1924 in Mexico

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Decades:

Incumbents

Aguascalientes: Victorino Medina
Campeche: Ángel Castillo Lanz
Chiapas: Rogelio García Castro
Chihuahua: Vicente N. Mendoza
Coahuila: Carlos Garza Castro
Colima: Gerardo Hurtado Sánchez
Guanajuato: Jesús S. Soto (interim), Arturo Sierra (interim)
Guerrero: Francisco Figueroa Mata
Jalisco: José Guadalupe Zuno
State of Mexico: Abundio Gómez
Michoacán:
Morelos: Alfredo Ortega; Amilcar Magaña; Ismael Velazco^[2]
Nayarit: Pascual Villanueva Paredes
Nuevo León:
Oaxaca: Manuel García Vigil
Puebla:
Querétaro: Julián Malo Juvera
San Luis Potosí: Aurelio Manrique De Lara
Sinaloa: Ángel Flores
Sonora: Alejo Bay
Tabasco: Tomás Garrido Canabal
Tamaulipas: Benecio López Padilla/Pelayo Quintana/Candelario Garza/Gregorio Garza Salinas
Veracruz: Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (until November 30); Heriberto Jara Corona (from December 1)
Yucatán: Felipe Carrillo Puerto/José María Iturralde Traconis
Zacatecas:

The federal government reports that troops loyal to President Álvaro Obregón have defeated rebels led by Adolfo de la Huerta near Zacualpan.^[3]
February 5 – Anti-government rebels retreat from Veracruz when federal troops are victorious at Córdoba.^[4]
February 7 – Former president and rebel leader Adolfo de la Huerta escapes by boat to Mérida, Yucatán, after federal troops recapture Veracruz.^[5]
February 10 – Federal troops decisively defeat rebels at Ocotlán.^[6]
February 15 – Grupo Sonido 13, directed by Julián Carrillo, holds the first concert of microtonal music in Mexico City.
February 24 – Federal troops defeat rebels in the oil region of Tamaulipas.^[7]
Land belonging to Mexican President-elect Plutarco Elías Calles is expropriated in accordance with agrarian laws.^[8]

January 16 – Katy Jurado, actress (died 2002)^[9]
February 29 – Agustín Hernández Navarro, architect and sculptor (died 2022)^[10]
March 13 — Raúl Córdoba, international footballer (died 2017)
June 26 – Juan Gómez, footballer (died 2009)
November 13 — Jesús Kumate Rodríguez, physician and politician (died 2018)

January 3 — Felipe Carrillo Puerto, journalist, politician and revolutionary (born 1874)^[11]
June 10 — Salvador Alvarado, politician and soldier (born 1880)^[12]

^ Krauze, Enrique, Mexico: Biography of Power. New York: HarperCollins 1997. ISBN 0-06-016325-9 Pages 398-401.
^ "Gobernadores" [Governors]. Morelos.gob.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved June 16, 2019.
^ Cornyn, John (January 2, 1924). "Mexico Rebels Trap 2,000 Men, Battle 2 Days". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
^ "Mexican Rebel Forces Beaten; Quit Vera Cruz". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 6, 1924. p. 1.
^ "Mexican Rebel Chief and Staff Reach Yucatán". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 8, 1924. p. 2.
^ "Obregon Wins in Big Battle Against Rebels". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 11, 1924. p. 1.
^ Cornyn, John (February 25, 1924). "Obregon Troops Rout Rebels at "Cave of Devil"". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 4.
^ Neumeier, Frederick (November 11, 1924). "Mexicans Seize Land of Calles, New President". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 18.
^ Gary D. Keller (1997). A Biographical Handbook of Hispanics and United States Film. Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-927534-65-9.
^ Margarita Tortajada Quiroz: Amalia Hernández: audacia y fuerza creativa (Spanish)
^ "Historia Biografía y Geografía de México: Felipe Carrillo Puerto" (in Spanish). Porrúa. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012.
^ James C Carey (12 June 2019). The Mexican Revolution In Yucatan, 1915-1924. Taylor & Francis. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-00-030331-5.

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