Camargo Municipality, Tamaulipas

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Camargo
Municipality
Coat of arms of Camargo
Coat of arms
Camargo is located in Tamaulipas
Camargo
Camargo
Camargo is located in Mexico
Camargo
Camargo
Coordinates: 26°18′56″N 98°50′00″W / 26.31556°N 98.83333°W / 26.31556; -98.83333
Country Mexico
StateTamaulipas
Municipal seatCiudad Camargo
Population
 (2010)
 • Total14,933

Camargo is a

Rio Grande City-Camargo International Bridge
.

History

The first settlement to be founded on the Lower

Río Grande was that of Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana de Camargo. It was founded on March 5, 1749, with the dedication to Señora Santa Ana by captain Don Blas María de la Garza Falcón at the eastern edge of the San Juan River near its confluence with the Río Grande. The foundation had 85 families – a total of 531 persons. Most of the settlers for this township came from Cerralvo, Cadereyta, Monterrey
and surrounding townships.

After establishing other towns in the interior of Mexico between

Blas Maria de la Garza Falcón who already had been encamped there with forty other families and some soldiers. In the group led by Captain Blas Maria de la Garza Falcon were Miguel de la Garza Falcon, his brother, and Nicolas de los Santos Coy, father-in-law of Captain Falcon and ex-alcalde of nearby Cerralvo Municipality in Nuevo León
.

These settlers were men of wealth who felt a need to risk all for greater gain. The town had already been laid out on the eastern bank of the

Rio Grande Valley
. Fourteen settlements were established in a six months period.

The settlers of this town were, as is evident from the captain's registry, generally Spaniards; they came in with some major and minor livestock: goats, sheep and mules.

A great flood in the year 1751 did some damage to the settlement, for which reason it was moved a little farther down the river to a higher site. An irrigation canal which had been built at the original location, because of their not having trimmed the opening to the canal with stone and mortar, was destroyed by the flood.

Following

Mexican–American War, Camargo was occupied by the US army under the command of General Zachary Taylor on 14 July 1846. This river port served as a jumping off point for the invasion on Monterrey and Saltillo
. The US Army was transported via steamboats from the mouth of the river area and Matamoros. Disease plagued the troops and it is said that thousand of US soldiers were buried here in unmarked graves.

On January 22, 2021, nineteen burned bodies were found in Camargo Municipality, likely victims of drug violence.[1] As of February 3, two of the deceased were identified as Mexicans and two as Guatemalans, and twelve police officers were arrested.[2] Sixteen of the bodies were identified as Guatemalan migrants and were returned to their country of origin in February 2021.[3]

Geography

Towns and villages

The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[4]

Name 2010 Census Population
Ciudad Camargo 26°18′56″N 98°50′00″W / 26.31556°N 98.83333°W / 26.31556; -98.83333 7,984
Comales 26°10′56″N 98°55′14″W / 26.18222°N 98.92056°W / 26.18222; -98.92056 2,429
Nuevo Camargo 907
Nuevo Camargo (Villanueva) 420
Rancherías 404
San Francisco 384
Guardados de Abajo 326
López y Nuevo Cadillo 319
Santa Rosalía 229
Total Municipality 14,933

Adjacent municipalities and counties

References

  1. ^ "19 burned bodies found near Mexico-US border town". AP NEWS. 24 January 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "Arrestaron a 12 policías implicados en la masacre de Tamaulipas que dejó 19 cadáveres calcinados". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  3. ^ Sánchez Treviño, Martín (February 18, 2021). "La Jornada - Acuerdan México y Guatemala repatriación de ejecutados en Camargo". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  4. ^ 2010 census tables: INEGI Archived May 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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