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82 unusual facts about Veracruz


1885 Atlantic hurricane season

On September 17, a tropical storm developed in the western Gulf of Mexico near Veracruz, Mexico.

1933 Texas tropical storm

The first was considered to have dissipated over Veracruz, Mexico on July 19, and the second was thought to have formed on July 21 in the Gulf of Mexico.

1963–64 Mexican Primera División season


Veracruz finished in second place, and was promoted to Primera Division.

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.

2011 Mexican drug gang attack Twitter hoax

On August 25, 2011 Gilberto Martinez Vera and Maria de Jesus Bravo Pagola made a series of fraudulent Twitter tweets alleging that an attack by drug gangs was in progress at an elementary school in Veracruz Mexico.

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.

Actopan

Actopan, Veracruz, a city and municipality in Veracruz, southern Mexico

Alfonso Pulido

Alfonso Pulido Manzo (born January 23, 1957 in Tierra Blanca, Veracruz) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.

Alfredo Chavero

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

American-Hawaiian Steamship Company

Shipments on the Tehuantepec Route would arrive at Mexican ports—Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, for eastbound cargo, and Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz for westbound cargo—and would traverse the Isthmus of Tehuantepec on the Tehuantepec National Railway.

Arunah Shepherdson Abell

Using this advancement, he was able to learn of the US victory at Veracruz, Mexico before Washington DC; he then sent work to the president.

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.

C.D. Tiburones Rojos de Córdoba

The club was born when Club Veracruz bought the Azucareros de Córdoba franchise in 2006.

Carina Ricco

Carina Ricco (born November 27, 1967, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, singer, musician, and composer.

Born in the port city of Veracruz, Mexico of Spanish and Italian origin, Carina spent her childhood in Argentina, where she began exploring the world of music as a very young child.

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.

Castillo de Teayo

Castillo de Teayo, Veracruz, a modern-day settlement and municipal seat for the municipality of the same name

Castillo San Felipe del Morro

Thus, similar Spanish fortifications of the 17th-18th centuries can be found in Cuba, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Veracruz and Acapulco, Mexico, Portobelo and Panama City, Panamá,and many other Latin American locations which were part of the Spanish Empire during the Age of Exploration.

Celso Duarte

In his solo career, Duarte has showcased traditional Paraguayan folk and son jarocho (a musical style from Veracruz, Mexico that draws from indigenous Huastecan, Spanish Baroque, and African influences).

Chapultepec Zoo

The native animals came from different Mexican states like Sonora, Veracruz and Campeche, while other animals were exchanged with countries like India, France, Peru and Brazil.

Charlie Atom

José Carlos Peláez a.k.a.Charlie Atom was born 21 July 1988 in Veracruz, Mexico.

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.

Claudio Brindis de Salas Garrido

In 1864 he toured with his father and his brother José del Rosario in the Cuban cities of Matanzas, Cárdenas, Cienfuegos and Güines; in 1869 to Veracruz, México.

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.

Drymaeus serperastrus

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

Emilio Carballido

Emilio Carballido (Córdoba, Veracruz, 22 May 1925 – Xalapa, Veracruz, 11 February 2008) was a Mexican writer who earned particular renown as a playwright.

Enrique Guerra

Enrique Guerra (1871–1922) was a Mexican sculptor from Xalapa, Veracruz.

Enteridium lycoperdon

lycoperdon is named "caca de luna" or "Moon's excrement" by the locals in the state of Veracruz in Mexico.

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).

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.

General Heriberto Jara International Airport

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

Grupo FM

Grupo F.M., the short form of Grupo Frecuencia Modulada, is an organization in Veracruz, Mexico, founded in 1970 by Félix Malpica Mimendi and his son Felix Malpica Valverde, that operates radio stations in the state of Veracruz, like Ke Buena, Los 40 Principales of the city of Veracruz, Mar FM, Ke Buena in Tuxpan, Los 40 Principales in Fortín and Los 40 Principales in Coatzacoalcos, and W Radio.

Héctor Xavier

Héctor Xavier was born Héctor Xavier Hernández y Gallegos in Tuxpan, Veracruz to Alfonso Hernández and Paula Gertrudis Gallegos.

History of C.D. Guadalajara

For the Apertura 2006 season, Chivas placed eighth in the league table and qualified for the knock-out stage (the "Liguilla") by defeating Veracruz 2-1 in Veracruz and 4-0 in the Estadio Jalisco in a wild card series.

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.

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.

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.

Jon Riley

Robert Ryal Miller, author of Shamrock and Sword (1989), found what appeared to be Riley's death certificate in book of burials No. 6, entry 133, of the then parish (now cathedral) of Veracruz

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.

Los Adaes

By law, all goods bound for Texas had to be shipped to Veracruz and then transported over the mountains to Mexico City before being sent to Texas.

Manolo Cintrón

He is the head coach of Veracruz´s "Halcones Rojos" in the Mexican Professional Basketball League.

Mara Escalante

Although Escalante still works in Mexico City, she now lives in Veracruz.

Maria Salas

María Estela Salas Marín (born 25 May 1969 in Chachalacas, Veracruz) is a Paralympian athlete from Mexico competing mainly in the throwing events.

Mauricio Barcelata

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

MeAnda – Don

In January 2006, VideoGENTE was invited to make a satiric video for a local contest of video parodies in a night club, in the town of Alvarado, Veracruz, in Mexico.

This is understandable in the cultural context of Alvarado, the city where the video was shot.

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.

Michiel Andrieszoon

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

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.

Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca, 1st Marquis of Branciforte

He arrived in Veracruz on June 15, 1794, and took possession of the government in Mexico City on July 12, 1794.

Miguel José Yacamán

Miguel José Yacamán (born 1946 in Córdoba, Veracruz) is a Mexican physicist who has made many contributions to the field of nanotechnology.

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.

Monica Frassoni

Monica Frassoni (born September 10, 1963 in Veracruz, Mexico) is an Italian politician and was a Member of the European Parliament for the North West of Italy until 2009.

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.

National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics

The Institute, in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Amherst, developed the Large Millimeter Telescope / Gran Telescopio Milimétrico on the Puebla-Veracruz border.

Norberto Collado Abreu

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

Norberto Collado Abreu (c. 1921 – April 2, 2008) was the Cuban captain and helmsman of the yacht Granma, which ferried Fidel Castro and 81 supporters to Cuba from Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, in 1956.

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.

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.

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.

The province had only recently been added to the Aztec Empire through conquest, and when Hernán Cortés arrived in the region (now the Mexican state of Veracruz) in 1520, one of his first acts was to overthrow Aztec dominon by seizing Aztec tribute collectors in the town of Quiahuiztlan and only returning them after a personal request from the Aztec Emperor.

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.

Roberto Marcos García worked as a deputy editor for Testimonio for at least 13 years, and wrote about politics, drug-related killings, police reports, and the narcotics trade in the state of Veracruz.

Roberto Marcos García (1956 – 21 November 2006) was a Mexican journalist, crime reporter, and deputy editor for Testimonio, a crime-beat magazine based in the port city of Veracruz, Veracruz.

Samuel Maverick Jr

In two volumes of memoirs, he recounted his memories of the Council House Fight in 1840 (in which the family's cook saved his life), the evacuation of the city during the incursion by Gen. Rafael Vásquez in 1842, and his father's return from the prison at Perote, Veracruz, in 1843.

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.

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.

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.

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.

After the 1920s the Primera Fuerza decided to only admit clubs from the city of Mexico and so the club return to action in the local Liga Amateur de Veracruz were they managed to win 12 titles till the league folded in 1943 after the Mexican league in Mexico city was professionalize and allowed all clubs from the nation to take part in.

In 1942-43 the club merge with cross town rival Iberia de Córdoba and formed Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz in order to take part of the 1943 Primera División de México tournament and so came an end to a great club who from 1908 to 1943 played many memorable games and managed to win 12 domestic titles and various friendly matches .

Veracruz, Mexico

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

William K. Boone

William Kenneth Boone (1875–1944) was a benefactor of Xalapa, Veracruz.

William R. Rush

William Rees Rush (1857–1940) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War, the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz, and World War I, and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross.

While commanding Florida, Rush was given command of the naval brigade that went ashore at Veracruz, Mexico, during the landings there in April 1914 at the height of a diplomatic crisis between Mexico and the United States.

XHGV-TV

TV MÁS es la cadena pública estatal al servicio del estado mexicano de Veracruz.


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.

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.

Bogotazo

Fires destroyed the Cundinamarca Government building, the historic San Carlos Palace (containing the oldest portrait of Simón Bolívar, painted by Gill in London, 1810), the Justice Palace, Feminine University, Dominican Convent, St. Inés Convent, Regina Hotel, Veracruz church, La Salle high school, the Vatican Nunciature, and many other important landmarks of the city.

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.

Dehesa

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

Demographics of Mexico

Mexicans of African descent are particularly numerous in the Costa Chica region of Guerrero and Oaxaca, and along the coast of Veracruz.

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.

Héctor Manuel Moya Cessa

Born in Acayucan, Veracruz, Mexico, Moya Cessa performed work on his PhD with Professor Sir Peter Knight at Imperial College(1990-1993).

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.

Jalap

Jalap is a cathartic drug, its use largely archaic in the West, consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant growing on the eastern declivities of the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico at an elevation of 5000 to 8000 ft. above sea level, more especially about the neighbourhood of Chiconquiaco on the eastern slope of the Cofre de Perote in the state of Veracruz.

As it also occurs in Veracruz, it was long confused with I. purga, even by such eminent botanists as David Don, Thomas Nuttall or C.J.W. Schiede.

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.

Los Soneritos

They have toured various states in Mexico such as Veracruz, Querétaro, Zacatecas and Jalisco as well as the United States on a tour during April 2011 at Denver, Colorado.

Manuel Maples Arce

Manuel Maples Arce (Papantla, Veracruz, México 1898 - 1981) was a Mexican poet, writer, art critic, lawyer and diplomat, especially known as the founder of the Stridentism movement.

Martín de Mayorga

He greatly reinforced Havana, took extra precautions at Veracruz, and sent an expedition under Bernardo de Gálvez to Florida to aid the English colonists in their revolution against England.

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.

Natalia Lafourcade

She lived many years in Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico, where she studied music with her mother, imitating artists like Gloria Trevi and Garibaldi.

Natalio Hernández

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

Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville

Thiéry de Menonville, with the image of Jason and the Golden Fleece constantly in his mind's eye, slipped over the ramparts of Veracruz one evening and set out, in the guise of a Catalan in order to account for his Frenchified Spanish and his dress, for Oaxaca where the best cochineal was produced.

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).

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.

Romary Rifka

María Romary Rifka González (born 23 December 1970 in Poza Rica, Veracruz) is a female Mexican high jumper.

Rossy Evelin Lima

Rossy Evelin Lima-Padilla (born August 18, 1986 in Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico), is a linguist and poet.