Coahuila municipality's communities originated in escaped US ancestors
727shares Tucked away in a corner of the state of Coahuila, only a couple of hours from the United States border, lies a municipality with an open secret: two communities — one of African descendants (called Mascogos in Mexico) and one of Kickapoo, both who fled the United States in the 19th century. The twin communities are both called Nacimiento, referring to the birth of Jesus, but distinguished from each other not so subtly with the appendages de los Negros and de los Indios. Both communities belong to the municipality of Muzquiz, a coal mining and ranching area. The two ethnicities s...
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