Category
page 11861 establishments in Mexico
Donato Guerra Municipality
municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico
San Andrés Cholula Municipality
municipality in the State of Puebla, Mexico
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico
diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico
Rurales
In Mexico, the term Rurales (Spanish) is used to refer to two armed government forces. The historic Guardia Rural ('Rural Guard') was a rural mounted police force, founded by President Benito Juárez in 1861 and expanded by President Porfirio Díaz (r. 1876–1911). Under Díaz, it served as an effective force of repression and a counterweight to the Mexican Army during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The rurales were dissolved during the Mexican Revolution.