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Mexican Facts and Figures

Index

Layún, Miguel, 14 Madero, Francisco, 18, 46 Manzanillo, 34, 35 Matamoros, 45 Maximilian (emperor of Mexico), 18, 49, 52 Mazatlán, 26 Mexico

Acapulco, 36 Aguascalientes, 31–32

Baja California Norte, 23–24, 26, 27 Baja California Sur, 24–25 Bay of Campeche, 39 Calderón, Felipe, 20–21, 36 Campeche, 39–40, 42 Cancún, 23, 40–41 Carranza, Venustiano, 46 Chiapas, 38–39 Chichén Itzá, 42 Chihuahua, 28–29 Ciudad Juárez, 13, 28–29 Coahuila, 46 Colima, 33–35 Cortés, Hernán, 17, 44, 50, 51 Culiacán, 27 Díaz, Porfirio, 18, 29, 34, 46 Durango, 30 Guadalajara, 32 Guanajuato, 47–48 Guerrero, 36–37 Guerrero Negro, 24–25 Guzman, Joaquin “El Chapo,” 27 Guzman, Nuño de, 32 Fox, Vicente, 13, 21, 39

history of, 11, 15, 17–21, 25, 26, 28, 33, 36, 37–38, 41, 44, 45, 47, 50–51 customs and cultures of, 11, 12, 31, 35, 45, 46 problems in, 11, 12, 18–19, 21, 24, 37, 47 rebellions in, 12, 18, 19, 30, 38, 48 economy of, 13, 14–15, 21, 26, 27, 28, 37, 39, 42–43, 51

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México (state), 52 Mexico City, Federal District, 52–53 Mexican-American War, 18, 49 Michoacán, 35–36 Monterrey, 45 Montezuma II, 17–18 Morelia, 36 Morelos, 51–52 Moreno, Héctor, 14

narco war, 13, 20-21, 27 Native people of Mexico

Aztec, 17, 35, 37, 49, 50, 52, 53 Maya, 17, 28, 40, 41, 42 Mixtecs, 37 Olmec, 17, 43 Teotihuacán, 17 Toltec, 49, 50, 52 Zapotec, 37

Hermosilla, 28 Hidalgo, 49–50 Hidalgo, Miguel, 18

Nayarit, 33–34 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 14–15 Nuevo León, 45

Ixtaccíhuatl, 51 Ixtapa, 36

Oaxaca, 37–38 Obregón, Álvaro, 19 Orozco, José Clemente, 53

Jalisco, 32–33 Juárez, Benito, 18, 31, 49 La Familia Michoacana, 21 La Paz, 25

Palenque, 17 Peña Nieto, Enrique, 21