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- ↑ "Sepultan a María Teresa Pomar, impulsora del arte popular". La Jornada (in Spanish). Mexico City. January 14, 2010. p. 6. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ↑ Gerardo Romo (December 24, 2007). "Exhiben en Zacatecas colección de niños Dios". El Norte (in Spanish). Monterrey, Mexico. p. 12.
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- ↑ Vicente Guerrero (August 18, 2000). "Remarcan la necesidad de perpetuar arte popular". El Norte (in Spanish). Monterrey, Mexico. p. 9.