1994_in_Mexico Knowpia

Years in Mexico:	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
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Years:	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

Events in the year 1994 in Mexico.

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January 1
- The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Mexico, Canada and the United States goes into effect
- The Zapatista Army of National Liberation goes public in response to NAFTA.
January 16 – The Apostolic Nunciature to Mexico, Girolamo Prigione, has a secret meeting with drug lord Benjamín Arellano Félix, who was implicated in the assassination of Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas six months earlier. He had met with Ramón Arellano Félix six weeks earlier.^[5]
March 23 – Luis Donaldo Colosio presidential candidate for the PRI is assassinated in Tijuana, Baja California.^[6]
August 11 – Hurricane John starts in southern Mexico
August 21 – Presidential elections
September 28 – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, brother-in-law of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, former governor of Guerrero, and leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party is assassinated.^[7]
October 11 – Hurricane Rosa kills four in Nayarit and Durango
December 1 – Ernesto Zedillo takes office as President of Mexico.
December 21 – The Popocateptl volcano spewed gas and ash, which was carried as far as 25 km (16 mi) away by prevailing winds. The activity prompted the evacuation of nearby towns and scientists to begin monitoring for an eruption.
December
- economic crisis in Mexico with the peso losing a third of its value
- The Fobaproa is applied in response to the economic crisis
- El Barzón is created in response to the economic crisis

July 5 – Mexico loses 1–3 versus Bulgaria and is eliminated from the Football World Cup 1994

June 6 – The XXXVI edition of the Ariel Award by the Mexican Academy of Film takes place at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City
El callejón de los milagros of Jorge Fons
Bienvenido-Welcome of Gabriel Retes
Dos crímenes of Roberto Sneider
Hasta morir of Fernando Sariñana
El jardín del edén of María Novaro
La reina de la noche of Arturo Ripstein
Mujeres insumisas of Alberto Isaac
Dulces compañías of Oscar Blancarte
Un volcán con lava de hielo (short) of Valentina Leduc
El árbol de la música (short) of Sabina Berman & Isabel Tardán
Del otro lado del mar (short) of Marcela Arteaga

March 23 – Luis Donaldo Colosio (43), candidate to the Presidency of Mexico (b. 1950)^[6]
September 28 – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu (48), politician, assassinated (b. 1946)^[7]

^ Monroy, David (July 15, 2014). "Muere Antonio Riva Palacio, ex gobernador de Morelos". www.milenio.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^ Legislatura LV – Año III – Período Ordinario – Fecha 19940517 – Número de Diario 11
^ "Jorge Carrillo Olea ahorra tiene Graco Rámirez Garrido en sus manos" (in Spanish). Zona Centro Noticias. August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "¿Los conociste?, ¿los recuerdas? Ellos fueron los regentes y jefes de Gobierno CDMX". Sopitas.com (in Spanish). December 5, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^ Fallece sacerdote que reunió a los Arellano Felix con Prigione [Priest who arranged renunion of Arellano-Felix brothers and Prigione dies] (in Spanish), Proceso, January 13, 2010, retrieved June 1, 2019
^ ^a ^b "Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta" (in Spanish). Busca Biografias. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Puig, Carlos (September 1, 2014). "Ruiz Massieu. El crimen perfecto" [Ruiz Massieu. The Perfect Crime] (in Spanish). Nexos. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
^ "20 October 2011 – Athlete of the Week: Alejandra VALENCIA (MEX)". World Archery. March 29, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
^ "Víctor Hugo Saldaña Gutiérrez". Ascenso Mx (in Spanish). Retrieved October 14, 2019.

Years in Mexico:	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997