2016 in Mexico

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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Mexico.

Incumbents

• President: Enrique Peña Nieto

Events

Visit of Pope Francis to Mexico. 12-17 February 2016

January

• Gunmen shot and killed Temixco mayor Gisela Mota Ocampo at her home on 2 January, the day after she was elected. Police shot and killed several suspects and arrested several more who are suspected of involvement in organized crime.^[1]
• Mexican police arrested Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán on 8 January. He had been on the run since his second escape from prison in July 2015.^[2]

April

• On 20 April, at least 24 people were killed, 136 others injured, following a blast at the major Clorados 3 petrochemical plant of Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo. The plant is run by Mexichem under agreement with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the national petrochemical company, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, on the country's southern Gulf of Mexico coast. Pemex had an earlier fire at the same facility in February 2016 that killed one worker; also that month, an offshore Pemex Gulf platform fire killed two and injured eight.^[3]

Deaths

• January 7: Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe. Politician and union leader.

Predicted and scheduled events

February

• February 29-March 6 - 2016 Monterrey Open

April

• April 9–15 - 2016 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B in Mexico City

Public holidays

See also

• Timeline of Mexican history

References

1. "Mexico mayor assassinated a day after taking office in Temixco". Associated Press via Chicago Tribune. 3 January 2016.
2. 'El Chapo' Has Been Captured, Mexican President Says
3. Mexico's Pemex puts blast death toll at 24, blames leak