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- 1 2 Blanca Ruiz (August 10, 1995). "Juchitan es en ella un tejido de seda" [Juchitan is a silk cloth for them]. Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City. p. 11.
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- ↑ "Les dan 'MAZ' grabados" [They give prints to MAZ]. Mural (in Spanish). Guadalajara. February 25, 2007. p. 14.
- ↑ "Juárez en la visión de 17 oaxaqueños" [Juarez in the view of seventeen Oaxacans]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. March 25, 2007. p. 14.
- ↑ Corina Preciado (August 27, 2002). "Muito Obrigado muchas gracias" [Muito Obrigado Thank you very much]. Mural (in Spanish). Guadalajara. p. 4.