñas y más |access-date=April 27, 2020 }}
  • Jesús Memije, human rights advocate; shot in Coyuca de Benítez (municipality). His son was also killed.{{cite web |author=| title=Mexican officials say human rights monitor shot to death |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexican-officials-human-rights-monitor-shot-death-70350550 |website=ABC News |access-date=April 26, 2020}}
  • April 26
  • Tomás Balcázar, 88, soccer player (Guadalajara, national team); complications from a hernia operation{{Cite web|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/adrenalina/muere-tomas-balcazar-historico-de-chivas-y-abuelo-de-chicharito/1378341|title=Muere Tomás Balcázar, histórico de Chivas y abuelo de 'Chicharito'|date=April 26, 2020|website=Excélsior}}{{cite web |title=Liga MX: Javier Chicharito Hernández despide entre lágrimas a Tomás Balcazar |url=https://www.soyfutbol.com/ligas/Liga-MX-Javier-Chicharito-Hernandez-despide-entre-lagrimas-a-Tomas-Balcazar-20200427-0030.html |website=Soy Fútbol |access-date=April 29, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Aarón Hernán, 89, actor (The Garden of Aunt Isabel, Apolinar, Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell){{Cite web|url=https://asapland.com/1-in-5-spaniards-and-almost-all-those-over-80-years-of-age-have-already-received-at-least-one-dose-of-the-covid-19-vaccine/75285/|title=1 in 5 Spaniards (and almost all those over 80 years of age) have already received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine|first=Maria|last=Rivera|date=June 13, 2022}}
  • April 29 – Guido Münch, 98, Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpia.de/aktuelles/mpia-news/2020-05-04-muench-en|title=Guido Münch (1921 – 2020)|website=www.mpia.de}}
  • April 30
  • Óscar Chávez, 85, singer, songwriter (Por Ti and Se vende mi país) and actor (Los Caifanes); COVID-19{{cite web|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/muere-oscar-chavez-tras-ser-hospitalizado-con-sintomas-de-coronavirus/1379264|language=es|title=Muere Óscar Chávez tras ser hospitalizado con síntomas de coronavirus|date=April 30, 2020 }}{{cite web |title=Óscar Chávez. Muere El Caifán Mayor por coronavirus |url=https://www.milenio.com/cultura/oscar-chavez-muere-por-coronavirus-covid-19 |website=milenio.com |date=January 5, 2020 |access-date=May 1, 2020}}
  • Jesús Oliva, musician (Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán) (n. 1932).{{Cite web|url=https://mariachimusic.com/blog/2020/05/fallece-jesus-oliva-pionero-del-duo-de-trompetas-en-el-mariachi-vargas/|title=Fallece Jesús Oliva, pionero del dúo de trompetas en el Mariachi Vargas|first=Jonathan|last=Clark|date=May 15, 2020}}

=May=

  • May 1 – Tavo Limongi, 52, guitarist and singer (Resorte){{Cite web|url=https://www.explica.co/mexican-singer-tavo-resorte-founder-of-the-band-resorte-died/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820000141/https://www.explica.co/mexican-singer-tavo-resorte-founder-of-the-band-resorte-died/|url-status=dead|title=Mexican singer Tavo Resorte, founder of the band Resorte, died|archivedate=August 20, 2020}}
  • May 2
  • Miguel Ángel García Tapia, journalist (El Sol de Cuernavaca); COVID-19{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/muere-por-coronavirus-el-periodista-miguel-%c3%a1ngel-garc%c3%ada-tapia-en-morelos/ar-BB13uoZD|title=Muere por coronavirus el periodista Miguel Ángel García Tapia en Morelos|website=MSN }}
  • Carlos Andrés Navarro Landa, 33, arrested for disorderly conduct and then died in police custody, officially from a heart attack but covered with bruises from a beating.{{cite web |title="Ayúdame, me van a secuestrar": el momento en que detienen a Carlos Andrés Navarro en Xalapa, horas antes de morir en el cuartel |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/09/ayudame-me-van-a-secuestrar-el-momento-en-que-detienen-a-carlos-andres-navarro-en-xalapa-horas-antes-de-morir-en-el-cuartel/ |website=infobae |date=June 9, 2020 |access-date=June 9, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • May 4 – José Luis Orendain Curiel, the first doctor in Nayarit to die of COVID-19[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/video/noticias/la-jornada-rinden-homenaje-a-primer-m%c3%a9dico-fallecido-de-covid-19-en-nayarit/vi-BB13yfN5 El homenaje a médico fallecido en Nayarit] {{in lang|es}}
  • May 5
  • Giovanni López Ramírez, 30, mason; beaten to death while in police custody in Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jalisco. His death set off violent demonstrations against police brutality.{{cite web |title=Condena ONU-DH México muerte de Giovanni López Ramírez – Política – La Jornada |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/06/04/condena-onu-dh-muerte-de-giovanni-lopez-ramirez-5386.html |website=jornada.com.mx |access-date=June 5, 2020 |language=es |date=June 4, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Así fue la detención de Giovanni López justo antes de su muerte |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20200605/481603972248/giovanni-lopez-muerte-policia-detencion-video-seo-ext.html |website=La Vanguardia |access-date=June 5, 2020 |language=es |date=June 5, 2020}}
  • Jaime Montejo, human rights actist in Mexico City; COVID-19{{cite web |title=Muere por Covid-19 el activista Jaime Montejo |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/muere-por-covid-19-el-activista-jaime-montejo/ar-BB13DOcH |website=msn.com |access-date=May 6, 2020}}
  • May 6
  • Fabián Mauricio Toledo Aguilar, the first doctor in Morelos (IMSS and ISSSTE) to die of COVID-19{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/covid-19-fallece-en-morelos-m%c3%a9dico-que-trabajaba-en-imss-e-issste/ar-BB13HRdj|title=Covid-19: fallece en Morelos médico que trabajaba en IMSS e ISSSTE|website=MSN }}
  • Agustín Villegas, 79, singer and composer (b. 1941){{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuna.com.mx/espectaculos/2020/5/6/luto-en-la-musica-fallece-agustin-villegas-vocalista-de-los-solitarios-171507.html|title=Luto en la música: Fallece Agustín Villegas, vocalista de Los Solitarios|website=TRIBUNA|date=May 6, 2020 }}
  • May 8
  • Moisés Escamilla May, 45, gangster (Los Zetas); COVID-19{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-mexican-jailed-gang-leader-105132627.html|title=Coronavirus: Mexican jailed gang leader Escamilla dies}}
  • Feminicide in Torreón, Coahuila: Cecilia Pérez Gutiérrez, 48, nurse; Araceli Pérez Gutiérrez, 59, nurse; and Dora Pérez Gutiérrez, 56, medical assistant; strangulation{{cite web |title=Conmoción en Torreón por masacre de dos enfermeras y una secretaria del IMSS: fueron torturadas |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/08/conmocion-en-torreon-por-masacre-de-dos-enfermeras-y-una-secretaria-del-imss-fueron-torturadas/ |website=infobae |date=May 8, 2020 |access-date=May 9, 2020 |language=es-ES}}{{cite web |title=Caen asesinos de hermanas enfermeras en Torreón |url=http://www.zocalo.com.mx/new_site/articulo/detienen-a-asesinos-de-enfermeras-en-torreon |website=zocalo.com.mx |access-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603171133/http://www.zocalo.com.mx/new_site/articulo/detienen-a-asesinos-de-enfermeras-en-torreon |url-status=dead }}
  • May 9 – Héctor Martínez Serrano, 86, radio host (b. 1933){{Cite web|url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2020/5/9/quien-era-el-locutor-hector-martinez-serrano-174697.html|title=¿Quién era el locutor Héctor Martínez Serrano?|website=El Heraldo de México|date=May 9, 2020 }}
  • May 12
  • Miguel Barbachano Ponce, 90, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1930){{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/letras/fallece-miguel-barbachano-ponce-pionero-de-la-literatura-lgbtti|title=Fallece Miguel Barbachano Ponce, pionero de la literatura LGBTTI|date=May 14, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • Paloma Cordero, 83, First Lady of Mexico (1982–1988) (b. February 21, 1937){{cite web |title=Muere Paloma Cordero, viuda del expresidente Miguel de la Madrid |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/muere-pamela-cordero-viuda-del-expresidente-miguel-de-la-madrid |website=El Financiero |date=May 12, 2020 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |language=es}}
  • May 13
  • Alejandro Huerta Barreto, union leader (Confederación Nacional de Productores Rurales) and his nephew Juan Machucho, in Tezonapa, Veracruz; shot{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/asesinan-a-l%c3%adder-de-ca%c3%b1eros-y-a-su-sobrino-en-tezonapa-veracruz/ar-BB1433Ez|title=Asesinan a líder de cañeros y a su sobrino en Tezonapa, Veracruz|website=MSN }}
  • Emigdio Moreno Cossío, father of Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas, president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/mexico/politica/pri-lamenta-muerte-de-emigdio-moreno-cossio-padre-de-alejandro-moreno-covid-19-5227136.html|title=PRI lamenta muerte de Emigdio Moreno Cossío, padre de Alejandro Moreno|first=Carlos |last=Lara |website=El Sol de México}}
  • Gustavo Nakatani Ávila ("Yoshio"), 60, singer; (COVID-19) (b. 1959){{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodemorelos.com/noticias/muere-el-cantante-mexicano-yoshio-por-covid-19|title=Muere el cantante mexicano Yoshio por COVID-19|website=www.diariodemorelos.com|date=May 13, 2020 }}
  • May 14 – Guillermo "Jorge" Santana, 68, guitarist (Malo and The Fania All-Stars){{cite web |title=Jorge Santana. Muere el hermano de Carlos Santana a los 68 años |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/jorge-santana-muere-hermano-carlos-santana-68-anos |website=milenio.com |date=May 15, 2020 |access-date=May 17, 2020}}
  • May 15 – Luis Alfonzo Robles Contreras, politician, mayor of Magdalena de Kino, Sonora; shot during crossfire by narcos.{{cite web |title=Muere exalcalde de Magdalena de Kino en fuego cruzado |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/muere-exalcalde-de-magdalena-de-kino-en-fuego-cruzado/ar-BB146vg1? |website=msn.com |access-date=May 16, 2020}}
  • May 16
  • José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa ("El Chino Ántrax"), gangster; shot in Culiacan{{cite web |title=Asesinaron a José Rodrigo Aréchiga "El Chino Ántrax", ex sicario del Cártel de Sinaloa |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/17/asesinaron-a-jose-rodrigo-arechiga-el-chino-antrax-ex-sicario-del-cartel-de-sinaloa/ |website=infobae |date=May 17, 2020 |access-date=May 17, 2020 |language=es-ES}} His sister, Ada Jimena Arechiga Gamboa, was murdered in a separate incident.{{cite web |title=Ejecutaron en Culiacán a la hermana de "El Chino Antrax" |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/05/16/ejecutaron-en-culiacan-a-la-hermana-de-el-chino-antrax/ |website=infobae |date=May 16, 2020 |access-date=May 17, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Jorge Armenta Ávalos, journalist, director of media outlet Medios Obson in ,Ciudad Obregón, Sonora; shot. A police officer was also killed and another wouned.{{cite web |title=Mexican journalist killed in 'armed attack' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52698127?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/crr7mlg0vr2t/mexico&link_location=live-reporting-story |website=BBC News |access-date=May 17, 2020 |date=May 17, 2020}}
  • Pilar Pellicer, 82, actress (The Life of Agustín Lara, Day of the Evil Gun, La Choca); COVID-19{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/fallece-la-actriz-mexicana-pilar-pellicer|title=Fallece la actriz mexicana Pilar Pellicer|date=May 16, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • May 17 – Daniela Lázaro Ducoulombier, soccer player (Atlético San Luis); stangled with a rope (possible suicide){{cite web |title=Muerte de la futbolista Daniela Lázaro no fue feminicidio, señaló Fiscalía de San Luis Potosí |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/deportes/2020/05/18/muerte-de-la-futbolista-daniela-lazaro-no-fue-feminicidio/ |website=infobae |date=May 18, 2020 |access-date=May 19, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • May 19 – Alvaro Echeverria Zuno, 71, son of former president Luis Echeverría; suicide{{cite web |title=Son of Mexican ex-president Echeverria kills himself |url=https://news.yahoo.com/son-mexican-ex-president-echeverria-kills-himself-051734432.html |website=news.yahoo.com |access-date=May 20, 2020}}
  • May 21 – Alfonso Isaac Gamboa Lozano, 39, former head of Unidad de Política y Control Presupuestal of SHCP; shot along with four other members of his family in Temxico, Morelos{{cite web |title=Capturan a presuntos asesinos de ex funcionario de SHCP vinculado a Operación Zafiro |url=https://www.guillermocinta.com/la-policiaca/capturan-a-presuntos-asesinos-de-ex-funcionario-de-shcp-vinculado-a-operacion-zafiro/ |website=Noticias de Morelos {{!}} Guillermo Cinta |access-date=June 3, 2020 |language=es-ES |date=June 1, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Asesinan a Alfonso Isaac Gamboa Lozano, exfuncionario de la SHCP » Eje Central |url=https://www.ejecentral.com.mx/asesinan-a-alfonso-isaac-gamboa-lozano-exfuncionario-de-la-shcp/ |website=Eje Central |access-date=June 3, 2020 |language=es |date=May 21, 2020}}
  • May 23 – Armando Acosta, 39, voice actor (Spock in ′′Star Trek: Discovery′′); COVID-19{{cite web |title=Actriz revela que su hermano murió por COVID tras calvario en hospitales: "Pedían 450 mil pesos" |url=https://www.radioformula.com.mx/entretenimiento/20200527/actriz-revela-que-su-hermano-murio-por-covid-tras-calvario-en-hospitales-pedian-450-mil-pesos/ |website=Radio Fórmula |access-date=May 29, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=May 27, 2020 |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606062955/https://www.radioformula.com.mx/entretenimiento/20200527/actriz-revela-que-su-hermano-murio-por-covid-tras-calvario-en-hospitales-pedian-450-mil-pesos/ |url-status=dead }}
  • May 28
  • Robert M. Laughlin, anthropologist and preserver of the Maya language{{cite web |title=Fallece el antropólogo, etno-botánico, lingüista y amigo Robert M. Laughlin |url=https://www.chiapasparalelo.com/noticias/chiapas/2020/05/fallece-el-antropologo-etno-botanico-linguista-y-amigo-robert-m-laughlin/ |website=Chiapasparalelo |access-date=June 25, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=May 30, 2020}}
  • Charlie Monttana "El vaquero rocanrrolero", 58, urban rock singer; heart attack{{cite web |title=Murió Charlie Monttana, exponente del rock urbano mexicano |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2020/05/29/reportan-muerte-de-charlie-monttana-exponente-del-rock-urbano-mexicano/ |website=infobae |access-date=May 28, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • May 31 – Oswaldo García Vallejo, head of public safety in Jalostotitlán, Jalisco; shot{{cite web |title=Asesinato de comisario de Jalostotitlan fue agresión directa por su trabajo: Fiscalía |url=https://www.informador.mx/jalisco/Asesinato-de-comisario-de-Jalostotitlan-fue-agresion-directa-por-su-trabajo-Fiscalia-20200601-0067.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=January 6, 2020 |access-date=June 2, 2020 |language=es-ES}}

=June=

  • June 2 – Héctor Suárez, 81, actor and comedian, father of Héctor Suárez Gomís{{cite web |title=Héctor Suárez muere a los 81 años |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/famosos/hector-suarez-muere-a-los-81-anos |website=milenio.com |date=February 6, 2020 |access-date=June 2, 2020}}
  • June 3
  • Francis Anel Bueno Sánchez, 38, politician MORENA, local deputy from Ixtlahuacán, Colima; kidnapped on April 29, body found June 3—shot{{cite web |title=Paso a paso: así fue el secuestro y trágica muerte de Anel Bueno, diputada de Morena |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/03/paso-a-paso-asi-fue-el-secuestro-y-tragica-muerte-de-anel-bueno-diputada-de-morena/ |website=infobae |date=June 3, 2020 |access-date=June 3, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Ángel Fuentes Olivares, lawyer, politician, former attorney general of Veracruz; stabbed{{cite web |title=Asesinaron a Ángel Fuentes "El Pato", el ex fiscal acusado de abuso sexual en Veracruz |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/04/asesinaron-a-angel-fuentes-el-pato-el-ex-fiscal-acusado-de-abuso-sexual-en-veracruz/ |website=infobae |date=June 4, 2020 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Héctor Ortega, 81, actor, director, and screenwriter{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodemorelos.com/noticias/fallece-el-actor-mexicano-h-ctor-ortega-los-81-os|title=Fallece el actor mexicano Héctor Ortega a los 81 años|website=www.diariodemorelos.com|date=June 3, 2020 }}
  • César Tovar Camargo, educator and politician in Hidalgo; COVID-19{{cite web |title=Muere funcionario en Hidalgo por Covid-19 |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/muere-funcionario-en-hidalgo-por-covid-19/1385995 |website=Excélsior |access-date=June 4, 2020 |language=es |date=June 3, 2020}}
  • June 4
  • Marco Alberto Corona Baltazar, acting warden of the penitentiary in Puente Grande, Jalisco; shot{{cite web |title=Ejecutaron al ex director interino del penal de Puente Grande en Jalisco |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/04/ejecutaron-al-ex-director-interino-del-penal-de-puente-grande-en-jalisco/ |website=infobae |date=June 4, 2020 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Rodolfo García (‘Matemático II‘), 54, wrestler; COVID-19{{cite web |title=Murió el luchador 'Matemático II' a causa de COVID-19 |url=https://www.diariodemorelos.com/noticias/muri-el-luchador-matem-tico-ii-causa-de-covid-19 |website=diariodemorelos.com |date=June 4, 2020 |access-date=June 5, 2020 |language=es}}
  • June 7 – Manuel Felguérez Barra, 91, abstract artist (b. 1928){{cite web |title=Murió el pintor y escultor Manuel Felguérez a los 91 años |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/08/murio-el-pintor-y-escultor-manuel-felguerez-a-los-91-anos/ |website=infobae |date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=June 8, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • June 9
  • Alexander Martínez Gómez, 16, soccer player, murdered by cops{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/recibe-prision-preventiva-presunto-asesino-alexander-martinez-gomez|title=Recibe prisión preventiva presunto asesino de Alexander Martínez Gómez|website=Mediotiempo|date=June 13, 2020 }}
  • Cira, La Morena, chef in Acapulco{{cite web |title=Fallece Cira, La Morena, ícono de la gastronomía de Acapulco |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/recetas/noticias/fallece-cira-la-morena-%c3%adcono-de-la-gastronom%c3%ada-de-acapulco/ar-BB15gTOu?li=AAggv0g&ocid=mailsignout |website=msn.com |access-date=June 10, 2020}}
  • June 10
  • Rosita Fornés, 97, Cuban American singer who starred in several movies during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema; emphysema{{cite web |title=Muere Rosita Fornés la vedette cubana |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/muere-rosita-fornes-la-vedette-cubana |website=eluniversal.com.mx |date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=June 10, 2020}}
  • Antonio González Orozco, 87, Mexican muralist, cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/amp/fallece-el-muralista-antonio-gonzalez-orozco-3981.html|title=Fallece el muralista Antonio González Orozco|website=www.jornada.com.mx}}
  • June 11 – José Luis Castillo Trejo, journalist, owner of ′′Máxima prioridad′′ in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora; murdered{{cite web |title=Asesinan al periodista José Castillo en Ciudad Obregón |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/video/noticias/asesinan-al-periodista-jos%c3%a9-castillo-en-ciudad-obreg%c3%b3n/vi-BB15pict |website=msn.com |access-date=June 12, 2020}}
  • June 14
  • Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, 77, soccer player (Pumas UNAM and Mexico national football team 1966, 1970); Alzheimer and COVID-19{{cite web |title=Fallece el ex futbolista Aarón Padilla a los 77 años por COVID-19 |url=https://www.diariodemorelos.com/noticias/fallece-el-ex-futbolista-aar-n-padilla-los-77-os-por-covid-19 |website=diariodemorelos.com |date=June 14, 2020 |access-date=June 15, 2020 |language=es}}
  • June 15 – Jorge Rubio, 75, baseball player (California Angels).{{Cite web|url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/meta/jorge-rubio-estrella-beisbol-mexicano-murio-75-anos-lmb/|title=Jorge Rubio murió este lunes a los 75 años, confirmó la LMB|access-date=June 20, 2020|archive-date=June 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616091557/https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/meta/jorge-rubio-estrella-beisbol-mexicano-murio-75-anos-lmb//|url-status=dead}}
  • June 16 – Uriel Villegas Ortiz, judge, and his wife; murdered{{cite web |title=Matan a juez que ordenó traslado de "El Menchito" |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/matan-juez-que-ordeno-traslado-de-el-menchito |website=El Universal |access-date=June 17, 2020 |language=es |date=June 17, 2020}}
  • June 18
  • Arturo Chaires, 83, footballer (C.D. Guadalajara, national team).{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/futbol/chivas-fallece-arturo-chaires-miembro-del-campeonisimo|title=Chivas: Fallece Arturo Chaires, miembro del Campeonísimo|date=June 18, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • Jorge Humberto Arellano, politician (Morena), mayor of Acaponeta, Nayarit; COVID-19.{{cite web |title=Mayor of Nayarit town dies from coronavirus |url=https://www.vallartadaily.com/mayor-of-nayarit-town-dies-from-coronavirus/ |website=Puerto Vallarta News |access-date=June 26, 2020 |date=June 18, 2020}}
  • June 21
  • Sergio Salvador Aguirre Anguiano, 77, Mexican jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court (1995–2012), stomach cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/politica/fallece-el-ministro-en-retiro-sergio-salvador-aguirre-anguiano|title=Fallece el ministro en retiro Sergio Salvador Aguirre Anguiano|date=June 22, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • Reynaldo Salazar, 65, taekwondo player and coach (b. 1955){{Cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/deportes/2020/06/21/muere-por-covid-19-reynaldo-salazar-entrenador-olimpico-de-taekwondo-2244.html|title=Muere por Covid-19 Reinaldo Salazar, entrenador olímpico de taekwondo|date=June 21, 2020|website=www.jornada.com.mx}}
  • June 24
  • Armando Cardona Sánchez, 30, musician, member of La Séptima Banda; coronavirus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2020/06/24/luto-en-el-regional-mexicano-murio-armando-cardona-de-la-septima-banda-por-covid-19/|title=Luto en el regional mexicano: murió Armando Cardona de La Séptima Banda por COVID-19|date=24 June 2020|website=infobae}}
  • Four mariachi players drown in a storm in Juárez, Nuevo León:
  • Raúl Casares G. Cantón, 82, entrepreneur, promoter of culture and philanthropy (b. 1938){{Cite web|url=https://www.yucatan.com.mx/merida/2020/6/25/fallece-el-empresario-raul-efren-casares-g-canton-194284.html|title=Fallece el empresario Raúl Efrén Casares G. Cantón|website=www.yucatan.com.mx|access-date=November 14, 2022|archive-date=November 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114113417/https://www.yucatan.com.mx/merida/2020/6/25/fallece-el-empresario-raul-efren-casares-g-canton-194284.html|url-status=dead}}
  • Alexis Ángel Corona Sánchez, 17; Alejandro Corona, 59, and Javier Salas Navarro, 44{{cite web |title=Localizan cuerpos de tres mariachis tras tormenta en NL |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Localizan-cuerpos-de-tres-mariachis-tras-tormenta-en-NL-20200625-0135.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=June 25, 2020 |access-date=June 25, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • June 25 – Joel Negrete Barrera, politician MORENA from Abasolo, Guanajuato; murdered{{cite web |title=Asesinan a ex candidato de Morena en Guanajuato |url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Asesinan-a-ex-candidato-de-Morena-en-Guanajuato-20200625-0067.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=June 25, 2020 |access-date=June 25, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • June 28
  • Rudolfo Anaya, 85, writer (b. 1937){{Cite web|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/1471290/beloved-nm-author-rudolfo-anaya-passes-away.html|title=Passing of a literary giant: Rudolfo Anaya 1937-2020|website=www.abqjournal.com|date=June 30, 2020 }}
  • Manuel Donley, 92, Mexican-born American Tejano singer and musician.{{cite web |last1=Curtin |first1=Kevin |date=June 28, 2020 |title=Tejano Innovator Manuel "Cowboy" Donley Passes at 92 |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2020-06-28/tejano-innovator-manuel-cowboy-donley-passes-at-92/ |website=austinchronicle.com |access-date=July 5, 2020}}

=July=

  • July 2 – Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda, 73, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huajuapan de León (since 2000).{{cite web |title=Bishop Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpino.html |website=catholic-hierarchy.org |access-date=July 5, 2020}}
  • July 4 – Sebastián Athié, 24, actor (011CE){{cite web |title=Muere el actor Sebastián Athié; éstas fueron sus últimas palabras |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/famosos/sebastian-athie-muere-24-anos-mensajes-redes |website=milenio.com |date=May 7, 2020 |access-date=July 5, 2020}}
  • July 8
  • José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, 72, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1947).{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20200709/482196381663/episcopado-mexicano-confirma-muerte-de-obispo-emerito-antonio-perez-sanchez.html|title=Episcopado mexicano confirma muerte de obispo emérito Antonio Pérez Sánchez|date=July 9, 2020|website=La Vanguardia}}
  • July 9
  • Marlene Catzín Cih, 66, politician, mayor of Maxcanú, Yucatan (1994–1995, 2010–2012, since 2018); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.razon.com.mx/estados/muere-alcaldesa-yucatan-covid-19-396950|title=Muere alcaldesa de Yucatán por COVID-19|website=La Razón|date=July 9, 2020 }}
  • Sylvia Martínez Elizondo, 72, politician, Senator from Chihuahua (2016–2018) (PAN).{{Cite web|url=http://tiempo.com.mx/noticia/murio_silvia_martinez_esposa_de_memo_lujan/|title=Murió Silvia Martínez, esposa de Memo Luján|website=tiempo.com.mx|date=July 9, 2020 }}
  • July 12
  • Raymundo Capetillo, soap opera actor; COVID-19{{cite web |title=El actor mexicano, Raymundo Capetillo, fallece por complicaciones relacionadas a la COVID-19: ANDA |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/otras/el-actor-mexicano-raymundo-capetillo-fallece-por-complicaciones-relacionadas-a-la-covid-19-anda/ar-BB16Fz5k |website=msn.com |access-date=July 13, 2020}}
  • Francisco Javier Fierro Torres, teacher and politician in Choix, Sinaloa; murdered{{cite web |title=Hallan sin vida a secretario del Ayuntamiento de Choix |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/hallan-sin-vida-a-secretario-del-ayuntamiento-de-choix/ar-BB16Ebzv |website=msn.com |access-date=July 13, 2020}}
  • Abel González Rojas, 30, police officer in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico; shot. His two minor sons were also killed.{{cite web |title=Un policía de investigación y sus dos hijos son asesinados en carretera de Almoloya, Edomex |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/un-polic%c3%ada-de-investigaci%c3%b3n-y-sus-dos-hijos-son-asesinados-en-carretera-de-almoloya-edomex/ar-BB16EHyY |website=msn.com |access-date=July 13, 2020}}
  • July 13 – Angie Michelle Vera; from San Andrés Cholula, Puebla; femicide (body found on this date){{cite web |title=Protestan por feminicidio de Michelle |url=https://rotativo.com.mx/2020/07/21/mujer/protestan-por-feminicidio-de-michelle-joven-reportada-como-desaparecida-en-puebla-849093/ |website=Rotativo de Querétaro |access-date=July 21, 2020 |date=July 21, 2020}}
  • July 20 – Guillermo Salvador Boyzo González, adjunct general direct of the Foreign Ministry; COVID-19{{cite web |title=Lamenta cancillería muerte de funcionario por covid-19 |url=https://lasillarota.com/nacion/lamenta-cancilleria-muerte-de-funcionario-por-covid-19-sre-cancilleria-marcelo-ebrard-condolencias/415314 |website=La Silla Rota |date=July 21, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2020 |language=es}}
  • July 24
  • Úrsula Mojica Obrador, 69, cousin of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador; COVID-19{{cite web |title=Murió por COVID-19 Úrsula Mojica, prima de López Obrador |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/07/24/murio-por-covid-19-ursula-mojica-prima-de-lopez-obrador/ |website=infobae |date=July 24, 2020 |access-date=July 24, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Jesús Rodríguez de Hijar, 91, musician, composer and arranger (b. 1929).{{Cite web|url=https://www.milenio.com/cultura/musica-fallecio-jesus-rodriguez-de-hijar|title=Música: Falleció Jesús Rodríguez de Híjar|website=Grupo Milenio|date=July 24, 2020 }}
  • Ana Lucía Rupprecht, Swiss-Mexican child who could not get medicine in Mexico; leukemia{{cite web |title=Ana Lucía fue desconectada, su muerte se pudo haber evitado si en México hubiera medicamentos contra el cáncer: su padre |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/07/24/ana-lucia-fue-desconectada-su-muerte-se-pudo-haber-evitado-si-en-mexico-hubiera-medicamentos-contra-el-cancer-su-padre/ |website=infobae |date=July 24, 2020 |access-date=July 24, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • July 24 – Claudio Zupo, 35, judoka, known as El gigante de Sonora ("the giant from Sonora") (b. 1984); coronavirus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/muere-claudio-zupo-campeon-panamericano-mexico-judo-victima-covid-19|title=COVID-19 Muere Claudio Zupo, Campeón Panamericano de México en Judo|date=July 25, 2020 }}
  • July 26
  • Rafael Barraza Sánchez, 91, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1928).{{Cite web|url=https://www.elsoldedurango.com.mx/local/fallecio-monsenor-rafael-barraza-sanchez-5544427.html|title=Falleció monseñor Rafael Barraza Sánchez|first=Víctor|last=Blanco|website=El Sol de Durango}}
  • José Kuri Harfusch, businessman (Inbursa, Minera Frisco); COVID-19{{cite web |title=Murió el empresario José Kuri, informa Marcelo Ebrard |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/murió-el-empresario-josé-kuri-informa-marcelo-ebrard/ar-BB17diiQ?li=AAggpOd |website=msn.com |access-date=July 26, 2020}}

17,672 people died of SARS-CoV-2 virus in July, an average of 589 people per day.{{cite web |last1=Lara |first1=Ricardo |last2=Tula |first2=Montse H. |title=Coronavirus. Casos en México por estado, mapa al 11 de agosto |url=https://www.milenio.com/estados/coronavirus-casos-mexico-mapa-11-agosto |website=milenio.com |publisher=Milenio |access-date=August 13, 2020}} An excess of 130,000 deaths, 55%, were reported between April and July 2020, compared to the same time period in 2019. Only 51,000 of these were officially attributed to COVID-19.{{cite web |title=Este año han muerto 130 mil personas más que en 2019, sólo la tercera parte oficialmente por Covid |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/este-a%C3%B1o-han-muerto-130-mil-personas-m%C3%A1s-que-en-2019-s%C3%B3lo-la-tercera-parte-oficialmente-por-covid/ar-BB18DqGO?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Animal Politico |access-date=September 2, 2020 |language=es |date=September 2, 2020}}

=August=

  • August 1 – José Vicente Anaya, 73, writer, poet and cultural journalist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/cultura/2020/08/01/fallece-el-poeta-jose-vicente-anaya-a-los-73-anos-9785.html|title=Fallece el poeta José Vicente Anaya a los 73 años |date=August 1, 2020|website=www.jornada.com.mx}}
  • August 3 – Pablo Morrugares, journalist (P.M Noticias Guerrero web site) and his police bodyguard; murdered{{cite web |title=Journalist and police guard killed in southern Mexico |url=https://apnews.com/c60712439f232e6a74d07d585590c4fb |website=AP NEWS |access-date=August 4, 2020 |date=August 3, 2020}}
  • August 4 – José Luis Ibáñez, 87, university professor, screenwriter and film and theater director (b. 1933).{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/artes-escenicas/fallece-jose-luis-ibanez-guionista-y-director-de-teatro|title=Fallece José Luis Ibáñez, guionista y director de teatro|date=August 4, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • August 5 – Tony Camargo, 94, singer (b. 1926).{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/musica/fallece-tony-camargo-el-interprete-de-la-famosa-cancion-el-ano-viejo|title=Fallece Tony Camargo el intérprete de la famosa canción "El Año Viejo"|date=August 5, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • August 9 – Manrique Mezquita Tadeo, 36, cable television installer in San Marcos Tlacoyalco, Puebla; lynched after being falsely accused of child-kidnapping.{{Cite web|url=https://www.milenio.com/policia/hombre-linchado-puebla-trabajaba-empresa-television-cable|title=Hombre linchado en Puebla trabajaba en empresa de televisión por cable|website=Grupo Milenio|date=August 13, 2020 }}
  • August 10
  • Oscar Baylón Chacón, 91, politician (PRI: Federal senator and Governor of Baja California) and agronomist; stroke.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elimparcial.com/tijuana/tijuana/Fallece-Oscar-Baylon-ultimo-gobernador-del-PRI-en-el-Estado-20200810-0015.html|title=Fallece Óscar Baylón, último gobernador del PRI en el Estado|website=El Imparcial|date=August 11, 2020 }}{{cite web |title=Fallece en Tijuana exgobernador Óscar Baylón Chacón |url=https://zetatijuana.com/2020/08/fallece-en-tijuana-exgobernador-oscar-baylon-chacon/ |website=ZETA – Libre como el viento |date=August 10, 2020 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |language=es}}
  • Ricardo Melgar Bao, 74, professor, historian and anthropologist (b. 1946).{{Cite web|url=https://alcanzandoelconocimiento.com/inah-lamenta-el-sensible-fallecimiento-de-su-investigador-emerito-ricardo-melgar-bao/|title=INAH lamenta el sensible fallecimiento de su investigador emérito Ricardo Melgar Bao|date=August 10, 2020}}
  • August 11
  • Luis Miranda Cardoso, father of Luis Enrique Miranda Nava, former Secretary of SEDESOL; murdered{{cite web |title=Luis Miranda Cardoso fue hallado sin vida en Edomex, informa FGJEM |url=https://www.milenio.com/policia/luis-miranda-cardoso-hallado-vida-edomex-informa-fgjem |website=milenio.com |access-date=August 11, 2020}}
  • Jonathan Santos, 18, Zapopan, Jalisco; shot in the head. His death raises concerns about homophobic hate crimes in Mexico. (Body found on this date){{cite web |last1=Mota |first1=J. I. |title=El asesinato de un joven homosexual en Jalisco enciende de nuevo las alarmas sobre los delitos de odio en México |url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2020-08-13/el-asesinato-de-un-joven-homosexual-en-jalisco-enciende-de-nuevo-las-alarmas-sobre-los-delitos-de-odio-en-mexico.html |website=EL PAÍS |access-date=August 16, 2020 |language=es |date=August 13, 2020}}
  • August 12 – Monica Miguel, television actress and director.{{cite web |title=Fallece Mónica Miguel, actriz mexicana y directora de escena en Televisa |url=https://www.reporteindigo.com/piensa/fallece-monica-miguel-actriz-mexicana-y-directora-de-escena-en-televisa/ |website=Reporte Indigo |date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • August 12 – Enrique Robinson Bours, 93, businessman (Bachoco, Megacable) (n. 1927).{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/08/13/murio-el-empresario-enrique-robinson-bours-fundador-de-bachoco/|title=Murió el empresario Enrique Robinson Bours, fundador de Industrias Bachoco|date=13 August 2020|website=infobae}}
  • August 15 – Mercedes Barcha, 87, widow of Colombian writer Gabriel García Marquez.{{cite web |last1=Osorio |first1=Camila |title=Muere Mercedes Barcha, la mujer que hizo posible el éxito de García Márquez |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-08-15/muere-mercedes-barcha-el-apoyo-mas-grande-que-recibio-gabriel-garcia-marquez.html |website=EL PAÍS |publisher=El Pais |access-date=August 16, 2020 |language=es |date=August 15, 2020}}
  • August 16 – Rodrigo Abed Macías, 17, Jujutsu athlete in Oaxaca; killed.{{cite web |title=Asesinan a joven oaxaqueño que representaría a México en torneo de Jiu Jitsu |url=https://www.zocalo.com.mx/new_site/articulo/asesinan-a-joven-oaxaqueno-que-representaria-a-mexico-en-torneo-de-jiu-jits |website=zocalo.com.mx |publisher=Zócalo |access-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928135022/https://www.zocalo.com.mx/new_site/articulo/asesinan-a-joven-oaxaqueno-que-representaria-a-mexico-en-torneo-de-jiu-jits |url-status=dead }}
  • August 16 – Elsy Michelle "N," 12, of Tala, Jalisco; raped and killed, suspected feminicide (body found on this date).{{cite web |title=Exigen justicia por la muerte de la niña Elsy Michelle, de 12 años en Jalisco |url=https://laverdadnoticias.com/mexico/Exigen-justicia-por-la-muerte-de-la-nina-Elsy-Michelle-de-12-anos-en-Jalisco-20200818-0006.html |website=La Verdad Noticias |access-date=August 18, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • August 17
  • Norberto Ángeles, 43, businessman and former soccer player (Cruz Azul and 2001 Copa Libertadores Finals); heart attack.{{cite web |title=Falleció Norberto Ángeles, ex futbolista de Cruz Azul |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/deportes/futbol/falleci%C3%B3-norberto-%C3%A1ngeles-ex-futbolista-de-cruz-azul/ar-BB185cWO?ocid=msedgdhp |publisher=Futbol Total |access-date=August 18, 2020}}
  • Héctor Mickeith, 25, YouTuber, musician and actor{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/08/18/murio-juanito-sirenita-lo-confirmo-werevertumorro|title=Murió Juanito Sirenita, lo confirmó Werevertumorro|date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818044157/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/08/18/murio-juanito-sirenita-lo-confirmo-werevertumorro/?outputType=amp-type |archive-date=August 18, 2020 }}
  • Lauro Quiroz Amador, police chief of intelligence for Quintana Roo; COVID-19.{{cite web |title=Muere por covid el comandante 'Aquiles', Lauro Quiroz Amador |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/muere-por-covid-el-comandante-aquiles-lauro-quiroz-amador/1400298 |website=Excélsior |access-date=August 17, 2020 |language=es |date=August 17, 2020}}
  • August 18
  • Mario Quintana, police officer who arrested the mastermind behind the July 26 attack on Omar García Harfuch in Mexico City; COVID-19.{{cite web |title=Muere de covid policía que detuvo a autor de ataque conta García Harfuch |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/muere-de-covid-polic%C3%ADa-que-detuvo-a-autor-de-ataque-conta-garc%C3%ADa-harfuch/ar-BB186med?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Excélsior |access-date=August 18, 2020}}
  • Andrés Terrones Martínez ("El Chaparrito de Oro"), 87, musician (La Sonora Santanera de Carlos Colorado).{{cite web |title=Muere Andrés Terrones, uno de los fundadores de La Sonora Santanera |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/entretenimiento/musica/muere-andr%C3%A9s-terrones-uno-de-los-fundadores-de-la-sonora-santanera/ar-BB187roV?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Excélsior |access-date=August 19, 2020}} {{cite web |last1=Rojas |first1=Otto |title=Murió fundador de La Sonora Santanera a los 87 años |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/entretenimiento/famosos/muri%C3%B3-fundador-de-la-sonora-santanera-a-los-87-a%C3%B1os/ar-BB187v58?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=TV y Novelas |access-date=August 19, 2020}}
  • August 19 – Armando Gaytan ("Mucha Crema"), wrestling announcer.{{cite web |title=Fallece 'Mucha Crema', anunciador icónico de lucha libre |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/deportes/todos-los-deportes/fallece-mucha-crema-anunciador-ic%C3%B3nico-de-lucha-libre/ar-BB18bSIK?ocid=msedgdhp |publisher=Excélsior |access-date=August 20, 2020}}
  • August 20 – Herón Sarabia Mendoza, politician (Morena), in Tlapehuala, Guerrero; shot along with another person.{{cite web |title=Asesinan a dirigente morenista de Arcelia, Guerrero |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/asesinan-a-dirigente-morenista-de-arcelia-guerrero/ar-BB18gqH8 |website=msn.com |publisher=La Jornada |access-date=August 22, 2020}}
  • August 21 – Pedro Nájera Pacheco, 91, soccer player (Club América, 1954 FIFA World Cup, 1962 FIFA World Cup).{{cite web |last1=Jara Ramírez |first1=Diego |title=América de luto: Fallece la leyenda americanista Pedro Nájera |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/deportes/liga-mx/am%C3%A9rica-de-luto-fallece-la-leyenda-americanista-pedro-n%C3%A1jera/ar-BB18gsip |website=msn noticias |publisher=America Monumental |access-date=August 22, 2020 |language=es}}
  • August 22
  • Juan Nelcio, independent journalist in Coahuila (Velador TV); murdered while in police custody.{{cite web |title=Juan Nelcio, reportero de Coahuila, muere bajo custodia de policías; Artículo 19 exige justicia |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/juan-nelcio-reportero-de-coahuila-muere-bajo-custodia-de-polic%C3%ADas-art%C3%ADculo-19-exige-justicia/ar-BB18gxNO |website=msn.com |publisher=Sin Embargo |access-date=August 22, 2020}}
  • Danna, 16, of Mexicali, Baja California; shot (body burned after death).{{cite web |title=Danna tenía 16. La mataron en BC; hallaron su cuerpo en llamas. Hay detenidos; tienen 23, 25 y 18 |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/danna-ten%c3%ada-16-la-mataron-en-bc-hallaron-su-cuerpo-en-llamas-hay-detenidos-tienen-23-25-y-18/ar-BB18jsL0 |website=msn.com |publisher=Sin Embargo |access-date=August 24, 2020}}
  • August 23 – Miguel Antonio Vázquez, politician, municipal president of General Felipe Ángeles, Puebla; COVID-19.{{cite web |title=Han muerto 19 ediles a consecuencia de Covid (+Infografía) |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/han-muerto-19-ediles-a-consecuencia-de-covid-infograf%C3%ADa/ar-BB18nzdT |website=msn.com |publisher=24 Horas |access-date=August 26, 2020 |language=es}}
  • August 24
  • Victorino Gómez Martínez, politician, municipal president of San Bartolomé Quialana, Tlacolula District, Oaxaca; COVID-19.{{cite web |title=Fallece un alcalde más en Oaxaca por coronavirus |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/fallece-un-alcalde-m%C3%A1s-en-oaxaca-por-coronavirus/ar-BB18mdZb |website=msn.com |publisher=La Jornada |access-date=August 25, 2020}} He was the 19th municipal president to die of the virus.
  • Sergio Tolano Lizárraga, union leader (Sección 65 del Sindicato Minero Nacional); injuries related to a fall off a horse.{{cite web |title=Fallece Sergio Tolano, líder de la Sección 65 en Cananea |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/fallece-sergio-tolano-l%C3%ADder-de-la-secci%C3%B3n-65-en-cananea/ar-BB18kBdN |website=msn.com |publisher=La Jornada |access-date=August 24, 2020}}
  • August 25 – Federico Aparicio Calixto, indigenous healer, disappeared while looking for his son in Metlatónoc, Guerrero; shot (body found on this date).{{cite web |title=Asesinan a sanador indígena que buscaba a su hijo desaparecido en Guerrero |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/asesinan-a-sanador-ind%C3%ADgena-que-buscaba-a-su-hijo-desaparecido-en-guerrero/ar-BB18ws8A?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=Animal Politico |access-date=August 30, 2020 |language=es |date=August 30, 2020}}
  • August 26 – Cristian Trinidad, nurse last seen in Huixquilucan on July 17 (body found August 26).{{cite web |title=Encuentran muerto a Cristian Trinidad, enfermero que desapareció en Edomex |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/video/noticias/encuentran-muerto-a-cristian-trinidad-enfermero-que-desapareci%C3%B3-en-edomex/vi-BB18vGUK?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=Milenio |access-date=August 30, 2020}}
  • August 28
  • Manuel Torres Compeán, 71, boxer (n. 1941).{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulsoslp.com.mx/amp/meta/fallece-uno-de-los-mejores-boxeadores/1212394|title=Fallece uno de los mejores boxeadores|website=www.pulsoslp.com.mx}}
  • Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, 89, comedian; skin cancer.{{cite web |title=Manuel 'El Loco' Valdés fallece a los 89 años de edad |url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/1736187.fallece-el-actor-y-comediante-manuel-el-loco-valdes.html |website=El Siglo |publisher=El Siglo de Torreón |access-date=August 30, 2020 |language=es-ES |date=August 28, 2020}}
  • August 30
  • Horacio Alvarado Ortiz, 95, television personality (Reportajes de Alvarado).{{cite web |title=Fallece a los 95 años Horacio Alvarado Ortiz, icono de la TV regiomontana |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/fallece-a-los-95-a%C3%B1os-horacio-alvarado-ortiz-icono-de-la-tv-regiomontana/ar-BB18wBKj?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=24 Horas |access-date=August 30, 2020}}
  • Tomás Primo Negrete Chavarria, municipal president of Tonanitla; COVID-19.{{cite web |title=Muere presidente municipal de Tonanitla por covid-19 |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/muere-presidente-municipal-de-tonanitla-por-covid-19/ar-BB18wX1Y?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=Excélsior |access-date=August 30, 2020 |language=es |date=August 30, 2020}}
  • Cecilia Romo, 74, actress, mother of Claudia Romo Edelman; COVID-19.{{cite web |last1=Gutiérrez Segura |first1=Eduardo |title=Cecilia Romo muere a los 74 años, tras dura lucha contra secuelas del COVID-19 |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/entretenimiento/other/cecilia-romo-muere-a-los-74-a%C3%B1os-tras-dura-lucha-contra-secuelas-del-covid-19/ar-BB18xm1d?ocid=msedgdhp |website=msn.com |publisher=Quién |access-date=August 31, 2020 |language=es |date=August 31, 2020}}
  • Elisa Vargaslugo Rangel, 97, writer and researcher at the UNAM (Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes, 2005).{{cite web |title=Fallece Elisa Vargaslugo Rangel, investigadora emérita de la UNAM |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/fallece-elisa-vargaslugo-rangel-investigadora-em%C3%A9rita-de-la-unam/ar-BB18wIph?ocid=msedgntp |publisher=La Jornada |access-date=August 30, 2020 |language=es |date=August 30, 2020}}

2,973 homicides were reported in Mexico in August 2020, a 0.67% increase over 2019.{{cite web |title=México registró 2,973 homicidios dolosos en agosto, un alza de 0.67% frente al mismo mes de 2019 |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/09/18/mexico-registro-2973-homicidios-dolosos-en-agosto-un-alza-de-067-frente-al-mismo-mes-de-2019/ |website=infobae |access-date=November 13, 2020 |language=es-ES |date=September 18, 2020}}

=September=

  • September 2 – Wanda Seux (Juana Amanda Seux Ramírez), 72, Paraguayan-born actress; multiple illnesses.{{cite web |title=Muere Wanda Seux a los 72 años de edad |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/entretenimiento/famosos/muere-wanda-seux-a-los-72-a%C3%B1os-de-edad/ar-BB18EeWn?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=Uno TV |access-date=September 6, 2020 |language=es |date=September 5, 2020}}
  • September 7
  • Xavier Ortiz, 48, singer (Garibaldi) and actor; suicide by hanging.{{cite web |title=Confirma Fiscalía de Jalisco la causa de muerte de Xavier Ortiz |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/confirma-fiscal%C3%ADa-de-jalisco-la-causa-de-muerte-de-xavier-ortiz/ar-BB18UdmU?ocid=msedgntp |website=msn.com |publisher=Telediario, Multimedios Digital |access-date=September 11, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Xavier Ortiz, de Garibaldi. Muere el cantante a los 48 años |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/xavier-ortiz-muere-integrante-grupo-garibaldi |website=milenio.com |publisher=Milenio |access-date=September 8, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=September 7, 2020}}
  • Luis Zárate, 79, Mexican Olympic cyclist (1960).{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/17263|title=Olympedia – Luis Zárate|website=www.olympedia.org}}
  • September 9 – Julio Valdivia, journalist (El Mundo de Veracruz); decapitated.{{cite web |title=Decapitan a periodista en México, el quinto asesinado en 2020 |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mundo/decapitan-a-periodista-en-m%C3%A9xico-el-quinto-asesinado-en-2020/vi-BB18V19a?ocid=msedgntp |publisher=AFP |access-date=September 11, 2020}}{{Cite web|date=2020-09-11|title=Guterres condemns killing of journalists, following beheading of Mexican crime reporter|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1072212|access-date=2021-04-21|website=UN News}}
  • September 11 – "Taboo", wrestler, brother of La Parka II.{{cite web |title=Murió el luchador Taboo, hermano de La Parka |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/deportes/2020/09/11/murio-el-luchador-taboo-hermano-de-la-parka/ |website=infobae |date=September 11, 2020 |access-date=September 11, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • September 12 – José Luis Espinosa (gym owner), 64; COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unotv.com/virales/la-jefa-de-las-barras-praderas-muere-a-causa-del-covid-19/|title="La Jefa", de Las Barras Praderas muere a causa del COVID-19|date=September 13, 2020|website=Uno TV}}
  • September 16 – Miguel Acundo González, politician PES, Deputy (LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress) from Puebla; COVID-19{{cite news |last1=Damián |first1=Fernando |title=Diputado del PES muere por coronavirus; 31 legisladores se han contagiado |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/diputado-del-pes-muere-por-coronavirus-31-legisladores-se-han-contagiado/ar-BB195Dfz?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=Sep 16, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Milenio |date=September 16, 2020}}
  • September 21 – Julián Cardona, 59–60, photojournalist.{{Cite web|url=https://diario.mx/juarez/fallece-reconocido-fotografo-juarense-20200922-1711417.html|title=Fallece reconocido fotógrafo juarense|website=El Diario}}
  • September 22 – Fulgencio Sandoval Cruz, model for Nezahualcóyotl and Cuauhtémoc on the MXN $50,000 and $100 bills.{{cite news |last1=Sanchez |first1=Eduardo |title=Murió Fulgencio Sandoval, rostro de billetes de 50 mil y 100 pesos |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/muri%C3%B3-fulgencio-sandoval-rostro-de-billetes-de-50-mil-y-100-pesos/ar-BB19k56W?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=Sep 23, 2020 |publisher=Unom TV |date=September 22, 2020}}
  • September 23 – Pedro Modesto Santos, municipal president of Santa Cruz Xitla, Oaxaca; COVID-19.{{cite news |last1=Rodríguez |first1=Óscar |title=Muere por coronavirus alcalde de Santa Cruz Xitla, Oaxaca |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/muere-por-coronavirus-alcalde-de-santa-cruz-xitla-oaxaca/ar-BB19midU?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=Sep 24, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Milenio |date=September 23, 2020}}
  • September 24
  • Francisco Bonilla, boxing coach (Olympics of 2000 and 2016).{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mundo/muere-francisco-bonilla-entrenador-de-la-selecci%C3%B3n-nacional-de-boxeo/ar-BB19oNvi?ocid=msedgdhp|title=Muere Francisco Bonilla, entrenador de la Selección Nacional de Boxeo|website=MSN }}
  • Carmen Vazquez, social leader ("Los Cholos") in Zacateas; murdered.{{cite news |last1=Valadez |first1=Alfredo |title=Marchan en Zacatecas contra asesinato de líder de movimiento Cholo |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/marchan-en-zacatecas-contra-asesinato-de-l%C3%ADder-de-movimiento-cholo/ar-BB19EMHp?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=October 3, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=La Jornada |date=October 2, 2020}}
  • September 25 – Amalia Magdalena Aguirre Álvarez, 55, doctor, director of IMSS hospital #66 in Apodaca, Nuevo León; COVID-19{{cite news |last1=González |first1=Sandra |title=Fallece directora de la Clínica 66 del IMSS en Apodaca por Covid-19 |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mundo/fallece-directora-de-la-cl%C3%ADnica-66-del-imss-en-apodaca-por-covid-19/ar-BB19qgZz?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=Sep 25, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=Telediario |date=September 25, 2020}}
  • September 28 – Rubén Anguiano, 64, footballer (Zacatepec, Atlante, national team); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/futbol/exfutbolista-del-atlante-muere-causa-del-covid-19|title=Exfutbolista del Atlante muere a causa del Covid-19|date=September 27, 2020|website=El Universal}}

=October=

  • October 7 – Mario Molina, 77, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1995); heart attack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/ciencia-y-salud/muere-mario-molina-ganador-del-premio-nobel-1995|title=Mario Molina, ganador del Premio Nobel 1995, muere a causa de un infarto|date=October 7, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • October 14 – Armando Herrera, 84, Olympic basketball player (1960, 1964).{{Cite web|url=https://www.elheraldodechihuahua.com.mx/deportes/luto-en-el-basquetbol-mexicano-tras-muerte-de-chaparro-herrera-noticias-de-chihuahua-deportes-5890976.html|title=Luto en el basquetbol mexicano por muerte de "Chaparro" Herrera|first=Efrén |last=Rodríguez Silva|website=El Heraldo de Chihuahua}}
  • October 15 – Mauricio Mata, 81, Olympic cyclist (1960).{{Cite web|url=https://www.elsoldesanluis.com.mx/deportes/murio-el-ciclista-potosino-mauricio-mata-5897252.html|title=Murió el ciclista potosino Mauricio Mata|first=Tino |last=Portillo |website=El Sol de San Luis}}
  • October 18 – Principe Aereo, 26, pro wrestler.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2020-10-18/muere-sobre-el-ring-el-luchador-principe-aereo.html|title=Muere sobre el ring el luchador 'Príncipe Aéreo'|date=October 18, 2020|website=El País México}}
  • October 21 – Paul Leduc, 78, film director (Frida Still Life, Reed: Insurgent Mexico).{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/10/22/murio-paul-leduc-el-director-mexicano-reconocido-por-cintas-como-reed-mexico-insurgente-y-frida-naturaleza-viva/|title=Murió Paul Leduc, el director mexicano reconocido por cintas como "Reed: México insurgente" y "Frida, Naturaleza viva"|date=21 October 2020|website=infobae}}
  • October 24 – Joel Molina Ramírez, 75, politician MORENA, Senator (since 2019); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/10/24/fallece-senador-de-morena-joel-molina-ramirez-por-covid-19-984.html|title=Fallece senador de Morena Joel Molina Ramírez por Covid-19 |first1=Andrea |last1=Becerril|first2=José Carlos |last2=Avendaño Flores|date=October 24, 2020|website=www.jornada.com.mx}}
  • October 27 – Pedro Cervantes, 87, sculptor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/fallece-el-escultor-pedro-cervantes|title=Fallece el escultor Pedro Cervantes|date=October 27, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • October 29
  • Arturo Alba Medina, 49, journalist (Multimedios Televisión); shot.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/juarez/2020/10/31/arturo-alba-tv-news-anchor-journalist-killed-juarez-mexico-shooting/6098334002/|title=Arturo Alba Medina: TV news anchor killed in Juárez street shooting mourned|first=Daniel|last=Borunda|website=El Paso Times}}
  • Arturo Rivera, 75, painter; cerebral hemorrhage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/fallece-el-artista-plastico-arturo-rivera|title=Fallece el artista plástico Arturo Rivera de una hemorragia cerebral|date=October 29, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • October 31 – Arturo Lona Reyes, 94, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tehuantepec (1971–2001); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adnsureste.info/fallecio-el-obispo-arturo-lona-reyes-tras-15-de-dias-de-estar-hospitalizado-1300-h/|title=Falleció el obispo Arturo Lona Reyes, tras 15 de días de estar hospitalizado (13:00 h)|date=October 31, 2020}}

=November=

  • November 2 – Jesús Alfonso Piñuelas Montes, independent camera-operator in Cajeme, Sonora; killed.{{cite news |title=Investigan el asesinato de un periodista en Sonora |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/estados/2020/11/4/investigan-el-asesinato-de-un-periodista-en-sonora-252095.html |access-date=November 10, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=November 2, 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 5
  • Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, 78, admiral, Secretary of the Navy (2010–2012).{{Cite web|url=https://www.yucatan.com.mx/mexico/2020/11/4/fallece-el-exsecretario-de-marina-francisco-saynez-mendoza-219158.html|title=Fallece el exsecretario de Marina Francisco Saynez Mendoza|website=www.yucatan.com.mx|access-date=November 14, 2022|archive-date=November 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114113418/https://www.yucatan.com.mx/mexico/2020/11/4/fallece-el-exsecretario-de-marina-francisco-saynez-mendoza-219158.html|url-status=dead}}
  • Luis Zapata, 69, writer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/reflector/fallece-escritor-luis-zapata-autor-del-vampiro-de-la-colonia-roma/|title=Fallece escritor Luis Zapata, autor de 'El vampiro de la colonia Roma'|website=El Financiero|date=November 5, 2020 }}
  • November 6 – Adriana Murrieta Treviño, 29, Sonoran influencer who promoted marijuana by-products; strangled.{{cite news |title=La Jornada: Influencer sonorense habría sido plagiada y estrangulada al llegar a Jalisco |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/11/06/estados/027n2est |access-date=November 11, 2020 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=DEMOS, Desarrollo de Medios, S. A. de |date=6 November 2020 |language=es-MX}}
  • November 8 – Víctor Valencia de los Santos, 61, politician PRI, Deputy (2006–2008); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elheraldodechihuahua.com.mx/local/pierde-la-batalla-contra-el-covid-victor-valencia-coronavirus-muertes-pandemia-enfermedad-juarez-centro-medico-decesos-edidemia-5990804.html|title=Pierde la batalla contra el Covid-19 Víctor Valencia|first=Paloma|last=Sánchez|website=El Heraldo de Chihuahua}}
  • November 9
  • Bianca Alejandrina Lorenzana Alvarado (Alexis), 20, of Cancun, Quintana Roo; killed and dismembered (body found on this date).{{cite news |title=Alexis apareció descuartizada en Cancún; exigen justicia |url=https://www.yucatan.com.mx/mexico/alexis-aparecio-descuartizada-en-cancun-exigen-justicia |access-date=November 10, 2020 |work=El Diario de Yucatán |date=9 November 2020 |language=es |archive-date=November 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110030757/https://www.yucatan.com.mx/mexico/alexis-aparecio-descuartizada-en-cancun-exigen-justicia |url-status=dead }} The police violently repressed protests following her death.{{cite news |title=Aristegui Noticias |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/1011/mexico/jefes-policiales-de-quintana-roo-y-cancun-separados-de-sus-cargos-tras-agresiones-a-feministas-video/ |access-date=November 10, 2020 |publisher=Arestegui |date=November 10, 2020 |language=es}}
  • Israel Vázquez, 33, journalist (El Salmantino) from Salamanca, Guanajuato; shot.{{cite news |title=Matan al reportero Israel Vázquez mientras hacía cobertura periodística en Salamanca |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/estados/2020/11/9/matan-al-reportero-israel-vazquez-mientras-hacia-cobertura-periodistica-en-salamanca-252412.html |access-date=November 10, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=November 9, 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 10
  • Isidro Pedraza Chávez, 61, politician PRD, Senator (2006–2009, 2012–2015), COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://vanguardia.com.mx/noticias/nacional/fallece-el-exsenador-isidro-pedraza-por-covid-19-IQVG3557861|title=Fallece el exsenador Isidro Pedraza por COVID-19|website=vanguardia.com.mx|date=November 10, 2020 }}
  • Florisel Ríos Delfín, politician PRD, municipal president of Jamapa, Veracruz; murdered.{{cite news |last1=Zavaleta |first1=Noé |title=Plagian y asesinan a la alcaldesa de Jamapa, en Veracruz |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/estados/2020/11/11/plagian-asesinan-la-alcaldesa-de-jamapa-en-veracruz-252538.html |access-date=November 11, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=November 11, 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 13 – Miguel Hernández, 48, actor ("Agapito Melo" in Cero en Conducta).{{cite news |title=Murió a los 48 años Miguel Hernández, el carismático "Agapito" de "Cero en Conducta" |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2020/11/13/murio-a-los-48-anos-miguel-hernandez-el-carismatico-agapito-de-cero-en-conducta/ |access-date=November 13, 2020 |work=infobae |language=es-ES}}
  • November 16
  • Javier Miranda, singer (imitator of Juan Gabriel); COVID-19.{{cite news |title=Muere por Covid-19 Javier Miranda, uno de los mejores imitadores de Juan Gabriel |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/1611/kiosko/muere-por-covid-19-javier-miranda-uno-de-los-mejores-imitadores-de-juan-gabriel/ |access-date=November 16, 2020 |work=Aristegui Noticias |date=November 16, 2020 |language=es}}
  • Abdiel Alexey, 18; roller-coaster accident at Six Flags México.{{cite news |title=Joven muere tras ser hospitalizado por "salir volando" de "El Pingüino" en Six Flags |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/joven-muere-tras-ser-hospitalizado-por-salir-volando-de-el-pinguino-en-six-flags |access-date=November 17, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=17 November 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 17 – Samuel Rodríguez Mora, politician (Director of Protocol of the Chamber of Deputies); COVID-19.{{cite news |last1=González Vargas |first1=Manuel |title=Murió el director de protocolo de la Cámara de Diputados por COVID-19: suman 15 fallecidos de coronavirus en San Lázaro |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/11/17/murio-el-director-de-protocolo-de-la-camara-de-diputados-por-covid-19-suman-15-fallecidos-de-coronavirus-en-san-lazaro/ |access-date=November 17, 2020 |work=infobae |date=November 17, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • November 18 – Candelaria Beatriz López Obrador, 56, teacher, sister of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.{{cite news |title=Murió Candelaria Beatriz López Obrador, hermana de AMLO |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/11/18/murio-candelaria-beatriz-lopez-obrador-hermana-de-amlo-252956.html |access-date=November 18, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=November 18, 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 20 – Ernesto Canto, 61, racewalker (gold medal, 20 km walk in the 1984 Summer Olympics); cancer.{{cite news |title=Ernesto Canto fue despedido por atletas mexicanos |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/mas-deportes/ernesto-canto-fue-despedido-por-atletas-mexicanos |access-date=November 21, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=21 November 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 21
  • {{ill|Maleni Morales|es}}, 45, actress (Los ricos también lloran); lung cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elimparcial.com/espectaculos/Muere-la-actriz-Maleni-Morales-esposa-de-Otto-Sirgo-20201121-0025.html|title=Muere la actriz Maleni Morales, esposa de Otto Sirgo|website=El Imparcial|date=November 21, 2020 }}
  • Sofía Alejandra N., 12, of Fresnillo, Zacatecas; femicide (body found on this date).{{cite news |last1=Valadez Rodríguez |first1=Alfredo |title=Incendian presidencia municipal de Fresnillo por asesinato de menor |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/estados/2020/11/23/incendian-presidencia-municipal-de-fresnillo-por-asesinato-de-menor-7586.html |access-date=November 23, 2020 |publisher=La Jornada |date=November 23, 2020 |language=es}}
  • David Suayfeta, doctor at IMSS in Zacatepec, Morelos; burned to death when an explosive device is thrown at his car.{{cite news |title=Lanzan explosivos contra médico del IMSS en Morelos; muere calcinado |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/2111/mexico/lanzan-explosivos-contra-medico-del-imss-en-morelos-muere-calcinado/ |access-date=November 21, 2020 |work=Aristegui Noticias |date=November 21, 2020 |language=es}}
  • November 22 – Gonzalo Galván Castillo, 69, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Autlán (2004–2015).{{Cite web|url=https://letrafria.com/fallece-gonzalo-galvan-castillo-obispo-emerito-de-la-diocesis-de-autlan/|title=Fallece Gonzalo Galván Castillo, obispo emérito de la Diócesis de Autlán|date=November 23, 2020|website=Letra Fría}}
  • November 23 – Juan Carlos Padilla Aranda, 54, seller of tamales in Celaya; killed by police.
  • November 24 – Juan de Dios Castro Lozano, 78, lawyer and politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (2003–2004) and MP (1979–1985, 1991–2000, 2003–2006); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/11/24/muere-el-panista-juan-de-dios-castro-lozano-6600.html|title=Muere el panista Juan de Dios Castro Lozano |date=November 24, 2020|website=www.jornada.com.mx}}
  • November 25
  • Pedro Gutiérrez Farías, 79, Catholic priest, founder of orphanages in Salamanca, Guanajuato and Morelia, accused child abuser; COVID-19.{{cite news |last1=Espinosa |first1=Veronica |title=Murió el cura fundador de "Ciudad de los Niños", donde se reportaron abusos sexuales |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/estados/2020/11/25/murio-el-cura-fundador-de-ciudad-de-los-ninos-donde-se-reportaron-abusos-sexuales-253404.html |access-date=November 26, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=November 25, 2020 |language=es}}
  • José Manuel Mireles Valverde, 62, paramilitary leader; COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/estados/fallece-jose-manuel-mireles-exlider-de-las-autodefensas-de-michoacan/|title=Fallece José Manuel Mireles, exlíder de las autodefensas de Michoacán, por COVID-19|website=El Financiero|date=November 26, 2020 }}
  • Flor Silvestre, 90, singer ("Cielo rojo"), actress (The Soldiers of Pancho Villa, Ánimas Trujano) and equestrienne.{{Cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/famosos/muere-la-cantante-flor-silvestre-mama-de-pepe-aguilar|title=Muere la cantante Flor Silvestre, mamá de Pepe Aguilar|website=Univision}}
  • November 26 – Benjamín Jiménez Hernández, 82, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Culiacán (1993–2011).{{Cite web|url=https://revistaespejo.com/2020/11/26/murio-el-obispo-emerito-de-culiacan-benjamin-jimenez-hernandez/|title=Murió el Obispo emérito de Culiacán Benjamín Jiménez Hernández|date=November 26, 2020|website=Revista Espejo|access-date=December 7, 2020|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126181629/https://revistaespejo.com/2020/11/26/murio-el-obispo-emerito-de-culiacan-benjamin-jimenez-hernandez/|url-status=dead}}

=December=

  • December 1 – {{ill|Luis César Aguirre|es}}, musician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/otros-mundos/musica/muere-el-capi-fundador-grupo-rock-mexicano-los-estramboticos|title=Muere El Capi, fundador del grupo de rock mexicano Los Estrambóticos|website=Mediotiempo|date=January 12, 2020 }}
  • December 5 – Raúl Iragorri Montoya, Cuernavaca businessman (Nissan Cuernavaca) and politician MORENA (Morelos State legislature 1976-1979 and 2003–2006); COVID-19.{{cite news |last1=Morelos Cruz |first1=Rubicela |title=Muere de Covid-19 el empresario morelense Raúl Iragorri Montoya|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/estados/2020/12/05/muere-de-covid-19-el-empresario-morelense-raul-iragorri-montoya-3398.html |access-date=December 6, 2020 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=5 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 6 – Jaime Camil Garza, Acapulco businessman and father of actors Jaime Camil and Issabela Camil.{{cite news |title=Aristegui Noticias |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/0612/kiosko/muere-el-empresario-jaime-camil-garza/ |access-date=December 6, 2020 |date=December 6, 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 8
  • Yuri de Gortari Krauss, 69, chef (co-founder Escuela de Gastronomía Mexicana).{{cite news |title=Murió Yuri de Gortari, reconocido cocinero e investigador gastronómico mexicano |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/12/09/murio-yuri-de-gortari-reconocido-cocinero-e-investigador-gastronomico-mexicano/ |access-date=December 9, 2020 |work=infobae |publisher=Infoanae |date=December 9, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Sandra Ibeth Ochoa García, professor in Instituto Politécnico Nacional; feminicide.{{cite news |last1=García |first1=Zíuleyma |title=Localizan sin vida a maestra del IPN; desapareció en Los Reyes La Paz |url=https://www.milenio.com/policia/localizan-vida-maestra-ipn-desaparecio-reyes-paz |access-date=December 10, 2020 |work=milenio.com |publisher=Milenio |date=December 10, 2020 |language=es-MX}}
  • December 13
  • Edgardo del Villar, 51, Mexican television journalist, cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/espanol/entretenimiento/articulo/2020-12-13/lamentan-la-muerte-de-periodista-edgardo-del-villar-al-perder-la-batalla-contra-el-cancer|title=Lamentan la muerte del periodista Edgardo del Villar al perder la batalla contra el cáncer|date=December 14, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times en Español}}
  • David Adrián Salas Carreón, student at Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla (BJUP). He is the fourth BJUP student murdered this year.{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Gabriela |title=Asesinan a otro estudiante de la BUAP: David Adrián Salas Carreón |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/15/asesinan-otro-estudiante-de-la-buap-david-adrian-salas-carreon-254627.html |access-date=December 16, 2020 |work=www.proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 15, 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 14
  • Fernando Coello Pedrero, grandfather of Senator Manuel Velasco Cuello of Chiapas.{{cite news |title=Fallece Fernando Coello, abuelo del senador Manuel Velasco |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/fallece-fernando-coello-abuelo-del-senador-manuel-velasco |access-date=December 16, 2020 |work=El Universal |publisher=El Universal |date=16 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • José María de la Torre Martín, 68, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aguascalientes (since 2008); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/contagios-por-festejo-del-leon-se-veran-en-15-dias|title="Contagios por festejo del León se verán en 15 días"|date=December 15, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • Amalia Alejandra Solórzano Bravo, cousin of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano and granddaughter of Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes (IPN).{{cite news |title=Murió María Eugenia Bátiz y Solórzano, prima hermana de Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas y nieta del fundador del IPN |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/12/15/murio-maria-eugenia-batiz-y-solorzano-prima-hermana-de-cuauhtemoc-cardenas-y-nieta-del-fundador-del-ipn/ |access-date=December 14, 2020 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=December 14, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • December 17
  • "Doctor" Alfonso Morales, 71, sportscaster (TUDM); renal deficiency.{{cite news |title=Fallece el 'Doctor' Alfonso Morales; histórico narrador |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/futbol/fallece-el-doctor-alfonso-morales-historico-narrador |access-date=December 18, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=17 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • Ernesto Yañez, actor (Pastorela and Principio y fin); COVID-19.{{cite news |title=Fallece el actor Ernesto Yañez debido al Covid-19 |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/fallece-el-actor-ernesto-yanez-debido-al-covid-19 |access-date=December 18, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=17 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 18 – Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz, 46, politician PRI, Governor of Jalisco (2013–2018); assassinated.
  • December 19 – Alberto Valdés Jr., 70, equestrian, Olympic bronze medallist (1980).{{Cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/juegos-olimpicos/2020/12/20/5fdecc88e2704e159d8b457d.html|title=Muere Alberto Valdés Lacarra, medallista olímpico en Moscú 1980|date=December 20, 2020|website=MARCA}}
  • December 20
  • Delfino López Aparicio, 60, politician, Deputy (since 2018); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/fallece-delfino-lopez-aparicio-diputado-federal-de-morena|title=Fallece Delfino López Aparicio, diputado federal de Morena|date=December 20, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • Florencio Olvera Ochoa, 87, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cuernavaca (2002–2009).{{Cite web|url=https://www.elheraldodetabasco.com.mx/local/fallece-florencio-olvera-ochoa-ex-obispo-de-tabasco-6155672.html|title=Fallece Florencio Olvera Ochoa, ex obispo de Tabasco|first=Casimiro|last=Sánchez|website=El Heraldo de Tabasco}}
  • December 21
  • Juan Bustillos Orozco, businessman and journalist (Impacto); suicide.{{cite news |last1=Vergara |first1=Rosalia |title=Se suicida Juan Bustillos, director de 'Impacto'; deja carta para García Harfuch |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/22/se-suicida-juan-bustillos-director-de-impacto-deja-carta-para-garcia-harfuch-254983.html |access-date=December 22, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 22, 2020 |language=es |quote=Querido hermano: Perdona que acuda a ti para comunicar mi decisión de quitarme la vida en razón de que ya no puedo hacer frente a mis problemas económicos, ni siquiera los gastos inmediatos}}
  • Gilberto Ensástiga Santiago, Mexico City politician; COVID-19.{{cite news|last=Cruz|first=Alejandro|date=2020-12-21|title=Fallece el ex alcalde de Tláhuac, Gilberto Ensástiga|language=es|work=La Jornada|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2020/12/21/politica/fallece-el-ex-alcalde-de-tlahuac-gilberto-ensastiga/|access-date=2021-01-01}}
  • Irene Ramiro Mora, 36, and Natividad Parra Ramiro, 13, of Zacapoaxtla; feminicide (bodies found on this date).{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Gabriela |title=Hallan muertas a madre e hija desaparecidas hace casi un mes en Zacapoaxtla, Puebla |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/21/hallan-muertas-madre-hija-desaparecidas-hace-casi-un-mes-en-zacapoaxtla-puebla-254936.html |access-date=December 21, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 21, 2020 |language=es}}
  • Efrén Valois Morales, politician MORENA (precandidate for mayor of Pilcaya); shot.
  • Alejandro Abisay, 26, from Puebla; femicide.{{cite news |title=Exigen justicia para mujer transexual asesinada en Puebla |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/justicia/2020/12/23/exigen-justicia-para-mujer-transexual-asesinada-en-puebla-255066.html |access-date=December 24, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 23, 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 22 – Rubén Tierrablanca Gonzalez, 68, Mexican-born Turkish Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul (since 2016); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Bishop-Rub%C3%A9n-Tierrablanca,-man-of-dialogue,-dies-from-COVID-19-in-Istanbul-51927.html|title=Bishop Rubén Tierrablanca, man of dialogue, dies from COVID-19 in Istanbul|website=www.asianews.it}}
  • December 24
  • Benedicto Bravo, 58, footballer (Club León, Unión de Curtidores); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/futbol/liga-mx/2020/12/25/5fe655b2268e3e85088b460c.html|title=Muere Benedicto Bravo, leyenda del León|date=December 25, 2020|website=MARCA}}
  • Armando Romero, 60, footballer (Cruz Azul, Toluca, Correcaminos UAT, Atlético Morelia and Zacatepec); COVID-19{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/deportes/2020/12/24/murio-armando-romero-historico-capitan-del-cruz-azul/|title=Murió Armando Romero, histórico capitán del Cruz Azul|website=infobae|date=December 24, 2020 }}
  • December 27
  • Florentino Domínguez Ordoñez, politician (PRI), Secretary of Public Education of Tlacala, former federal deputy; COVID-19.{{cite news |title=Florentino Domínguez, secretario de Educación de Tlaxcala, murió por covid-19 |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/27/florentino-dominguez-secretario-de-educacion-de-tlaxcala-murio-por-covid-19-255200.html |access-date=December 27, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 27, 2020 |language=es}}
  • Antonio Velasco Piña, 85, Mexican novelist, spiritual writer and essayist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodemexico.com/escena/muere-el-autor-del-libro-regina-antonio-velasco-pina|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228131716/https://www.diariodemexico.com/muere-el-autor-del-libro-regina-antonio-velasco-pina|url-status=dead|title=Muere el autor del libro 'Regina', Antonio Velasco Piña|first1=Carlos|last1=Meraz|date=December 27, 2020|archivedate=December 28, 2020|website=Diario de México}}
  • December 28
  • Othón Cuevas Córdova, 55, Mexican politician, Deputy (2006–2009); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://oaxaca.quadratin.com.mx/fallece-diputado-othon-cuevas-debido-a-la-covid-19/|title=Fallece diputado Othón Cuevas debido a la Covid 19|date=December 28, 2020}}
  • Josefina Echánove, 93, soap opera actress (two Ariel Awards, La Dueña (b. New York, July 21, 1928).{{cite news |title=Murió Josefina Echánove, primera actriz en Rubí y Corazón Salvaje |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/josefina-echanove-muere-actriz-92-anos |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=milenio.com |publisher=Milenio |date=December 29, 2020 |language=es-MX}}
  • Armando Manzanero, 85, singer and composer (Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2014); heart attack provoked by COVID-19 (b. 1935).{{cite news |title=Armando Manzanero. Muere el cantautor mexicano a los 86 años |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/armando-manzanero-muere-cantautor-mexicano-86-anos |access-date=December 28, 2020 |work=milenio.com |publisher=Milenio |date=December 28, 2020 |language=es-MX}}
  • Luis Enrique Mercado, 68, writer, journalist (El Economista) and politician, Deputy (2009–2012); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/fallece-el-periodista-luis-enrique-mercado-habia-sido-hospitalizado-por-covid|title=Fallece el periodista Luis Enrique Mercado; había sido hospitalizado por Covid|date=December 28, 2020|website=El Universal}}
  • Juan José Reyes, 65, literary critic and author (La música para niños en México: una crónica) (b. 1955).[https://aristeguinoticias.com/2812/libros/fallecio-el-critico-literario-juan-jose-reyes/ Falleció el crítico literario Juan José Reyes] {{in lang|es}}
  • Cristy Mary Villegas Juarez, 15, from Juchitepec, State of Mexico; femicide (body found on this date).{{cite news |title=Tras 9 días, hallan muerta a Christy |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/tras-9-dias-hallan-muerta-christy |access-date=December 28, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=28 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 29 – Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Machado, 60, politician, Deputy (2003–2006); COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/12/29/murio-el-diputado-panista-miguel-gutierrez-machado-victima-de-covid-19/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230170458/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/12/29/murio-el-diputado-panista-miguel-gutierrez-machado-victima-de-covid-19/?outputType=amp-type|url-status=dead|title=Murió el diputado panista Miguel Gutiérrez Machado, víctima de COVID-19|date=29 December 2020|archivedate=December 30, 2020|website=infobae}}
  • December 30
  • Joel Higuera Acosta, musician (Los Tucanes de Tijuana); heart attack.{{cite news |title=Muere Joel Higuera, uno de los fundadores de Los Tucanes de Tijuana |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/muere-joel-higuera-exintegrante-tucanes-tijuana |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=milenio.com |publisher=Milenio |date=December 31, 2020 |language=es-MX}}
  • Martha Navarro, 83, actress (nominated for Ariel Award for Best Actress in 1989 for El Jinete de la Divina Providencia).{{cite news |title=Martha Navarro. Muere actriz a los 83 años |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/martha-navarro-muere-actriz-83-anos |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=milenio.com |publisher=Milenio |date=December 30, 2020 |language=es-MX}}
  • Otto Schöndube, 84, archaeologist.{{cite news |last1=Pint |first1=John |title=Pioneering archaeologist made waves studying Mexico's prehistory on foot |url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/otto-schondube-dies/ |access-date=January 10, 2021 |work=Mexico News Daily |date=8 January 2021}}

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