Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of Nuevo León to the east,

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to the south, and Durango and Chihuahua to the west. To the north, Coahuila accounts for a stretch of the

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, adjacent to the

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along the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte). With an area of , it is the nation's third-largest state. It comprises 38 municipalities ''(

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)''. In 2020, Coahuila's population is 3,146,771 inhabitants. The largest city and State Capital is the city of

Saltillo Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and highwa ...

; the second largest is

Torreón Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2021, the city's population was 735,340. The metropolitan population as of 2015 was 1,497,734, making it the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in ...

(largest metropolitan area in Coahuila and 9th largest in Mexico); the third largest is

Monclova Monclova (), is a city and the seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. According to the 2015 census, the city had 231,107 inhabitants. Its metropolitan area has 381,432 inhabitants and a ...

(a former state capital); the fourth largest is Ciudad Acuña; and the fifth largest is

Piedras Negras Piedras Negras may refer to: * Piedras Negras, Coahuila, a city in the state of Coahuila, Mexico ** Piedras Negras Municipality, a municipality in Mexico, with the center in the eponymous city * Piedras Negras (Maya site) Piedras Negras is the ...

History

The name Coahuila derives from native terms for the region, and has been known by variations such as Cuagüila and Cuauila. Some historians believe that this means “flying serpent”, “place of many trees”, or “place where serpents creep”. The official name of the state is Coahuila de Zaragoza, in honor of General

Ignacio Zaragoza Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (; March 24, 1829September 8, 1862) was a Mexican general and politician. He led the Mexican army of 600 men that defeated 6,500 invading French forces, including the elite French legionnaires at the Battle of Puebla ...

. The Spanish explored the north of Mexico some decades after their victory in

Tenochtitlan , ; es, Tenochtitlan also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, ; es, México-Tenochtitlan was a large Mexican in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear. The date 13 March 1325 was ...

, the capital of the Aztecs. Such exploration was delayed because the northern climate was harsher and there was no gold. The first Spanish settlement in the region now called Coahuila was at Minas de la Trinidad in 1577. Saltillo was settled in 1586, to form part of the province of

Nueva Vizcaya Nueva Vizcaya, officially the Province of Nueva Vizcaya ( ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Vizcaya; gad, Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya; Pangasinan: ''Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya''; tl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Vizcaya ), is a landlocked province in the ...

of the Vice-royalty of New Spain. Later it became one of the first provinces of

Nueva Extremadura Nueva Extremadura means "New Extremadura" in Spanish, and originates from Extremadura, Spain. Nueva Extremadura could refer to * a large jurisdiction in the north of New Spain, bordered in the 17th century to its west and south by Nueva Vizcaya, b ...

to be explored by Europeans. Among the 16th century settlers of Saltillo and other communities in Nueva Vizcaya were

Tlaxcalan Tlaxcala (; , ; from nah, Tlaxcallān ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipaliti ...

s, who founded an independent community bordering Saltillo, called

San Esteban de Nueva Tlaxcala San Esteban de Nueva Tlaxcala was a Tlaxcalan municipality in what is now the Mexican state of Coahuila. San Esteban was the northernmost of the six Tlaxcalan colonies established in 1591 at the behest of the Viceroy of New Spain, Luis de Velas ...

Coahuila y Tejas Coahuila y Tejas, officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila y Tejas (), was one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution. It had two capitals: first Saltillo (1822–1825) f ...

was one of the constituent states of the newly independent

United Mexican States Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

under their 1824 Constitution, and included

, Coahuila and Nuevo León. Later in the same year Nuevo León was detached, but Texas remained a part of the state until 1836, when it seceded to form the Republic of Texas. Monclova was the capital of the state from 1833 to 1835. In 1840 Coahuila briefly became a member of the short lived

Republic of the Rio Grande The Republic of the Rio Grande ( es, República del Río Grande) was an independent nation that insurgents fighting against the Centralist Republic of Mexico sought to establish in northern Mexico. The Republic of the Rio Grande was one of a se ...

. In the mid-19th century, the Sánchez Navarro family owned a ranch of mostly in Coahuila. It was the largest privately-owned property in the Americas. On February 19, 1856,

Santiago Vidaurri José Santiago Vidaurri Valdez (July 24, 1809 – July 8, 1867) was a controversial and powerful governor of the northern Mexican states of Nuevo León and Coahuila between 1855 and 1864. He was an advocate of federalism. In 1855, he supporte ...

annexed Coahuila to his state, Nuevo León, but it regained its separate status in 1868. During the Mexican Revolution,

Francisco Villa Francisco "Pancho" Villa (, Orozco rebelled in March 1912, both for Madero's continuing failure to enact land reform and because he felt insufficiently rewarded for his role in bringing the new president to power. At the request of Madero's c ...

attacked the city of

. On April 4, 2004, the border city of Piedras Negras was flooded. More than 30 people died and more than 4,000 lost their homes. In 2007 Coahuila became the first state in Mexico to offer

civil union A civil union (also known as a civil partnership) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, created primarily as a means to provide recognition in law for same-sex couples. Civil unions grant some or all of the rights of marriage ...

s (Pacto Civil de Solidaridad) to same-sex couples.

Geography

The Sierra Madre Oriental runs northwest to southeast through the State, and the higher elevations are home to the

Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and " saw", from Latin '' serra'') may refer to the following: Places Mountains and mountain ranges * Sierra de Juárez, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico * Sierra de las Nieves, a mountain range ...

. The northernmost fingers of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Sierra del Burro and the

Sierra del Carmen The Sierra del Carmen, also called the Sierra Maderas del Carmen, is a northern finger of the Sierra Madre Oriental in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. The Sierra begins at the Rio Grande at Big Bend National Park and extends southeast for about , r ...

, reach to the border with the United States at the Rio Grande. East of the range, the land slopes gently toward the Rio Grande, and is drained by several rivers, including the Salado and its tributary, the Sabinas River. The

Tamaulipan mezquital The Tamaulipan mezquital ( es, Mezquital Tamaulipeco) is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in the southern United States and northeastern Mexico. It covers an area of , encompassing a portion of the Gulf Coastal Plain in southern Texas ...

, a dry shrubland

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, occupies the eastern portion of the State, and extends across the Rio Grande into southern Texas. The portion of the State west of the Sierra Madre Oriental lies on the

Mexican Plateau The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano ( es, Altiplanicie Mexicana), is a large arid-to-semiarid plateau that occupies much of northern and central Mexico. Averaging above sea level, it extends from the United States b ...

, and is part of the

Chihuahuan Desert The Chihuahuan Desert ( es, Desierto de Chihuahua, ) is a desert ecoregion designation covering parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It occupies much of far West Texas, the middle to lower Rio Grande Valley and the lo ...

. The

Bolsón de Mapimí The Bolsón de Mapimí is an endorheic, or internal drainage, basin in which no rivers or streams drain to the sea, but rather toward the center of the basin, often terminating in Swamp, swamps and Ephemeral lake, ephemeral lakes. It is located in ...

is a large

endorheic basin An endorheic basin (; also spelled endoreic basin or endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but drainage converges instead into lakes ...

which covers much of the western portion of the State and extends into adjacent portions of Chihuahua, Durango, and Zacatecas. The

Nazas River The Nazas River is a river located in northern Mexico, in the states of Coahuila and Durango. It is part of the endorheic Bolsón de Mapimí. It is only long, but irrigates an area of in the middle of the desert. The Nazas is also nurtured by t ...

, which flows east from Durango, and the

Aguanaval River The Aguanaval River is a river located in northeastern Mexico. Geography It originates in the southern Sierra Madre Occidental range of Zacatecas state, and flows generally north through Zacatecas and Durango states to empty into the endorheic B ...

, which flows north from Zacatecas, empty into lakes in the Bolsón.

, the most populous city in the State, lies on the Nazas in the irrigated

Laguna Region The Comarca Lagunera or La Comarca de la Laguna ("region of lagoons") is a region of northern Mexico occupying large portions of the states of Durango and Coahuila, with rich soils produced by periodic flooding of the Nazas and Aguanaval rivers. ...

, the ''(Comarca Lagunera)'', which straddles the border of Coahuila and Durango. Coahuila contains two

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Maderas del Carmen Maderas del Carmen is a biosphere reserve in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. Maderas del Carmen encompasses part of the Sierra del Carmen, a northern finger of the Sierra Madre Oriental range. The reserve includes both dry Chihuahuan ...

lies on the northern border of the State, and includes sections of the Chihuahuan desert and

sky island Sky islands are isolated mountains surrounded by radically different lowland environments. The term originally referred to those found on the Mexican Plateau, and has extended to similarly isolated high-elevation forests. The isolation has s ...

s of pine-oak forest in the

. The springs, lakes, and wetlands of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin lie west of Monclova on the west slope of the Sierra Madre. Coahuila is largely arid or semi-arid, but the rivers of the State support extensive irrigated agriculture, particularly

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. The

Parras Parras de la Fuente () is a city located in the southern part of the Mexican state of Coahuila. The city serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding Parras Municipality, which has an area of 9,271.7 km2 (3,579.8 sq mi). At t ...

district in the southern part of the State produces wines and brandies. The pine-oak forests of the Sierra Madre produce timber.

Flora and fauna

Demographics

The last population census run across Mexico in the year 2020, reports Coahuila de Zaragoza as having 3,146,771 inhabitants, which, considering its size, means that the state has a very low density, in fact as low as only 15 persons per square kilometer. Coahuila's population is mainly made up of

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along with Mestizos. Fewer than 7,500 natives reside in Coahuila, or merely 0.3% of the total population. The rest of the population is composed of Americans,

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, and

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communities. According to the 2020 Census, 1.46% of Coahuila's population identified as Black,

Afro-Mexican Afro-Mexicans ( es, afromexicanos), also known as Black Mexicans ( es, mexicanos negros), are Mexicans who have heritage from sub-Saharan Africa and identify as such. As a single population, Afro-Mexicans include individuals descended from both ...

, or of African descent. The rest of the demographic particulars in the state are very similar to national averages, such as a high life expectancy (reaching 75 years of age) and a

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majority.

Education

* Basic education Basic public education in Coahuila is mainly managed by the state's Secretary of Education, but federal-sustained schools are also very common. There are also a lot of private schools in the main cities of the state. * Higher education :Some of the most recognized universities in Coahuila include: ** Iberoamerican University of Torreón, Iberoamerican University (Universidad Iberoamericana) :::A private university part of the Jesuit University System with a campus in Torreón and a university extension center in Saltillo. Edificio_D_Ibero_Torreón

** Technological Institute of La Laguna (Instituto Tecnológico de la Laguna) :::The most recognized public technological university of La Laguna Region located in the city of Torreón. ** Technological Institute of Saltillo (Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo) ** Monterrey Institute Of Technology and Higher Studies :::It is the most known technological university in Mexico with two campuses: one in Saltillo and another one in Torreón. ** Autonomous University of La Laguna ** Antonio Narro Agrarian Autonomous University (UAAAN) ** Autonomous University of Coahuila (Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila) :::It is considered the best public university of the states and it has campuses and schools all across Coahuila.

Economy

About 95% of Mexico's

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reserves are found in Coahuila, which is the country's top mining state.

and the Southeast region have one of the largest automobile industry in the country and the major industry in the state, hosting companies such as General Motors and Chrysler assembly plants.

has

Met-Mex Peñoles Met-Mex Peñoles is a large metallurgical and chemical company located in Torreón, Coahuila Mexico. This industrial site processes the majority of the zinc and lead mineral ores mined in Mexico and some other countries. The facility produces the ...

, a mining company. The city is the world's largest

silver Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical ...

producer and Mexico's largest

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producer. It also has Lala, a dairy products company, which produces 40% of Mexico's

milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Immune factors and immune-modula ...

consumption and distribution. As of 2005, Coahuila's economy represents 3.5% of Mexico's total

gross domestic product Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and sold (not resold) in a specific time period by countries. Due to its complex and subjective nature this measure is oft ...

or US$22,874 million. Coahuila's economy has a strong focus on export oriented manufacturing (i.e. maquiladora / INMEX). As of 2005, 221,273 people are employed in the manufacturing sector. Foreign direct investment in Coahuila was US$143.1 million for 2005. The average wage for an employee in Coahuila is approximately 190 pesos per day. On the other hand, Coahuila is the Mexican state with the highest level of

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in the nation.

Municipalities

Coahuila is subdivided into five regions and 38 municipalities ''(

)''.

Major communities

* Ciudad Acuña Presidencia acuna 10

* Ciudad Frontera *

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* Ciudad Melchor Múzquiz *

Francisco I. Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who became the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'etat in February 1 ...

* Matamoros *

Commemorating Monclova's industrial base

* Nueva Rosita * Parras de la Fuente *

Ramos Arizpe Ramos Arizpe () is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Ramos Arizpe is located 11 km from the state capital of Saltillo. It is part of the Saltillo metropolitan area. The city ...

* Sabinas *

* San Pedro *

Media

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of Coahuila include: ''El Diario de Coahuila'', ''El Guardián'', ''El Heraldo de Saltillo'', ''El Siglo de Torreón'', ''Esto del Norte'', ''La I (Laguna)'', ''la I (Saltillo)'', ''La Opinión Milenio'', ''La Voz de Coahuila (Monclova)'', ''Noticias de El Sol de la Laguna'', ''Vanguardia'', ''Zócalo (Monclova)'', ''Zócalo (Piedras Negras)'', ''Zócalo El Periódico de Saltillo'', and ''Zócalo Saltillo.''

List of governors

This list is incomplete *

José María Garza Galán José María Garza Galán (November 6, 1846 in Múzquiz, Coahuila – October 7, 1902 in Monterrey, Nuevo León) was a Mexican politician. Governor of Coahuila in 1885–1889, which gave tax exemption to the first Spinning and Weaving Factory T ...

(1886–1893)Benjamin, Thomas, and William McNellie. Other Mexicos: Essays on Regional Mexican History, 1876-1911. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984. * José María Múzquiz (1894) * Miguel Cárdenas (1894–1909) * Jesús de Valle (1909–1911) *

Venustiano Carranza José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican wealthy land owner and politician who was Governor of Coahuila when the constitutionally elected president Francisco I. Madero was overthrown in a Februa ...

(1911–1913) * Gustavo Espinoza Mireles (1917–1920) * Luis Gutiérrez Ortíz (1920–1921) * Arnulfo González (1921–1923) * Carlos Garza Castro (1923–1925) * Manuel Pérez Treviño (1925–1929) * Bruno Neira González (1929-1929) * Nazario S. Ortiz Garza (1929–1933) * Jesús Valdez Sánchez (1933–1937) * Pedro Rodríguez Triana (1937–1941) * Gabriel Cervera Riza (1941-1941) * Benecio López Padilla (1941–1945) * Ignacio Cepeda Dávila (1945–1947) * Ricardo Ainslie Rivera (1947–1948) * Paz Faz Risa (1948-1948) * Raúl López Sánchez (1948–1951) * Roman Cepeda Flores (1951–1957) * Raúl Madero González (1957–1963) * Braulio Fernández Aguirre (1963–1969) * Eulalio Gutiérrez Treviño (1969–1975) * Oscar Flores Tapia (1975–1981) * Francisco José Madero González (1981-1981) *

José de las Fuentes Rodríguez José de las Fuentes Rodríguez (April 20, 1920 – October 8, 2011) was a Mexican politician and lawyer. He served as the Governor of Coahuila from December 1, 1981, to November 1, 1987. De Las Fuentes received his law degree from the Nationa ...

(1981–1987) *

Eliseo Mendoza Berrueto Eliseo Francisco Mendoza Berrueto (13 April 1931 – 17 May 2022)
was a ...

(1987–1993) * Rogelio Montemayor Seguy (1993–1999) *

Enrique Martínez y Martínez Enrique Martinez y Martinez (born 10 November 1948 in Saltillo) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Revolutionary Institutional Party. He has served as Mexico's Ambassador to Cuba since 2016. He previously served as Governor of Coahui ...

(1999–2005) *

Humberto Moreira Valdés Humberto Moreira Valdés (born 28 July 1966) is a Mexican politician who served as President of the . He was Governor of the State of Coahuila from 2005 to 2011. Moreira was included in a list of the "10 most corrupt Mexicans" published by '' ...

(2005–2011) (Left) * Jorge Torres López (2011) (Humberto Moreira's substitute) * Rubén Moreira Valdez (2011–2017)

People

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- Former football placekicker in the

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* Gladys Pearl Baker - mother of

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and Berniece Baker Miracle *

Reading Wood Black Reading Wood Black (September 23, 1830 – October 3, 1867), was the father of Uvalde County, Texas and city of Uvalde, Texas, which he founded as the town of Encina. In 1979, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 4209 was placed in the Hillcrest Ce ...

- Founder of

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, spent

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years in Coahuila *

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Sangre Chicana Sangre Chicana (Spanish for "Chicano Blood") is the ring name of retired Mexican professional wrestler Andrés Durán Reyes (born November 30, 1951). Reyes made his professional wrestling debut in 1973, wearing a red mask with a gold stripe, unde ...

- Professional wrestler *

Mario Domm Mario Alberto Domínguez Zarzar (born 22 January 1977), known as Mario Domm, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and record producer. A founding member of the pop rock band Camila, he has won four Latin Grammy Awards; four ''Billboard'' Awards; ...

- musician and lead singer of Mexican pop band Camila *

Luis Farell Luis Farell Cubillas (September 27, 1902 – July 17, 1977) was a Mexican Air Force combat pilot during the Revolution of the 1920s. He fought against Adolfo de la Huerta, the Yaqui rebels, General Arnulfo R. Gomez, against the Cristeros and ac ...

- Combat pilot and general *

Eulalio Gutiérrez Eulalio Gutiérrez Ortiz (February 4, 1881 – August 12, 1939) was a general in the Mexican Revolution from state of Coahuila. He is most notable for his election as provisional president of Mexico during the Aguascalientes Convention and l ...

Rosario Ibarra María del Rosario Ibarra de la Garza (24 February 1927 – 16 April 2022), also known by her marital name Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, was an activist and prominent figure in the politics of Mexico. She was a presidential candidate and was the se ...

- Activist, deputy and senator *

- President of Mexico November 1911 – February 1913 *

Pablo Montero Pablo Montero (born Óscar Daniel Hernández Rodríguez August 23, 1974) is a Mexican singer and actor. Montero's primary profession is singing, but he also acts regularly in telenovelas produced by Televisa productions in supporting roles. Mont ...

- Singer and actor * Sanchez Navarro, large landholding family in the 18th and 19th centuries. *

Oribe Peralta Oribe Peralta Morones (born 12 January 1984) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Peralta began his professional career with Morelia in 2003. He later played for León and Monte ...

- football player *

Horacio Piña Horacio Piña García ee'-nyah(born March 12, 1945) is a Mexican former relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball over eight seasons between and . Piña also played professionally in Mexico for all or portions of nine years. He batted ...

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* Marco Antonio Rubio - Professional boxer *

Joakim Soria Joakim Agustín Soria Ramos (born May 18, 1984) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Milwa ...

closer * Ari Telch - Actor * Andrea Villarreal - Feminist and revolutionary * Dr. Wagner - Professional wrestler * Dr. Wagner, Jr. - Professional wrestler *

Susana Zabaleta Susana Zabaleta Ramos (; born September 30, 1964) is a Mexican soprano singer and actress. Early life Born in Monclova, Coahuila, Monclova, Coahuila, she moved to Mexico City in 1985. In 1986 she performed in the Sala Ollín Yoliztli and inter ...

- singer and actress *

Humberto Zurita Humberto Zurita (, born September 2, 1954) is a Mexican actor, director and producer. Zurita, one of 10 siblings from Torreón, Coahuila, is best known as actor, director and producer of telenovelas. Acting career He made his first stage appea ...

- Actor, director and producer

References

External links

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