Los Mochis
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Los Mochis is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa
, Mexico
. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome
. As of the 2010 census, the population was 256,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population.
Los Mochis (Place of Turtles)is the western terminus of the Chihuahua-Pacific
Railroad, or ChePe, which passes through the scenic Copper Canyon
. This railway was originally conceived by Albert K. Owen and approved by President Porfirio Díaz
as a trade route linking the cattle markets in Kansas City
with the nearest port on the Pacific Ocean
, Topolobampo
.
Today the North Pacific (Pacifico Norte) irrigation region (Sinaloa-Sonora) in which the "Valle del Fuerte" is the largest district and is the principal agricultural area of Sinaloa, containing over 70% of all irrigated land and producing sugar cane, cotton, rice
, flower
s, and many types of vegetables. The valley is one of the largest producers of mango
es in Mexico
. Air transportation is provided by Federal del Valle del Fuerte International Airport
. Nearby Topolobampo is the second largest natural deepwater port in the world, known for its commercial fishing
and increasingly important role in shipping.
, survived for 30 years. Albert K. Owen, the American civil engineer who came to do studies for the construction of a railway, was enchanted by Ohuira Bay and imagined the city of the future, where railways and shipping lines converged to ship throughout the entire world. Today, the port city of Topolobampo continues to be developed and may one day reach Owen's dream.
The city itself was founded by a businessman named Benjamin F. Johnston, who came to make a fortune in the cultivation of sugarcane
. The founding of the sugar mill produced a population boom in 1903.
Benjamin F. Johnston arrived at Topolobampo attracted by the city project of Owen. Johnston saw an opportunity to exploit resources such as sugar cane and together with Edward Lycan, who had been linked to Zacarías Ochoa, owner of a Trapiche (raw sugar mill) named "El Águila", initiated the construction of a sugar mill. Ochoa died suddenly, and Johnston seized businesses that Lycan and Ochoa founded. "El Águila Sugar Refining Company" later became "United Sugar Company."
In 1898, Johnston laid the first stone of the sugar mill and drove the rapid growth of the city around it. The first harvest was welcomed in the year 1903.
Johnston was a very powerful and influential businessman, so powerful that he was the one that drew the street plans for Los Mochis, a modern city with wide and straight streets. Although it was not until 1903 when it was recognized along with Topolobampo, as a city. On 20 April 1903 a decree is founded by the mayor of Los Mochis, during the state government of Francisco Cañedo. In 1916, establishing the town of Ahome and since 1935 the municipal seat of the latter is located in the city of Los Mochis. It is currently the commercial center of Valle del Fuerte and its radius of influence extends from the southern part of the neighboring state of Sonora and to the municipalities of El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Choix and Guasave in Sinaloa.
The economic development of the city began with the sugar industry, but in recent decades, its progress rests on the high-tech agriculture is practiced throughout the northwestern region of Mexico.
A group of enthusiastic people in la Villa de Ahome, under the name of "separatist" fought to create a municipality outside the hegemony of El Fuerte, achieved its objectives until 5 January 1917 that the mayor came to El Fuerte install new city hall in which he presided Ramon C. López who had been appointed by the state governor Francisco Cañedo.
The municipality of Ahome was created by decree of the Local Legislature dated 20 December 1917, being governor of the state Gral. Ángel Flores, and was appointed head of the municipality of La Villa de Ahome.
In 1918 Florencio A. Valdés, was the first elected mayor.
The City Council Ahome preceded by Modesto G. Castro decided to make the move to the town of Los Mochis, justifying that this population had grown so much that already exceeded several times to La Villa de Ahome.
The City Council Ahome, in a decision dated 1 April 1935, allowed the change to the header, and the State Legislature passed it through another decree issued on May 10 next, which was published in the Official Journal of State the 30th day of the month.
The transfer took place without major problems right away and offices were installed in the house owned by Don Fco. Beltran, located at the corner of Hidalgo and Zaragoza next to the local occupied by the former Sindicatura.
The old town of Ahome, to remain laggard in the process of the region, had also been relegated to second place. Since then the city of Los Mochis, as the town of Ahome whole have had major changes both economic and social policy have remained constant progress to the municipality.
). Summers are extremely hot, reaching 40 °C and overnight lows of 26 °C with very high humidity making the night extremely hot; its very humid and the heat index may reach 45 °C in the day. Winters are warm, reaching 30 °C in the day, even though the lowest temperature recorded was -1°C on February of 2011. Rainfall concentrates in the summer, it is common to see thunderstorms in the summer, winters are dry with almost no rainfall.
under "Los Álamos" which is poplar
-planted area that lines the highway to Topolobampo
Bay.
tracks, pools, tennis
courts, baseball
fields and a soccer stadium with a capacity of 11,000.
The city is home to the Mexican Pacific League's Cañeros de Los Mochis
baseball club. The city's soccer team is called the Dorados de Los Mochis, and its basketball team is known as the Pioneros.
, California
, United States
Santa Rosa
, California
, United States
Sinaloa
Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome
Ahome
Ahome is a municipality on the coast of the Sea of Cortez in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Sinaloa; it is adjacent to Higuera de Zaragoza, Sinaloa, and the southern border of Sonora state. It reported 388,344 inhabitants in the 2005 census. Ahome is also the name of the...
. As of the 2010 census, the population was 256,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population.
Los Mochis (Place of Turtles)is the western terminus of the Chihuahua-Pacific
Chihuahua al Pacífico
The Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico , also known as El Chepe from its reporting mark CHP, or Ferrocarril Chihuahua-Pacífico is a major rail line in northwest Mexico, linking the city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, to the city of Los Mochis, Sinaloa and its port Topolobampo...
Railroad, or ChePe, which passes through the scenic Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon is a group of canyons consisting of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Tarahumara in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in Mexico...
. This railway was originally conceived by Albert K. Owen and approved by President Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican-American War volunteer and French intervention hero, an accomplished general and the President of Mexico continuously from 1876 to 1911, with the exception of a brief term in 1876 when he left Juan N...
as a trade route linking the cattle markets in Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
with the nearest port on the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
, Topolobampo
Topolobampo
Topolobampo is a port on the Gulf of California in northwestern Sinaloa, Mexico. It is the fourth-largest town in the municipality of Ahome , reporting a 2005 census population of 6,032 inhabitants....
.
Today the North Pacific (Pacifico Norte) irrigation region (Sinaloa-Sonora) in which the "Valle del Fuerte" is the largest district and is the principal agricultural area of Sinaloa, containing over 70% of all irrigated land and producing sugar cane, cotton, rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
, flower
Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...
s, and many types of vegetables. The valley is one of the largest producers of mango
Mango
The mango is a fleshy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The mango is native to India from where it spread all over the world. It is also the most cultivated fruit of the tropical world. While...
es in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. Air transportation is provided by Federal del Valle del Fuerte International Airport
Federal del Valle del Fuerte International Airport
-External links:** from NOAA...
. Nearby Topolobampo is the second largest natural deepwater port in the world, known for its commercial fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
and increasingly important role in shipping.
History
Los Mochis was founded in 1893 by a group of American utopian socialists who were adherents of Albert Kimsey Owen, an American civil engineer who built the first irrigation ditches in the valley. The colony, organized under the principles of utopian socialismUtopian socialism
Utopian socialism is a term used to define the first currents of modern socialist thought as exemplified by the work of Saint-Simon, Charles Fourier, and Robert Owen which inspired Karl Marx and other early socialists and were looked on favorably...
, survived for 30 years. Albert K. Owen, the American civil engineer who came to do studies for the construction of a railway, was enchanted by Ohuira Bay and imagined the city of the future, where railways and shipping lines converged to ship throughout the entire world. Today, the port city of Topolobampo continues to be developed and may one day reach Owen's dream.
The city itself was founded by a businessman named Benjamin F. Johnston, who came to make a fortune in the cultivation of sugarcane
Sugarcane
Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...
. The founding of the sugar mill produced a population boom in 1903.
Benjamin F. Johnston arrived at Topolobampo attracted by the city project of Owen. Johnston saw an opportunity to exploit resources such as sugar cane and together with Edward Lycan, who had been linked to Zacarías Ochoa, owner of a Trapiche (raw sugar mill) named "El Águila", initiated the construction of a sugar mill. Ochoa died suddenly, and Johnston seized businesses that Lycan and Ochoa founded. "El Águila Sugar Refining Company" later became "United Sugar Company."
In 1898, Johnston laid the first stone of the sugar mill and drove the rapid growth of the city around it. The first harvest was welcomed in the year 1903.
Johnston was a very powerful and influential businessman, so powerful that he was the one that drew the street plans for Los Mochis, a modern city with wide and straight streets. Although it was not until 1903 when it was recognized along with Topolobampo, as a city. On 20 April 1903 a decree is founded by the mayor of Los Mochis, during the state government of Francisco Cañedo. In 1916, establishing the town of Ahome and since 1935 the municipal seat of the latter is located in the city of Los Mochis. It is currently the commercial center of Valle del Fuerte and its radius of influence extends from the southern part of the neighboring state of Sonora and to the municipalities of El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Choix and Guasave in Sinaloa.
The economic development of the city began with the sugar industry, but in recent decades, its progress rests on the high-tech agriculture is practiced throughout the northwestern region of Mexico.
A group of enthusiastic people in la Villa de Ahome, under the name of "separatist" fought to create a municipality outside the hegemony of El Fuerte, achieved its objectives until 5 January 1917 that the mayor came to El Fuerte install new city hall in which he presided Ramon C. López who had been appointed by the state governor Francisco Cañedo.
The municipality of Ahome was created by decree of the Local Legislature dated 20 December 1917, being governor of the state Gral. Ángel Flores, and was appointed head of the municipality of La Villa de Ahome.
In 1918 Florencio A. Valdés, was the first elected mayor.
The City Council Ahome preceded by Modesto G. Castro decided to make the move to the town of Los Mochis, justifying that this population had grown so much that already exceeded several times to La Villa de Ahome.
The City Council Ahome, in a decision dated 1 April 1935, allowed the change to the header, and the State Legislature passed it through another decree issued on May 10 next, which was published in the Official Journal of State the 30th day of the month.
The transfer took place without major problems right away and offices were installed in the house owned by Don Fco. Beltran, located at the corner of Hidalgo and Zaragoza next to the local occupied by the former Sindicatura.
The old town of Ahome, to remain laggard in the process of the region, had also been relegated to second place. Since then the city of Los Mochis, as the town of Ahome whole have had major changes both economic and social policy have remained constant progress to the municipality.
Climate
Climate in Los Mochis is Semi-arid wet and dry (BShKöppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...
). Summers are extremely hot, reaching 40 °C and overnight lows of 26 °C with very high humidity making the night extremely hot; its very humid and the heat index may reach 45 °C in the day. Winters are warm, reaching 30 °C in the day, even though the lowest temperature recorded was -1°C on February of 2011. Rainfall concentrates in the summer, it is common to see thunderstorms in the summer, winters are dry with almost no rainfall.
Traditions and popular activities
A popular activity among youth in Los Mochis is the "Leyvazo"; where people park their cars or cruise along Gabriel Leyva Avenue in downtown Los Mochis. Also there is the "Riazo" where the people park their car to listen to music, talk, and eat in the restaurants. Some people just cruise down Gabriel Leyva Avenue in their car with friends; this is known as " Dar El Roll". People also gather for a drink or barbecueBarbecue
Barbecue or barbeque , used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry and occasionally fish with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of...
under "Los Álamos" which is poplar
Poplar
Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar , aspen, and cottonwood....
-planted area that lines the highway to Topolobampo
Topolobampo
Topolobampo is a port on the Gulf of California in northwestern Sinaloa, Mexico. It is the fourth-largest town in the municipality of Ahome , reporting a 2005 census population of 6,032 inhabitants....
Bay.
Sports
Los Mochis is known for its sports culture and large, high-quality sporting facilities (Ciudades Deportivas) intended to promote participation in sports. It has two large sporting facilities that have runningTrack and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
tracks, pools, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
courts, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
fields and a soccer stadium with a capacity of 11,000.
The city is home to the Mexican Pacific League's Cañeros de Los Mochis
Cañeros de Los Mochis
The Cañeros de Los Mochis are a Mexican baseball team in the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico. They play in Los Mochis in the state of Sinaloa. They won the league championship in 1984 and 2003....
baseball club. The city's soccer team is called the Dorados de Los Mochis, and its basketball team is known as the Pioneros.
Professional boxing
With many World Champions and undefeated boxers, Los Mochis is considered one of Mexican boxing's best cities for the sport.Notable people
- Jorge "Travieso" Arce, first ever Mexican to win World Championships in four weight divisions and current WBOWorld Boxing OrganizationThe World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...
Super BantamweightSuper BantamweightSuper bantamweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds, or roughly 55.34 kilograms....
Champion. - Francisco Arce ArmentaFrancisco Arce ArmentaFrancisco Arce Armenta is a Mexican professional boxer in the Super Bantamweight division. He's a former IBF Latino Super Flyweight champion and is the current NABF Super Bantamweight Champion...
, Boxer, title contender in the FeatherweightFeatherweightFeatherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
division. - Sergio AriasSergio AriasSergio Javier Arias Delgado is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer, on loan from Guadalajara.-Club career:...
, footballer for the C.D. Chivas USAC.D. Chivas USAClub Deportivo Chivas USA is an American professional soccer club based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California that competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada....
and World Champion with the Mexican U-17 National teamMexico national under-17 football teamThe Mexico U-17 national football team is one of the younger teams that represents Mexico in football, and is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation . A two time FIFA U-17 World Cup champion, the team has enjoyed recent success as it was crowned in the 2005 and 2011 editions of the tournament...
. - Luis AyalaLuis AyalaLuis Ignacio Ayala is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He is 6' 2" and weighs 190 lbs. and bats and throws right-handed.-Mexican League:...
, relief pitcher for the New York YankeesNew York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
. - Miguel Beltrán, Jr.Miguel Beltrán, Jr.Miguel Beltrán Ruiz Jr is a Mexican professional boxer in the Featherweight division.-Professional career:...
, Boxer, title contender in the LightweightLightweightLight-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....
division. - Edwin BorboaEdwin BorboaEdwin Alejandro Borboa Pérez is a Mexican footballer who plays as a forward for Liga de Ascenso club Indios de Ciudad Juárez....
, footballer for the Potros Neza. - Omar BravoOmar BravoOmar Bravo Tordecillas is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.-Club Deportivo Guadalajara:...
, footballer for the Sporting Kansas City and the Mexican National teamMexico national football teamThe Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...
. - Juan CastroJuan CastroJuan Gabriel Castro is a former Mexican professional baseball infielder. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Philadelphia Phillies, during his career...
, shortstopShortstopShortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...
for the Los Angeles DodgersLos Angeles DodgersThe Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
. - Hugo CázaresHugo CázaresHugo Fidel Cázares is a southpaw professional boxer in the Super flyweight division. He is the former WBA Super Flyweight champion and WBO Light Flyweight champion...
, two weight division World Champion boxer and current WBAWorld Boxing AssociationThe World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
Super FlyweightSuper FlyweightSuper flyweight is a weight division in professional boxing. It is alternatively referred to as junior bantamweight and light bantamweight...
Champion. - Daniel CotaDaniel CotaDaniel Cota is a Mexican professional boxer in the Heavyweight division.-Professional career:...
, Boxer, title contender in the HeavyweightHeavyweightHeavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...
division. - Jorge CotaJorge CotaJorge Cota is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Welterweight division.-Professional career:...
, an undefeated Light Middleweight boxer. - Antonio DeMarcoAntonio DeMarcoAntonio de Marco Soto is a Mexican professional boxer and the current WBC Lightweight Champion. Antonio is a cousin of three division world champion Humberto Soto.-Lightweight:...
, Boxer, current WBCWorld Boxing CouncilThe World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
LightweightLightweightLight-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....
Champion. - Carlos FierroCarlos FierroCarlos Eduardo Fierro Guerrero is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Club Deportivo Guadalajara of Mexico...
, Footballer for the ChivasChivas"Chivas" may refer to:*Chivas Regal, a blended Scotch whisky produced by Chivas Brothers*Club Deportivo Guadalajara, a Mexican association football club based in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
de GuadalajaraGuadalajaraGuadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
. Winner of the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup2011 FIFA U-17 World CupThe 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fourteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the eleventh played since the change in age limits from under 16s to Under 17s in 1991. It was held in Mexico with games being played amongst various venues between 18 June and 10 July 2011... - Denisse GuerreroDenisse GuerreroDenisse Guerrero Flores is a Mexican musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the Mexican electropop band Belanova. She was born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, on August 8, 1980. Despite her fashion designer professional degree, she had always wanted to perform in a band...
, lead singer of the Mexican electropop band BelanovaBelanovaBelanova are a Mexican synthpop band that formed in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, in 2000. The group consists of Denisse Guerrero , Edgar Huerta , and Ricardo "Richie" Arreola...
. - Laura HarringLaura HarringLaura Harring is a Mexican-American actress and former Miss USA . She is known for her role as Rita in Mulholland Drive.-Early life:...
, a Mexican actress and former Miss USAMiss USAThe Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
(1985). - Daniel HernándezDaniel Hernández (boxer)Daniel Hernández is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Lightweight division.-Amateur career:...
, an undefeated Light Welterweight boxer. - Jesús Antonio HernándezJesús Antonio HernándezJesús Antonio Hernández is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Lightweight division and is trained by former World Champion, Roberto García.-Professional career:...
, an undefeated Lightweight boxer and is trained by former World Champion, Roberto GarcíaRoberto Garcia CortezRoberto García Cortez, , is a retired Mexican-American professional boxer in the Lightweight division and is currently considered one of the best trainers in boxing. He is also the former IBF Super Featherweight Champion and was trained by his father Eduardo Garcia at the popular La Colonia Youth...
. - Teddy HigueraTeddy HigueraTeodoro Higuera Valenzuela is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for nine years for the Milwaukee Brewers of the American League.-Early career:...
, former pitcher for Milwaukee BrewersMilwaukee BrewersThe Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
in Major League Baseball. - Joel HuiquiJoel HuiquiJoel Adrián Huiqui Andrade is a mayo Indigenous Mexican football player.Joel Huiqui started his career in Cruz Azul Hidalgo in the Primera Division 'A' which is the youth team of Cruz Azul, but debuted with C.F. Pachuca as a loan from Cruz Azul who did not debut him...
, footballer for the Monarcas Morelia and the Mexican National teamMexico national football teamThe Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...
. - Enrique JacksonEnrique JacksonJesús Enrique Jackson Ramírez is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party .Jackson was born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa...
, a Mexican politician and was a candidate for the PRIInstitutional Revolutionary PartyThe Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...
presidential primariesPrimary electionA primary election is an election in which party members or voters select candidates for a subsequent election. Primary elections are one means by which a political party nominates candidates for the next general election....
. - Roberto JordanRoberto JordanRoberto Jordán is a popular singer whose heyday occurred during Mexico's nueva ola of music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Many of his songs were covers of English-language rock and pop songs, with arrangements provided by music teachers and producers Enrique Okamura and Eduardo Magallanes...
, Singer 1960s. - Francisco LabastidaFrancisco LabastidaFrancisco Labastida Ochoa is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party , who became the first presidential candidate of his party to lose a presidential election, which he did in the 2000 presidential election to Vicente Fox.He was born to Gloria Ochoa...
, former PRI-candidate to the 2000 Mexican presidential election. - Rosalva Luna Ruiz, Miss México 2003.
- Octavio MonteroOctavio MonteroJesús Octavio Montero González is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Light Heavyweight division.-Professional career:...
, an undefeated Light Heavyweight boxer. - Mahonri MontesMahonri MontesMahonry Montes Castillo is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer of Russian descent. He competes in the Super Featherweight division.-Pro career:...
, an undefeated MexicanMexican peopleMexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
boxerBoxingBoxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
of Russian descent. - Fernando "Cochulito" MontielFernando MontielFernando Montiel Martínez is a Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Fernando is a former WBO Flyweight, WBO Super Flyweight and WBO and WBC Bantamweight champion.-Early life:...
, Boxer, five-time three weight division world champion. - Javier OrozcoJavier OrozcoJavier Antonio Orozco Peñuelas is a Mexican professional footballer. He was brought up by and currently plays as a striker in Cruz Azul...
, footballer for the Cruz Azul. - Juan Carlos Sánchez, Jr.Juan Carlos Sánchez, Jr.Juan Carlos Sánchez Terrones is a Mexican professional boxer in the Flyweight division.-Professional career:...
, Boxer, title contender in the Super FlyweightSuper FlyweightSuper flyweight is a weight division in professional boxing. It is alternatively referred to as junior bantamweight and light bantamweight...
division. - Luís David SerranoLuís David SerranoLuís David Serrano is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.-Amateur career:Luís had an amateur record of 36-4...
, an undefeated Middleweight boxer. - Humberto "Zorrita" SotoHumberto SotoArmando Humberto Soto Ochoa is a Mexican professional boxer in the Lightweight division. He is a former WBC Interim Featherweight, WBC Super Featherweight, and WBC Lightweight champion.-Pro career:...
, a three division World Champion boxer and current WBC LightweightLightweightLight-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....
Champion. - Humberto SotoHumberto Soto (heavyweight boxer)Humberto Soto is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Heavyweight division and is the current WBC FECOMBOX Heavyweight Champion.-Professional career:...
, an undefeated Heavyweight boxer. - Jesús Soto KarassJesus Soto KarassJesús Soto Karass is a Mexican boxer in the Welterweight division. He is the former WBC Continental Americas and the NABF Welterweight Champion. Jesús is the older brother of boxer José Luis Soto Karass....
, Boxer, title contender in the WelterweightWelterweightWelterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
division. - José Félix, Jr.José Félix, Jr.José Félix Soto is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the super featherweight division.-Professional career:...
, an undefeated Lightweight boxer. - José Luis Soto KarassJosé Luis Soto KarassJosé Luis Soto Karass is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division.-Pro career:On June 15, 2007 Karass knocked out veteran Cristian Hernandez in Bacobampo, Sonora, Mexico....
, Boxer in the Light WelterweightLight welterweight-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...
division. - Manuel Moreno Rivas, Founder of El Debate newspaper chain with regional influence. Past Governor of Rotary International in the 1960s.
- Hugo RuizHugo RuizHugo Ruiz Dominguez is a Mexican professional boxer in the bantamweight division and is the current interim World Boxing Association bantamweight champion.-Professional career:...
, current WBAWorld Boxing AssociationThe World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
BantamweightBantamweightBantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...
Champion. - Carlos UriasCarlos UriasCarlos Urias is a Mexican professional boxer in the Welterweight division. He's the former WBA Fedebol, WBA Fedecentro, and WBC FECOMBOX Lightweight Champion.-Pro career:...
, Boxer, title contender in the WelterweightWelterweightWelterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
division. - Hugo ValdezHugo ValdezHugo Valdez is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Welterweight division. He's the current WBA Fedecentro Welterweight Champion.-Pro career:...
, an undefeated Light Middleweight boxer. - Adrían YoungAdrían YoungAdrían Young is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Featherweight division.-External links:...
, undefeated Featherweight boxer.
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