Celaya

[suh-lahy-uh, se-lah-yah]

noun

1. a city in Guanajuato state, central Mexico.

Celaya

/ θeˈlaja /

noun

1. a city in central Mexico, in Guanajuato state: market town, famous for its sweetmeats; textile-manufacturing. Pop: 727 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

CELAYA, Mexico — On a sunny spring day last year, a young attorney named Gisela Gaytán kicked off her campaign for mayor in this gritty Mexican city.

From Los Angeles Times

Celaya had become the epicenter of a bloody cartel war, with one of the highest homicide rates in the world, and a local police force that appeared powerless to stop it.

From Los Angeles Times

Ramírez believed that one of Celaya’s most urgent problems was its police, who instead of fighting organized crime appeared to be involved in it.

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Celaya used to be a tranquil city.

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Celaya became synonymous with violence as criminals gunned down shopkeepers who refused to pay extortion fees, drug users who couldn’t pay their dealers and everyday citizens who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

From Los Angeles Times