Ignacio Estrada (1946 – January 28, 2024) was an American

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based in

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Life

Ignacio “Nacho” Estrada was born in Edinburg, to María (Nieves) Estrada and Salvador Estrada, and was known for his two

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s, Maclovio and Tortiya Monster. He moved to Eagle Pass and worked as a teacher in special education. Lived in Uvalde for a while. He eventually settled down in

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to raise his family. Ignacio Estrada died on January 28, 2024, at age 77, at his home in San Antonio after a lengthy illness. He was a

Jehovah's Witness Jehovah's Witnesses is a Christian denomination that is an outgrowth of the Bible Student movement founded by Charles Taze Russell in the nineteenth century. The denomination is nontrinitarian, millenarian, and restorationist. Russell co- ...

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