Peña Nieto Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel Morelos Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez , until October 1. Marco Antonio Adame , starting October 1. Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán , until December 31 Sonora: Eduardo Bours Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz , until December 31 Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco Zacatecas: Amalia García Head of Government of the Federal District Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez , until December 4 Marcelo Ebrard , starting December 5 Events The Broad Progressive Front is founded The Garros Galería is established. The Televisa Law is approved. The Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve is declared by the UNESCO in Morelos. The Biosphere Reserve of Huatulco is declared by the UNESCO in Oaxaca. January: The Other Campaign January 25: Juana Barraza is apprehended. February 4: Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers incident. February 19: Pasta de Conchos mine disaster March: Santiago Mexquititlán raid April 10: 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust April 17: Maltrata bus crash May: Jojutla crater discovered on Mars by astronomer Andres Eloy Martínez Rojas. May 3: 2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco May 27: Eutelsat 113 West A is launched. June 17: Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca June 27: Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport inaugurated. June 28: Miss Latin America 2006 held in Riviera Maya. September 2: Nuestra Belleza México 2006 September 16: the Faro del Comercio is re-inaugurated. November 10: The government of Mexico City approves a law on civil unions, becoming the first local government to allow same sex unions in Mexico. December 11: Beginning of the Mexican Drug War unknown date: Galia Moss, a Latin American sailor crosses the Atlantic Ocean alone. Elections 2006 Mexican general election 2006 Chiapas state election 2006 Colima state election 2006 Mexican Federal District election 2006 Guanajuato state election 2006 Jalisco state election 2006 Nuevo León state election 2006 Sonora state election 2006 State of Mexico election 2006 Tabasco state election Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Jesús Kumate Rodríguez Order of the Aztec Eagle National Prize for Arts and Sciences National Public Administration Prize Ohtli Award Pete Gallego Buddy Garcia Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr. Ed Pastor Jared Polis Santiago Wood