President Adolfo López Mateos informs the nation that three Mexican fishermen were killed and 14 wounded by the Armed Forces of Guatemala on December 31, 1958.[3]
January 2 – The Foreign Ministry of Guatemala declares that the three Mexican fishermen killed on December 31, 1958, were "pirates."[4]
February 12 – Martín Luis Guzmán is named president of the Comisión Nacional de Libros de Texto Gratuitos (Commission of Free Textbooks, CONALITEG) to provide books for elementary schools.[5][6]
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^"El día que surgió el ISSSTE". El Universal (in Spanish). 2 January 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
^Overall, Mario. "1958: Cuando Guatemala y México casi fueron a la guerra". www.hobbymex.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 27, 2020.
^ ab"México rompe relaciones diplomáticas con Guatemala en 1959 – Prensa Libre" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. January 21, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
^Decreto que crea la Comisión Nacional de Libros de Texto Gratuitos