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The Pasta de Conchos mine disaster occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. CST on February 19, 2006, after a methane explosion within a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, San Juan de Sabinas Municipality, in the Mexican state of Coahuila. The mines were run by Grupo México, the largest mining company in the country. It was estimated that 65 miners, who ...
The Virgin at San Juan, along with the one in Zapopan, were considered “frontier Virgins.” [5] Another important factor is that San Juan lies on the border between northern and central Mexico in an area now known as the Los Altos de Jalisco region and as such was an area frequently traveled through.
Colonia San Juan is home to the Instituto de Investigaciones Doctor José María Luis Mora or simply Instituto Mora, a public research institution focusing on History, Sociology and Regional Studies. The institute is located in the building that was the house of Valentín Gómez Farías , President of Mexico for five short periods in the 1830s ...
San Francisco de Conchos is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. [1] The municipal seat lies at San Francisco de Conchos. The municipality covers an area of 1,169.1 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 2,983, [2] up from 2,669 as of 2005. [3]
Río Bravo, the name of the Rio Grande in Mexico San Juan River. Pesquería River. Salinas River; Salado River. Sabinas Hidalgo River; Candela River; Sabinas River; Conchos River. Chuviscar River. Sacramento River; San Pedro River; Florida River. Parral River; Balleza River (San Juan River) San Fernando River (Conchos River) Soto La Marina ...
The name was also given to the inhabitants along its banks, the Conchos Indians. More than 4,000 people from various indigenous communities were at different times brought to live at the Mission San Francisco de Conchos. In 1685, a Spanish presidio was founded at San Francisco de Conchos, in response to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. [1]
The most nearly successful of these attempts was the 1683–1685 outpost at San Bruno, only about 20 kilometers north of Loreto, among the Cochimí. This failure by Admiral Isidro de Atondo y Antillón and the Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino led directly to the success at Loreto 12 years later.
Grupo México is a Mexican conglomerate that operates through the following divisions: Mining (Minera Mexico), Transportation , Infrastructure and Fundacion Grupo Mexico. Founded in 1978, Grupo México became a significant player in the mining industry, responsible for 87.5 percent of Mexico's copper production by 2000.