Frontera Comalapa
Frontera Comalapa is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 717.90 km².
Frontera Comalapa Municipality | |
|---|---|
 Municipality of Frontera Comalapa in Chiapas | |
  Frontera Comalapa Municipality Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 15°39′N 92°9′W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 277.18 sq mi (717.90 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 67,012 |
| Website | www.fronteracomalapa.chiapas.gob.mx |
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 67,012,[1] up from 52,168 as of 2005.[2]
As of 2010, the city of Frontera Comalapa had a population of 18,704.[1] Other than the city of Frontera Comalapa, the municipality had 291 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Paso Hondo (3,654), classified as urban, and Ciudad Cuauhtémoc (2,325), Verapaz (2,237), Doctor Rodulfo Figueroa (Tierra Blanca) (2,218), Nueva Independencia (Lajerío) (2,001), Sabinalito (1,808), Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez (Quespala) (1,701), San Caralampio (1,604), Agua Zarca (1,495), Nueva Libertad (1,329), El Triunfo de las Tres Maravillas (1,300), Monte Redondo (1,183), Guadalupe Grijalva (1,034), Sinaloa (1,020), and El Portal (1,002), classified as rural.[1]
History
In March 2012, authorities discovered the remains of at least 167 people in a cave at a ranch in Frontera Comalapa. A subsequent investigation revealed the remains date back to the pre-Columbian era, between 700 and 1200. There were no obvious signs of violence, and officials believe the cave was previously used as a cemetery. A number of clay works were also recovered.[3]
On January 8, 2021, Irán Mérida Matamoros, former municipal president (2008–2010), was arrested on charges of diversion of resources, criminal association and illegal exercise of public service. He was the eighth former municipal president of Chiapas arreste on similar charges.[4] Less than two weeks later, on January 12, the current mayor, Oscar Armando Ramírez Aguilar, was tied to a tree for delivering a public works project in poor condition. A water tank was patched but continued to leak after the supposed repair.[5]
References
- "Frontera Comalapa". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- "Frontera Comalapa". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal / Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
- "Pre-Columbian cemetery discovered in southern Mexico". BNO News. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- "Detienen a otro ex edil de Chiapas; ya van 9 servidores públicos". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- "Amarran a un árbol a Alcalde de Frontera Comalapa, Chiapas". unomásuno.com.mx (in Spanish). unomásuno. 12 January 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
