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unusual facts about C.D. Veracruz



2012 Veracruz murder of journalists

The 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists is about the disappearance, murder and dismemberment of three journalists and a woman who worked in public relations whose bodies were discovered in Boca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico.

Álamo, Veracruz

In 1683, the Dutch pirates Laurens de Graaf (know locally as "Lorencillo") and Nicholas van Hoorn ravaged the region during their capture and looting of the port city of Veracruz.

Alfredo Chavero

On 25 June 1879, the government of Diaz ordered the execution of nine citizens of Vera Cruz who were suspected of conspiracy.

Antonio Sebastián de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of Mancera

In other actions, the viceroy inspected the fortifications of San Juan de Ulúa, near Veracruz, and suspended work on the drainage system of Mexico City and the construction of a convent in Guanajuato for lack of money.

Boca del Río, Veracruz

During the AH1N1 crisis in Mexico in April 2009, beaches of Veracruz and Boca del Rio suffered a 43 to 46 percent decline in visitors.

Children of the Vault

In their attempts, they casually destroyed a town in Nogales, Mexico, and manipulated survivors and the media into thinking that the X-Men were involved.

Coatepec, Veracruz

And talking about other theme, Coatepec is popular about traditions, here the most important tradition is "Sán Jerónimo" that the people celebrates the September 30.

Cristian Borja

Cristian Martínez Borja (born 1 January 1988 in Quibdó, Colombia) is a Colombian footballer, who plays for C.D. Veracruz on loan from Caxias do Sul.

David Velázquez Fernández

David Velázquez Fernández was born on March 13, 1969 in Córdoba, Veracruz, the second son of Bernardino Velázquez Sánchez and Maria de la Paz Fernández Castañeda.

Estrella del Valle

She was born in Córdoba, Veracruz, in 1971 and studied creative writing at the Writer's General Society of Mexico (Sociedad General de Escritores de México, SOGEM).

Fernando Latapi

His grandfather was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the south of France, and his mother’s family came form Tlacotalpan, Veracruz.

General Heriberto Jara International Airport

The airport is located at the outskirts of the city of Veracruz, in a place known as "Las Bajadas".

Heriberto Jara Corona

General Heriberto Jara International Airport in the port of Veracruz is named after him, as is the Stadium at Xalapa, built in 1925 on the grounds where William K. Boone had organized Olympic-style athletic games in 1922.

Hueyapan de Ocampo

The municipality of Hueyapan de Ocampo is delimited to the north by San Andrés Tuxtla and Catemaco, to the south by Santiago Tuxtla, Acayucan and Juan Rodríguez Clara, to the east by Soteapan and to the west by Isla.

John M. B. Clitz

Hecla then began patrols in the Gulf of Mexico, during which she took part in the American amphibious seizure of Tuxpan in April 1847.

John McKee

Folch had in the meantime rescinded his offer to surrender West Florida to the United States, having received money and orders from Veracruz.

José Azueta

José Azueta Abad (Acapulco, Guerrero; May 2, 1895 – Veracruz, May 10, 1914), usually known as José Azueta, was a Mexican Navy cadet who became famous for his role in the United States occupation of Veracruz, where he was fatally wounded.

La Gloria, Veracruz

It is connected to Perote by a small highway; there, the small highway intersects Federal Highway 140, which goes to Xalapa.

Las Vigas de Ramírez, Veracruz

It is located 20 km from the state capital, Xalapa; it stands on the Mexico City to Veracruz railway and on Federal Highways 180 and 122.

Lepidomys cecropia

It was described by Druce in 1895, and is known from Mexico (including the type location Atoyac, Veracruz) and Guatemala.

Limoneros de Fútbol, A.C.

The club is based in Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz.

Marshall Ayres, Jr.

In 1891, the company Lombard & Ayres was worth $1,250,000 and owned the Seaboard Lumber Company, and were heavy exporters of oil to Mexico where they had refineries in Veracruz and San Luis Potosí.

Mauricio Barcelata

Mauricio Barcelata Pinedo (b. 5 January 1970 in Alvarado, Veracruz) is a Mexican actor and TV host.

Mecayapan

The municipality of Mecayapan is delimited to the north by Gulf of Mexico to the east by Pajapan, to the south by Chinameca and to the west by Soteapan State.

Medellín, Spain

The second largest city in Colombia, Medellín, was named so in honour of this small village, as well as Medellín, Veracruz in Mexico, two cities in Argentina, and Medellin, Cebu in the Philippines.

Michel de Grammont

In May 1683, de Grammont, van Hoorn and de Graaf sacked Vera Cruz in Mexico, taking 4,000 prisoners for ransom.Later Grammont raided Spanish Florida settlements, including St.Augustine and the Mocama mission province, forcing further southward migrations.

Miguel Ángel de Quevedo

As an engineer, he constructed the Banco de Londres y México building and pioneered the use of hydro-electric power with a plant on the Río Blanco in Orizaba, Veracruz.

Military history of Mexico

Thus although independence from Spain was first proclaimed in 1810, it was not formalized until 1821, under the Treaty of Córdoba, which was signed on September 16 in Córdoba, Veracruz, by the Spanish viceroy Juan de O'Donojú and Agustín de Iturbide, ratifying the Plan de Iguala.

MV Bluenose

The MV Marine Bluenose was towed from Tampa Bay to Tuxpan, Mexico for scrapping in 2000.

Norberto Collado Abreu

The Granma set sail under Castro on the night of November 25, 1956, from the Veracruz port city of Tuxpan.

Nuestra Belleza Veracruz 2011

Nuestra Belleza Veracruz 2011, was held at the Auditorio Doctor Manuel Suárez of Córdoba, Veracruz on July 1st, 2011.

Pajapan

The municipality of Pajapan is delimited to the north by Mecayapan to the east by Gulf of Mexico and Coatzacoalcos, to the south by Chinameca and Cosoleacaqueto the west by Mecayapan.

Pajaritos

Pajaritos, a maritime terminal and petrochemical complex near Coatzacoalcos that located in state of Veracruz (Mexico)

Pig Business

Controversy also surrounds the half-owned Smithfield Foods pig sheds near the village of La Gloria, Mexico, where as many as 1,800 villagers living near the plant had already complained of respiratory problems and 400 had been treated before the 2009 swine flu outbreak.

Pseudoeurycea praecellens

Another sighting was made in a canyon at Teocelo near Jalapa, but this may not have been the same species.

Qualpopoca

The towns appealed to the Spanish garrisons at Villa Rica and Veracruz and Juan de Escalante, the conquistador then in command, warned Qualpopoca not to threaten the Totonacs and demanded gold as recompense.

Roberto Marcos García

In addition, a week before his assassination, Marcos García publicized an article about gangsters stealing merchandise coming in by ships to the port city of Veracruz, Veracruz.

On 21 November 2006, Marcos García (aged 50) was traveling from the state capital to Alvarado, Veracruz when a stolen vehicle with license plates from Mexico City ran him down around noon.

Soteapan

The municipality of Soteapan is delimited to the north by Gulf of Mexico, to the east by Mecayapan, to the south by Chinameca and Acayucan, and to the west by Hueyapan de Ocampo and Catemaco.

Tezonapa

Tezonapa is linked to Cordoba and Tierra Blanca by paved roads, although the Tezonapa - Vicente Camalote section is bad, most of the rest it is ok.

Tlacotalpan

At the front of the procession is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Port of Veracruz, along with other important clergy in the region.

Tlalnelhuayocan

It stands on the Mexico CityVeracruz railway and on Federal Highways 180 and 125.

Tracy Stallard

From 1967 to 1973, he played for several more minor league teams, including the Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs and High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms, with stops in Torreón and Córdoba of the Class AAA Mexican League.

Yanga, Veracruz

Yanga, the cimarron leader after whom it is named, was an enslaved African of the Yang-Bara tribe from around present-day Guinea.

Zongolica

The municipality of Zongolica is bordered to the north by Tequila and Omealca, to the east by Tezonapa, to the south by Puebla State and to the west by Los Reyes.


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