As you know, on September 19, 1985, Ronald Reagan the 40th President of the United States met very early with Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid at the National Palace. Where they discussed the situation in the country at the time.
The reason the meeting will begin at 7:00 a.m. (Mexico City time) was because Reagan had to travel to Europe about 5 hours later.
At 7:00 a.m., Reagan arrived at the National Palace and immediately headed to the Presidential Office where he would begin to discuss the affairs of both countries.
At 7:19 a.m., a strong earthquake began to be felt in the south of the country, which affected the capital. Several government buildings collapsed, including the National Palace, and the area where both presidents were located collapsed.
Ronald Reagan (1911-1985) and Miguel de la Madrid (1934-1985) died instantly, leaving great confusion in the chaos of the country.
In the United States, after hearing the news and confirming the President's death, Vice President and successor George HW Bush became the 41st President of the United States and had to deal with a dismayed country.
In Mexico, the succession was more confusing, who is the president now? the people wondered, there was conflicting information. A few hours later, it was reported that Manuel Bartlett, secretary of the Interior since 1982, was the 59th president of Mexico.
Bartlett, dismayed by the earthquake and the death of then-President Madrid, took steps to rescue survivors, maintain order in the country and investigate why the National Palace collapsed if it had resisted previous earthquakes.
A shocked United States began to make preparations to help the Mexican people after the earthquake, George HW. Bush sympathized with the Mexican people and sent help but was also interested in the reasons why the National Palace had not resisted the earthquake.
These were the presidents of both countries until today.
United States
1981-1985: Ronad Reagan
1985-1993: George WH Bush
1993-2001: Jerry Brown
2001-2009: John McCain
2009-2017: Joe Biden
2017-: Mitt Rommey
Mexico
1982-1985: Miguel de la Madrid (PRI)
1985-1988: Manuel Bartlett (PRI)
1988-1994: Manuel Camacho Solís (PRI)
1994-2000: Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano (PRD)
2000-2006: Juan Ramón de la Fuente (PRI)
2006-2012: Santiago Creel (PAN)
2012-: Marcelo Ebrard (PRD)
What would have happened if Reagan and Madrid hadn't died in 1985?