The Atlanta Beat forward was well outside the England penalty area when she hit a long-range first-half effort which curled up before dropping into the top left hand-corner of the England net in their match in Wolfsburg.
In Group B's other game in Bochum, Japan got its campaign off to a winning start with a 2-1 victory over New Zealand.
But Mexican Ocampo's effort in the 33rd minute was the day's highlight and it was enough to share the points after England midfielder Fara Williams had earlier put the Three Lions ahead.
"It's not something that I trained to do, it just came from the flow of the game. Thank God it went in and it put us back in the game," said woman-of-the-match Ocampo.
"It is special because it is a World Cup goal, I am really proud to have scored it."
England coach Hope Powell added: "No excuses, we have played better and we will have to play better if we want to stay in this tournament.
"The goal flew in, didn't it, we would have expected the goalkeeper to save that, she is bitterly disappointed, we dominated up until that point, so we gave away a point."
Leonardo Cuellar's Mexico next faces Japan in Leverkusen on Saturday (AEST) while England takes on New Zealand in Dresden the same day.
Powell's England side had got off to a fine start when Williams' looping header opened the scoring after just 21 minutes.
An accurate cross from Birmingham City forward Karen Carney eluded the Mexican defence, but found Williams on the edge of the penalty box, who headed home.
But the Mexicans drew level thanks to Ocampo's stunning effort after her shot appeared to be flying high over the England goal.
English goalkeeper Karen Bardsley was tracking the shot, but was caught out as it dipped down behind her and into the net to put the Mexicans level at the break.
Japan tops Group B
Despite their win, the Japanese Nadeshiko were pushed hard by the New Zealand Ferns who had been looking to score their first point in their third appearance in a World Cup.
Yuki Nagasato and Aya Miyama scored for Japan with Amber Hearn heading in for New Zealand.
It was the second major international tournament where the two sides had met in the opening match after the 2008 Olympics where New Zealand held Japan 2-2.
The more experienced Japanese got off to a confident start with Nagasato opening the scoring after just six minutes when she lobbed a Shinobu Ohno cross past Jenny Bindon in the New Zealand goal.
It was the 32nd goal in 64 international matches for the 23-year-old Nagasato who plays club football in the German league for Turbine Potsdam.
But New Zealand kept pace with Hearn grabbing the equaliser after 12 minutes when she latched onto a Ria Percival corner to head past Ayumi Kaihori to the delight of the crowd at the Ruhrstadion in Bochum.
Japan finally broke through again when Miyama stepped up to take a free kick following a yellow card handed out to New Zealand captain Rebecca Smith after 68 minutes.
- AFP
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