Felipe Carrillo Puerto


Felipe Carrillo Puerto was a Mexican journalist, politician and revolutionary who became known for his efforts at reconciliation between the Yucatec Maya and the Mexican government after the Caste War. He was governor of the Mexican state of Yucatn from 1922 to 1924.

Carrillo Puerto was born in the town of Motul, Yucatn, 45160km northeast of Mrida, and was of partly indigenous Mayan background he was rumored to be a descendant of the Nachi Cocom dynasty of Mayapan. His parents were the merchant Justiniano Pasos Carrillo Puerto and his wife Adelaide Solis. He was one of fourteen children, thirteen of whom lived into adulthood. Although his family were Spanish speakers, he also grew up speaking Mayan , the language of the neighborhood children.

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