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Coyuca de Catalán (municipality)

Coordinates: 17°43′N 100°38′W / 17.717°N 100.633°W / 17.717; -100.633
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Coyuca de Catalán
Municipality of Coyuca de Catalán in Guerrero
Municipality of Coyuca de Catalán in Guerrero
Coyuca de Catalán is located in Mexico
Coyuca de Catalán
Coyuca de Catalán
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°43′N 100°38′W / 17.717°N 100.633°W / 17.717; -100.633
Country Mexico
StateGuerrero
Municipal seatCoyuca de Catalán
Area
 • Total921.9 km2 (355.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total41,975

Coyuca de Catalán is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The municipal seat lies at Coyuca de Catalán. The municipality covers an area of 921.9 km2.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 41,975.[1]

There were 234 confirmed cases and 24 deaths related to the COVID-19 as of February 24, 2021.[2]

Geography

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Towns and villages

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In 2005 there were 376 settlements. The largest are as follows:

Localidad Población
Total Municipio 41,975
Coyuca de Catalán 7,435
Amuco de la Reforma 2,661
Paso de Arena 2,272
Placeres del Oro 1,693
Santa Teresa 1,454
Patambo 1,076
Santo Domingo 1,442

Administration

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Municipal presidents

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President Period
Enrique Gomezcaña Nájera 1963-1965
Joel Antuñez Barrera 1966-1968
José Garibaldi Gómez Huerta 1969-1971
Humberto Nàjera Gomezcaña 1972-1974
Alicia Buitrón Brugada 1975-1977
Luis Brugada Echeverría 1978-1980
Celestino Araujo Goicochea 1981-1983
José Gómez Suazo 1984-1986
Ignacio Domínguez Morales 1987-1989
Salathiel Romero Martínez 1990-1993
Martín Montaño Buitrón 1993-1996
Abel Echeverría Pineda 1996-1999
Rafael Higuera Sandoval 1999-2002
Alfonso Manjarrez Gómez 2002-2005
Andrés Peralta Santamaría (Interino) 2005
Felipe de Jesús Cabrera González (Interino) 2005
Orbelín Pineda Maldonado 2005-2008
Francisco Chávez Araujo (Interino) 2008
Elí Camacho Goichochea 2009-2012
Gerzain Chávez Gómez (Interino) 2012
Rey Hilario Serrano 2012-2015
Abel Montufar Mendoza 2015-2018
Juvenal Pineda Pineda (Interino) 2018
Eusebio Echeverría Tabares 2018-2021

Organized crime

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A group of gunmen entered Puerto El Bálsamo, burning 60 houses and looting 15 vinatas (mezcal factories) in 2020. 320 mezcal producers left the town of Zihuaquio on January 26, 2020 after attacks by criminal groups operating in the area. Mezcal provides income in several towns, but due to constant confrontations between alleged drug traffickers, people have had to leave and cannot harvest their crops.[3]

Two women who had been kidnapped by La Familia Michoacana and eight members of the cartel were killed in a confrontation between members of the cartel and townspeople of Hacienda de Dolores on February 25, 2021.[4]

Residents of Los Guajes de Ayala used social media in June 2021 to ask for federal help after three days of being held hostage by La Familia Michoacana. The area is in the middle of the gold and the drug trade.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Coyuca de Benítez". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
  2. ^ "Coronavirus (COVID-19) en Coyuca de Catalán, Guerrero". gncys.com (in Mexican Spanish). 1 February 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  3. ^ Ocampo Arista, Sergio (March 1, 2021). "Destruye la delincuencia la industria del mezcal en Zihuaquio". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "Enfrenta pueblo guerrerense a La Familia Michoacana; ocho muertos". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "Sitiados por el crimen organizado, piden auxilio pobladores de Coyuca de Catalán". www.proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. Retrieved June 10, 2021.