San Fernando, Tamaulipas

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San Fernando Municipality
Municipio de San Fernando
Municipality
FoundedMarch 19, 1749
Government
 • Presidente MunicipalJosé Rios Silva
Area
 • Total6,091.36 km2 (2,351.89 sq mi)
Elevation
40 m (130 ft)
Population
 (2010 census)
 • Total57,220
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Codigo Postal
87600
Area code(s)841
Websitehttp://www.sanfernando.gob.mx/
San Fernando is located in Mexico
San Fernando
San Fernando
San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

San Fernando is a municipality and city located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is about 85 miles (137 km) away from Brownsville, Texas, United States.[1] The municipality has a population of 57,220, while the city itself has a population of 29,665.

Massacres[]

San Fernando, Tamaulipas is notorious for experiencing two of the largest recorded massacres of the Mexican drug war. The first massacre, known as the 2010 San Fernando massacre, occurred following a gunfight in Tamaulipas between drug cartel gunmen and Mexican authorities, in which three gunmen and a marine were killed.[2] After the authorities patrolled the nearby area, they found a horrifying surprise—72 bodies were found in a remote ranch in Tamaulipas.[3] It was "the biggest single discovery of its kind" in the ongoing drug war.[2] The 58 men and 14 women were believed to be undocumented migrants from South and Central America trying to cross the border to the United States.[4] A surviving migrant claims that the migrants were kidnapped by the Los Zetas cartel and killed for refusing to do work for them.[5] Twenty one rifles, 101 ammunition clips, four bullet-proof vests, camouflage uniforms and four vehicles were seized by officials.[6] The bodies were found in a room, some of which were piled up on top of each other.[4]

The second massacre, the 2011 San Fernando massacre, was after Mexican authorities exhumed more than 40 mass graves, leaving the final body count to 193 corpses.[7]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Schiller, Dane. "Zeta captives have to fight or die." Houston Chronicle at the San Antonio Express-News. Updated Wednesday June 15, 2011. Retrieved on January 4, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Robin Emmott; Patrick Rucker; Miguel Angel Gutierrez (25 August 2010). "Drug hitmen dump 72 bodies at Mexican ranch". Reuters. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  3. ^ "72 bodies found on ranch in Mexico". RTÉ News. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Murdered bodies found in Mexico 'were migrants'". BBC News. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  5. ^ William Booth (25 August 2010). "Survivor: Drug gang massacred 72 migrants in northern Mexico". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  6. ^ "72 bodies found in Mexico ranch". Hindustan Times. 26 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Hallan 7 nuevas narcofosas en San Fernando Tamaulipas suman 193 cadáveres". Milenio TV. Jun 7, 2011.

Coordinates: 24°50′N 98°09′W / 24.833°N 98.150°W / 24.833; -98.150

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