It was later changed to Comitán de las Flores and, in 1915, to Comitán de Domínguez, after Dr. Belisario Domínguez, who gave a memorable speech in Congress against the dictator Victoriano Huerta for which he was murdered.
It acquired its present name in 1935 in honour of Belisario Domínguez, a senator for Chiapas murdered during the Mexican Revolution.
Belisario Corenzio | Belisario | Marta Domínguez | Rancho Dominguez, California | Rancho Dominguez | Manuel Domínguez | José Dominguez | Belisario Domínguez | Battle of Dominguez Rancho | Virginia R. Domínguez | Sebastián Domínguez | Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb | Marta Dominguez | Mario Domínguez | Maribel Domínguez | Maribel Dominguez | Manuel Domínguez (actor) | Manuel Dominguez | Lorenzo Domínguez | Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez | Jorge Domínguez | Gildo Seisdedos Domínguez | Daniel R. Dominguez | Carlos María Domínguez |
Around the same time the governor of Chiapas, Juan Sabines Guerrero, publicly announced the creation of a new municipality in Chimalapas: Belisario Domínguez, which is now the basis of one of the most intense conflicts in the area.