Tuxtla Gutiérrez

[toos-tlah goo-tyer-res]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Chiapas, in SE Mexico.

Tuxtla Gutiérrez

/ ˈtustla ɡuˈtjɛrrɛθ /

noun

1. a city in SE Mexico, capital of Chiapas state: agricultural centre. Pop: 723 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

The son of a former professional, also called Gilberto, Mora revered Cristiano Ronaldo as a child and moved to Tijuana from his home city Tuxtla Gutierrez aged six.

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“Chiapas is a time bomb,” Father Marcelo told Mexico’s Aristegui Noticias in September, when he was among thousands who took part in a Pilgrimage for Peace in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the state capital.

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In July 2021, after gunmen ambushed and killed a senior leader of the Sinaloa cartel and his bodyguards in the state capital, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the Jalisco syndicate released a public statement claiming credit.

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The employees, all men, were kidnapped Tuesday by an armed group on a highway near the state capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez after leaving work, authorities said.

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The abduction occurred on the highway between Ocozocoautla and Tuxtla Gutierrez.

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