1992   A sewer system saturated with gasoline and gasoline fumes explodes in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206 and injuring nearly 500.

1994   Mexican Presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated in Tijuana, Mexico.

1994   Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu assassinated in Mexico City, Mexico on the orders of Raúl Salinas de Gortari, the Mexican President's brother.

1994   A sudden devaluation of the Mexican peso triggers an economic crisis in Mexico.

1995   Bill Clinton invokes emergency powers to provide a $20 billion loan to help Mexico avoid a financial collapse.

2000   Vicente Fox is elected President of Mexico, defeating candidates Francisco Labastida and Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas

2000   Vicente Fox is inaugurated as President of Mexico

2003   Mad cow disease is discovered in U.S. cattle for the first time. Several countries ban U.S. beef including Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Russia, and Australia.