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De Leon (/ d ɪ ˈ l iː ɒ n / dih LEE-on) is a city located in Comanche County in the U.S. state of Texas.Its population was 2,258 in the 2020 census. [4] It is commonly associated with being named after the Spanish explorer Ponce de León, but the town is actually named for its location on the Leon River (de León in Spanish), which flows directly north and east of the community, and drains ...
De León's Colony was established in 1824 in the northern Coahuila y Tejas state of the First Mexican Republic, by empresario Martín De León. It was the only ethnically Mexican colony founded during the Mexican period (1824-1835) that is located within the present-day U.S. state of Texas .
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The city of El Paso acquired the property on which the Plaza is located in 1881 from William T. Smith. Smith had bought the land from the heirs of its early owner, Juan Maria Ponce de Leon, a prominent El Paso figure, who had owned the spot since 1827. The square had since been the location of the corrals for de León’s ranch.
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The arrest came after protesters interrupted Councilmember Kevin de León's Cinco de Mayo presentation.
Activist Najee Ali, pictured in 2020, was paid $3,000 by Councilman Kevin De Leon's campaign. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)