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Allende is located at the Sierra Madre Oriental range foothills in the central-southeastern part in the state of Nuevo León. It has a territorial extension of 148.5 km 2, comprising around 0.22% of the whole extension of Nuevo León. Given its geographic location, the region consists of valleys and hills ranging from 300 meters above sea level ...
Alberto del Canto founds the village of Santa Lucía, (now Monterrey). 31 May 1579 Philip II of Spain orders the establishment of a new kingdom in the Americas. 1581 Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva founds the Nuevo Reino de León (New Kingdom of León). 15 December 1777 Pope Pius VI creates the episcopate of Nuevo León in the bull Relata semper.
Alejo Garza Tamez (July 17, 1933 – November 14, 2010), better known as Don Alejo was a Mexican businessman, rancher, and recreational hunter. Don Alejo gained fame after making a last stand against the Los Zetas cartel, in defense of his ranch, near Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas.
Nuevo León, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, [b] is a state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas , Coahuila , Zacatecas , and San Luis Potosi , and has an extremely narrow international border with the U.S. state of Texas .
In 1806, the governor of Nuevo León, Pedro de Herrera y Levya, appointed him to command the Eighth Dragoons, a company, which would operate in Texas against the frequent Apache attacks taking place. Elizondo requested from the Viceroy an exemption from his military command as he was having serious financial problems.
Born in the Azores in 1547, Captain Alberto del Canto was commissioned by Martin Lopez de Ibarra to make settlements in name of New Vizcaya.Del Canto in 1577 the town of Santiago del Saltillo Minas de la Trinidad (), Minas de San Gregorio and villa de Santa Lucia at the Extremadura Valley and practically just marked a place called Santa Lucia on which today is the center of modern-day Monterrey.
Apodaca, Nuevo León 44 Nuevo Laredo massacres: April 17 - May 4, 2012 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas 37 Various massacres between the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas having a turf war 2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists: May 6, 2012 Boca Del Río, Veracruz: 4 Cadereyta Jiménez massacre: May 13, 2012 Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León 49
It was founded in 1582 by Spanish and Portuguese settlers when Philip II, King of Spain and its colonies, encouraged the colonization of Northern New Spain, and authorized the creation of a 'realm' which would have the name of Nuevo Reyno de León (New Kingdom of León), after the former Kingdom of León in Spain.