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The Northern Region of Coahuila has approximately 300,000 inhabitants. According to the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Data Processing (INEGI), in 2005 the population of the municipio of Piedras Negras was 143,915 inhabitants, equal to 5.77% of the population of Coahuila. 17% of the population of Piedras Negras came from other states, 3% were foreigners, and the rest were born ...
Piedras Negras Municipality is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico.The municipal seat lies at Piedras Negras.The municipality covers an area of 914.2 km 2 and is located on the international border between Mexico and the USA, here formed by the Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande), adjacent to the U.S. state of Texas.
Coahuila, [a] formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, [c] is one of the 32 states of Mexico.The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the third largest is Monclova (a former state capital); the fourth largest is Piedras Negras; and the fifth largest is Ciudad Acuña.
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The federal agency as "misinformation" by human smugglers is fueling the latest uptick in unlawful crossings into Eagle Pass.
An extended period of tornado activity occurred between April 20–27, 2007. The outbreak sequence is best known for producing a deadly tornado that struck the border cities of Piedras Negras, Coahuila (rated F4), and Eagle Pass, Texas (rated EF3), along the United States-Mexican border on April 24, 2007, killing ten people.
The Coahuila mass graves was the mass murder of 38 people near the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, on 3 June 2011. [1] The three clandestine mass graves where the bodies were exhumed were found by the Mexican military and authorized personnel after an anonymous call notified them of the location where the decaying bodies were.
Piedras Negras may refer to: Piedras Negras, Coahuila, a city in the state of Coahuila, Mexico Piedras Negras Municipality, a municipality in Mexico, with the center in the eponymous city; Piedras Negras (Maya site), an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the present-day Petén department of Guatemala