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The following lists events that happened in 1924 in the United Mexican States.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Álvaro Obregón (until 30 November); Plutarco Elías Calles (from 1 December)
• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Romeo Ortega
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Aarón Sáenz Garza
• Communications Secretary (SCT):
• Education Secretary (SEP):

Supreme Court

• President of the Supreme Court:

Governors

• 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
• 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:

Events

• The federal government reports that troops loyal to President Álvaro Obregón have defeated rebels led by Adolfo de la Huerta near Zacualpan.
• February 5 – Anti-government rebels retreat from Veracruz when federal troops are victorious at Córdoba.
• February 7 – Former president and rebel leader Adolfo de la Huerta escapes by boat to Mérida, Yucatán, after federal troops recapture Veracruz.
• February 10 – Federal troops decisively defeat rebels at Ocotlán.
• 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.
• Land belonging to Mexican President-elect Plutarco Elías Calles is expropriated in accordance with agrarian laws.

Births

• January 16 – Katy Jurado, actress (died 2002)
• February 29 – Agustín Hernández Navarro, architect and sculptor (died 2022)
• 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)

Deaths

• January 3 — Felipe Carrillo Puerto, journalist, politician and revolutionary (born 1874)
• June 10 — Salvador Alvarado, politician and soldier (born 1880)

References

1. Krauze, Enrique, Mexico: Biography of Power. New York: HarperCollins 1997. ISBN 0-06-016325-9 Pages 398-401.
2. "Gobernadores" [Governors]. Morelos.gob.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved June 16, 2019.
3. Cornyn, John (January 2, 1924). "Mexico Rebels Trap 2,000 Men, Battle 2 Days". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
4. "Mexican Rebel Forces Beaten; Quit Vera Cruz". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 6, 1924. p. 1.
5. "Mexican Rebel Chief and Staff Reach Yucatán". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 8, 1924. p. 2.
6. "Obregon Wins in Big Battle Against Rebels". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 11, 1924. p. 1.
7. Cornyn, John (February 25, 1924). "Obregon Troops Rout Rebels at "Cave of Devil"". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 4.
8. Neumeier, Frederick (November 11, 1924). "Mexicans Seize Land of Calles, New President". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 18.
9. 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.
10. Margarita Tortajada Quiroz: Amalia Hernández: audacia y fuerza creativa (Spanish)
11. "Historia Biografía y Geografía de México: Felipe Carrillo Puerto" (in Spanish). Porrúa. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012.
12. 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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