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This Is the School in Mérida that Owes Its Name to a Railway Hero.

Summary by yucatan.com.mx
November 7th is Railroad Workers' Day in Mexico, commemorating the heroic act of Jesús García Corona, a Mexican train engineer who sacrificed his life in 1907 to save the town of Nacozari, Sonora. However, it wasn't until 1944 that then-President Manuel Ávila Camacho officially declared it "Railroad Workers' Day."
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This Is the School in Mérida that Owes Its Name to a Railway Hero.

November 7th is Railroad Workers' Day in Mexico, commemorating the heroic act of Jesús García Corona, a Mexican train engineer who sacrificed his life in 1907 to save the town of Nacozari, Sonora. However, it wasn't until 1944 that then-President Manuel Ávila Camacho officially declared it "Railroad Workers' Day."

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yucatan.com.mx broke the news in on Thursday, November 6, 2025.
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