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unusual facts about Medellín, Veracruz


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.


1942–43 Copa Mexico

The clubs Guadalajara and Atlas as well ADO (Asociación Deportiva Orizabeña) and Veracruz joined the league, so, the Cup Tournament of 1942-43 season was the first one in the Professional Era.

1978 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

Moreover, both the inaugural 1st CAC senior championships in 1967 and the VI CAC senior championships in 1977 took place in Xalapa, 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.

Andrés Orozco

Andrés Felipe Orozco Vásquez (born March 18, 1979 in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia) is a Colombian football defender.

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.

Bellanca 28-90

After languishing for over a year in a warehouse in Veracruz, they were indeed purchased by the Mexican Air Force, with which they served from 1939 to 1940 until grounded due to safety concerns.

Carlos Hoyos

Carlos Mario Hoyos Jaramillo (born February 28, 1962 in Medellín) is a retired football defender who was capped 24 times for Colombia between 1985 and 1990.

Carlos Romero Giménez

He, his wife and daughter arrived to the port of Veracruz on May 22, 1942, after nearly a month's cruise aboard the second of three voyages made from Casablanca by the Portuguese ship Nyassa carrying to Mexico large contingents of refuges.

Cazones de Herrera

The National Triathlon of Cazones is a major annual sporting event in the north of Veracruz, sponsored by the municipality and the federal government.

Chuck Merriman

Merriman was also appointed coach for the United States National Team for P.U.K.O. Championships in Medellín, Colombia.

Clásico RCN

The event is sponsored by Radio Cadena Nacional, which is one of the oldest and largest radio networks in Colombia, and by a network of Colombian business in Medellín "Empresas Públicas de Medellín".

Cristian Marrugo

When he was 15 years old, he traveled from Cartagena to Cali, In that city he stayed a couple of years before arriving to Medellín to join Atlético Nacional where he got the Colombian League (2005).

Dehesa

Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez, governor of the Mexican state of Veracruz (1892 to 1911).

Drymaeus serperastrus

The distribution of Drymaeus serperastrus includes the following states of Mexico: Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Veracruz, Hidalgo and Tamaulipas.

Escárcega

Escárcega is at the junction of Mexican Federal Highways 251 and 186, and is crossed by the railway that runs from Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, to Campeche, Campeche.

Fabio Ochoa

Fabio Ochoa Vásquez (born 1957), son, convicted drug trafficker and former ranking member of the Medellín Cartel

Francisco Martín Borque

Francisco Martin Borque was a Mexican entrepreneur, he was born in Soria, Spain in August 9, 1917 and died in December 24, 1998 in Torreon, Coahuila, their family arrived Veracruz port in October 30, 1926, then moved to Torreon with their uncle Pascual Borque, in 1930's decade toured Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Sonora sierras, was married with Ana María Bringas at February 15, 1949, in 1968 opened their first hypermarket under the name of Soriana.

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.

Hurricane Stan

The Ministry of the Interior declared states of emergency in the worst hit municipalities of five states: Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz.

Jesús Abad Colorado

He worked as a photographer for the Medellín newspaper El Colombiano from 1992 to 2001.

José de la Cuesta

Born in Medellín, de la Cuesta started playing football with local Atlético Nacional.

Kenny Gallo

Gallo also appears on the Discovery Channel show Flipped: A Mobster Tells All Kenny "Kenji" Gallo and Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior, where he served as an expert for the Medellin Cartel in "Somali Pirates vs. Medellin Cartel."

Luis Fernando Herrera

Luis Fernando Herrera Arango (born June 12, 1962 in Medellín, Colombia) is a retired football defender.

Margarita Vargas

Margarita Vargas Gaviria (born October 2, 1971 in Medellín) is a Colombian singer.

María Luisa Calle

: 1st in South American Games, Road, Individual time trial, Medellín (COL)

Michiel Andrieszoon

In 1683, he was one of the leaders of the raid on Veracruz.

Military career of Stonewall Jackson

1847 brought hopes of an amphibious campaign and by March 5, Company K had been relocated off the shores of Veracruz.

Moral diplomacy

In April of 1914, Mexican officials in Tampico arrested a few American sailors who blundered into a prohibited area, and Wilson used the incident to justify ordering the U.S. Navy to occupy the port city of Veracruz.

Mundo Unico

Mundo Unico is a men's apparel company based in Medellín, Colombia.

Natalio Hernández

Hernández was born 1947 in Naranjo Dulce, a small settlement in the municipality of Ixhuatlán de Madero, Veracruz.

Néstor Álvarez

Nestor was born in a poor family in Medellín, Colombia, at a time when civil unrest in the country would not end.

North San Juan, California

The original name San Juan was bestowed by a veteran of the Mexican-American War who settled there in 1853 because he thought the site looked like San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.

Pajaritos

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

Paso de Ovejas

The city of Paso de Ovejas, along with the city of Catemaco, Veracruz, was one of two cities used for most of the filming of Apocalypto (a 2006 film produced by Mel Gibson).

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 Guerrero

Roberto José Guerrero Isaza (born 16 November 1958, in Medellín) is a former racing driver from Colombia.

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.

Rojos del Águila de Veracruz

The Rojos del Águila de Veracruz (English: Veracruz Red Eagles) are a AAA-level baseball team playing in the Mexican League.

Santiago Arias

Santiago Arias Naranjo (born 13 January 1992 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a right back for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie.

Santiago Montoya Muñoz

Santiago Montoya Muñoz (born 15 September 1991 in Medellín) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Brazilian club Vasco da Gama.

Sonora Carruseles

Sonora Carruseles was grouped in the Colombian city of Medellin in 1995.They originally started as an experiment for Mario Rincón "Pachanga", who was musical director at Colombian based record company, Discos Fuentes.

Teng Bunma

A 1996 article ("Medellin on the Mekong") in the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review, by United States journalist Nate Thayer, described Teng Bunma as a significant figure in Cambodia's international drug-smuggling trade.

The Way We Live Now

He sets out to woo rich and powerful investors by hosting a lavish party, and finds an appropriate investment vehicle when he is approached by a young engineer, Paul Montague, and his American partner, Hamilton K. Fisker, to invest in the construction of a new railway line running from Salt Lake City to Veracruz, Mexico.

Tlalixcoyan

Tlalixcoyan is bordered by: Alvarado, Medellín, and Cotaxtla and is on Mexican Federal Highways 180 and 190.

Tobón

Postobón, soft drink company founded 1904 Medellín, Colombia by Gabriel Posada and Valerio Tobón (whose names combine to form the name the Postobón)

Veracruz Sporting Club

The club was founded in 1908 by the native Spaniards living in Veracruz in the early 1900s.The first owners were the brothers Ángel and Mariano Rivera.The club played in the old Liga amateur de Veracruz from 1908 when in 1931 they were invited to pay in the Liga amateur del Distrito Federal After clubs México FC and Real Club España left some spots open due to economical problems.

Veracruz, Mexico

The state of Veracruz, one of the 32 component federal entities of the United Mexican States

Villatina Massacre

On November 15, 1992, around 9:00 PM, eight children and one adult, all members of a Christian youth group, were standing on a street corner in east Medellín.


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