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3 unusual facts about Monclova


Green DeWitt

In 1835, near the time of the start of hostilities that would result in the Texas Revolution, DeWitt traveled to Monclova, in Mexico, in an attempt to obtain more premium land for the colony, but was unsuccessful.

Guerrero Negro, Jr.

Héctor Picasso Ríos (born October 19, 1983 in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico), better known under the ring name Guerrero Negro, Jr.

William H. Beatty

William H. Beatty was born in a small village called Monclova, Ohio.


Evangelical Mission Ministries

The school moved after three years to the city of Monclova and later moved again to its current home in Pachuca in the year 2000.

Manuel María de Salcedo

Salcedo was overthrown by Juan Bautista de las Casas in January 1811 and imprisoned for several months in Monclova.

Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova

Don Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, 3rd conde de Monclova (1636, Madrid—September 15, 1705, Lima) was viceroy of New Spain from November 30, 1686 to November 19, 1688 and viceroy of Peru from August 1689 to 1705.

Nadadores

It stands some 30 km north-west of former state capital Monclova on Federal Highway 30.

Pedro Valdés

He returned to Mexico in 2008, and in 2010 split the season between the Olmecas de Tabasco and Monclova.

René Monclova

In 1989, Monclova made his television debut, at a well-known but short-lived comedy section of El Show del Mediodia, at WAPA-TV.

Venustiano Carranza International Airport

It handles national and international air traffic for the metropolitan area of Monclova and Frontera.


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