Manuel Benavides | |
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Town | |
Motto(s): Esfuerzo, libertad, justicia | |
Coordinates: 29°6′N103°54′W / 29.100°N 103.900°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chihuahua |
Municipality | Manuel Benavides |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 916 |
Manuel Benavides is a small town and seat of the municipality of Manuel Benavides, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the town had a population of 916, [1] up from 200 as of 2005. [2] It is a rural border town on the U.S.-Mexico border, with the town of Redford, Texas, directly opposite, on the U.S. side of the border.
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The Cortina Troubles is the generic name for the First Cortina War, from 1859 to 1860, and the Second Cortina War, in 1861, in which paramilitary forces led by the Mexican rancher and local leader Juan Cortina, confronted elements of the United States Army, the Confederate States Army, the Texas Rangers, and the local militias of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
Don Diego de Benavides de la Cueva y Bazán, 1st Marquess of Solera and 8th Count of Santisteban del Puerto, was a Spanish military officer, diplomat, writer and colonial administrator. From December 31, 1661, to March 16, 1666, he was viceroy of Peru.
Manuel Benavides is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Manuel Benavides village. The municipality covers an area of 3,191.5 km2.
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Estéban de Perea was a Spanish Franciscan friar who undertook missionary work in New Mexico, a province of New Spain, between 1610 and 1638. At times he was in conflict with the governors of the province. He has been called the "Father of the New Mexican Church".
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Chucho el roto is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and originally transmitted by Telesistema Mexicano.
Encadenados is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1988. Its original story of Marissa Garrido was based on Wuthering Heights by British author Emily Brontë and directed by Julio Castillo.
The Cañón de Santa Elena Flora and Fauna Protection Area is a protected area for plants and wildlife in the Mexican municipalities of Manuel Benavides and Ojinaga, in the state of Chihuahua. It was founded on November 7, 1994 and has an area of 277,209 hectares.
The Macrolibramiento Sur de Guadalajara, designated and signed as Federal Highway GUA 10D, is a toll road in Mexico. It serves as a bypass around Greater Guadalajara and currently links the Guadalajara–Tepic toll road on the west with the Guadalajara–Lagos de Moreno toll road to the east. The highway opened in its entirety in November 2017; it was formally inaugurated on January 8, 2018, by President Enrique Peña Nieto. As of 2018, the toll for the 111-kilometre (69 mi) stretch of highway is 299 pesos.
Monarca is a Mexican drama television series created and produced by Diego Gutiérrez. It stars Osvaldo Benavides, Juan Manuel Bernal, Rosa María Bianchi, and Irene Azuela. The plot revolves around a billionaire tequila magnate and his family in the corrupt world of Mexico's business elites riddled with scandal and violence. The series was released on September 13, 2019, on Netflix. On October 24, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on January 1, 2021. In March 2021, the series was canceled after two seasons.
Raúl Alberto Trejo Benavides was a Mexican suspected drug lord and high-ranking member of Los Zetas, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Trejo Benavides served in the Mexican Army from 1991 to 1999, and was a member of the Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE), the army's special forces. He joined the Gulf Cartel under kingpin Osiel Cárdenas Guillén after leaving the army, becoming one of the first members of its newly formed paramilitary wing, Los Zetas. Like Trejo Benavides, most of the first members of Los Zetas were ex-military. Los Zetas was responsible for providing security services to Cárdenas Guillén and carrying out executions on the cartel's behalf.
Cloroformo: Los peores golpes se dan abajo del ring, or simply Cloroformo is a Mexican sports boxing drama television series created by Gustavo Loza, and produced by Adicta Films for Televisa Networks. The series consists of 13 episodes of one hour and is stars Álex Perea, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Zuria Vega, Osvaldo Benavides, and Tenoch Huerta. It premiered on 12 March 2012 on Televisa Deportes Network, and on 22 March 2012 on Golden Latin America. Although Televisa Deportes Network authorized the series for a second season, the production of the second season of the series was never done.