2014 in Mexico


This is a list of events that happened in 2014 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Events

February

March

April

May

August

  • 27 August–September: CENAPRED reported explosions of Popocateptl, accompanied by steam-and-gas emissions with minor ash and ash plumes that rose 800-3,000 m above the volcano's crater, which drifted west, southwest, and west-southwest. On most nights incandescence was observed, increasing during times with larger emissions.
  • 29 and 31 August 2014: The Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center reported discrete ash emissions from Popocateptl.

September

October

November

  • November 4 – Mexican Federal Police arrest a mayor and his wife, the alleged masterminds of the kidnapping of 43 students in Iguala, Guerrero.
  • November 7 – Parents of Mexico's missing students say authorities found 6 bags containing unidentified corpses; investigations are underway to determine if they are of the missing students. Three people confess their involvement in the massacre.
  • November 11 – A mob angry at the kidnapping and murder of 43 students torches the regional headquarters of Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, and briefly holds a police commander hostage.
  • November 12 – Protesters attack the State Congress building in Guerrero setting alight five vehicles.
  • November 17 – Former Beltrán Leyva Cartel leader Alfredo Beltrán Leyva is extradited to the United States from Mexico, facing drug trafficking and money laundering offences.
  • November 20 – Thousands of protestors gather in Mexico City for a national rally in memory of the 43 missing students. Demonstrators have also called for a nationwide strike.
  • November 26 – Mexico's Party of the Democratic Revolution PRD founder Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas resigns amid internal political crisis resulting from the disappearance of the 43 students in September.

December

Awards

Deaths