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4 unusual facts about Álvaro Obregón


Álvaro Obregón, Michoacán

This town limits with the state of Guanajuato to the north, with Querendaro and Indaparapeo to the east, with Charo to the south, with Tarimbaro to the west and with Cuitzeo to the northwest.

Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legend

One winner found a series of sixteen similar coincidences between Kennedy and former Mexican President Álvaro Obregón, while the other came up with similar lists for twenty-one pairs of US Presidents.

Nogales Municipality, Sonora

Early in March 1929, the Escobarista Rebellion exploded in Nogales, sponsored by Obregonistas, supporters of Mexican president Álvaro Obregón, who had been assassinated on July 17, 1928.

Terrible Triangle

He was executed during the persecution of the Catholic Church under the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles after trumped up charges of involvement in an assassination attempt against former President Álvaro Obregón.


Álvaro Obregón Tapia

His parents, Álvaro Obregón Salido and María Tapia Monteverde, were prominent in the nation's history, with his father remembered as one of Mexico's most renowned personalities of the Revolution, who led the country as president from December 1920 to November 1924 and won another term in 1928, but was assassinated immediately thereafter.

Battle of Ambos Nogales

During the November 1915 Battle of Nogales fought between the forces of Francisco Villa and Venustiano Carranza (led by General Alvaro Obregón and Plutarco Elías Calles), one U.S. serviceman, Private Stephen B. Little, was killed by a stray bullet as U.S troops guarded the border in Nogales from the violence in Mexico.

Xawery Wolski

Some of the projects he has undertaken in Mexico include; the sculpture of Lázaro Cárdenas at the entrance of the Rufino Tamayo Museum, the series of works created for the Four Seasons Hotel in Punta Mita, and the stelae arranged at Álvaro Obregón (at the exit of Metro Zapata).


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