1970 in Mexico

← 1969 1968 1967 1970 in Mexico → 1971 1972 1973
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	History of Mexico List of years in Mexico Timeline of Mexican history

Events in the year 1970 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (until 30 November), Luis Echeverría (starting 1 December)
• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Mario Moya Palencia
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Antonio Carrillo Flores/Emilio Óscar Rabasa
• Communications Secretary (SCT): José Antonio Padilla Segura/Eugenio Méndez Docurro
• Education Secretary (SEP): Agustín Yáñez/Víctor Bravo Ahuja
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Matías Ramos
• Secretary of Navy: Antonio Vázquez del Mercado/Luis M. Bravo Carrera
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Salomón González Blanco/Rafael Hernández Ochoa
• Secretary of Welfare: Gilberto Valenzuela/Luis Enrique Bracamontes

Supreme Court

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice

• President of the Supreme Court: Alfonso Guzmán Neyra

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Francisco Guel Jiménez
• Baja California: Raúl Sánchez Díaz Martell
• Campeche: Carlos Sansores Pérez
• Chiapas: José Castillo Tielemans/Manuel Velasco Suárez
• Chihuahua: Oscar Flores Sánchez
• Coahuila: Eulalio Gutiérrez Treviño
• Colima: Pablo Silva García
• Durango: Alejandro Páez Urquidi
• Guanajuato: Manuel M. Moreno
• Guerrero: Caritino Maldonado Pérez
• Hidalgo: Manuel Sánchez Vite/Donaciano Serna Leal
• Jalisco: Francisco Medina Ascencio/Alberto Orozco Romero
• State of Mexico: Carlos Hank González
• Michoacán: Carlos Gálvez Betancourt/Servando Chávez Hernández
• Morelos
  • Emilio Riva Palacio (PRI), until May 18
  • Felipe Rivera Crespo (PRI), starting May 18
• Nayarit: Roberto Gómez Reyes
• Nuevo León: Eduardo Elizondo
• Oaxaca: Víctor Bravo Ahuja/Fernando Gómez Sandoval
• Puebla: Rafael Moreno Valle
• Querétaro: Juventino Castro Sánchez
• San Luis Potosí: Antonio Rocha Cordero
• Sinaloa: Alfredo Valdés Montoya
• Sonora: Faustino Félix Serna
• Tabasco: Manuel R. Mora Martínez
• Tamaulipas: Manuel A. Rabize
• Tlaxcala: Ignacio Bonillas/Crisanto Cuéllar Abaroa/Luciano Huerta Sánchez
• Veracruz: Rafael Murillo Vidal
• Yucatán: Luis Torres Mesías/Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz
• Zacatecas: Pedro Ruiz González
• Regent of the Federal District
  • Alfonso Corona del Rosal (until July 31)[1]
  • Alfonso Martínez Domínguez (starting August 1)

Events

• The Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología founded.
• May 23: Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal established.
• July 5: 1970 Mexican general election.
• August 31 – September 5: Tropical Storm Norma.
• November 20: Metro Hospital General opens.
• November 23: The Boundary Treaty of 1970 is signed.

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Rosendo Salazar

Film

• List of Mexican films of 1970

Sport

• 1969–70 Mexican Primera División season
• 1970 Mexican Primera División season
• 1970 FIFA World Cup
• Rojos del Águila de Veracruz win the Mexican League
• 1970 Mexican Grand Prix
• Club Universidad de Guadalajara and Club Jalisco are founded.

Births

• February 16 — Nailea Norvind, actress
• April 13 — Eduardo Capetillo, singer and actor
• June 17 — Sasha Sokol, singer, composer, actress, and television host
• September 18 — Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís, politician (PRI) and Governor of Coahuila starting 2017
• September 29 — Ninel Conde, Mexican actress, singer, and television host
• October 1 — José Ignacio Peralta, Governor of Colima starting 2016
• October 8 — Mayrín Villanueva, model and actress
• December 28 — Yolanda Andrade, Mexican actress and television presenter

Deaths

• October 19 – Lázaro Cárdenas, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)

References

1. "Falleció Alfonso Corona del Rosal, ex líder del PRI". El Universal (in Spanish). 31 Dec 2000. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

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