Coyuca de Catalán is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero, being the largest municipality in Guerrero. The municipal seat lies at Coyuca de Catalán. The municipality covers an area of 921.9 km2.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 41,975.
There were 234 confirmed cases and 24 deaths related to the COVID-19 as of February 24, 2021.
Geography Towns and villages In 2005 there were 376 settlements. The largest are as follows:
Localidad Población Total Municipio 41,975 Coyuca de Catalán 7,435 Amuco de la Reforma 2,661 Paso de Arena 2,272 Placeres del Oro 1,693 Santa Teresa 1,454 Patambo 1,076 Santo Domingo 1,442
Administration Municipal presidents President Period Enrique Gomezcaña Nájera 1963-1965 Joel Antuñez Barrera 1966-1968 José Garibaldi Gómez Huerta 1969-1971 Humberto Nàjera Gomezcaña 1972-1974 Alicia Buitrón Brugada 1975-1977 Luis Brugada Echeverría 1978-1980 Celestino Araujo Goicochea 1981-1983 José Gómez Suazo 1984-1986 Ignacio Domínguez Morales 1987-1989 Salathiel Romero Martínez 1990-1993 Martín Montaño Buitrón 1993-1996 Abel Echeverría Pineda 1996-1999 Rafael Higuera Sandoval 1999-2002 Alfonso Manjarrez Gómez 2002-2005 Andrés Peralta Santamaría (Interino) 2005 Felipe de Jesús Cabrera González (Interino) 2005 Orbelín Pineda Maldonado 2005-2008 Francisco Chávez Araujo (Interino) 2008 Elí Camacho Goichochea 2009-2012 Gerzain Chávez Gómez (Interino) 2012 Rey Hilario Serrano 2012-2015 Abel Montufar Mendoza 2015-2018 Juvenal Pineda Pineda (Interino) 2018 Eusebio Echeverría Tabares 2018-2021
Organized crime A group of gunmen entered Puerto El Bálsamo, burning 60 houses and looting 15 (mezcal factories) in 2020. 320 mezcal producers left the town of Zihuaquio on January 26, 2020 after attacks by criminal groups operating in the area. Mezcal provides income in several towns, but due to constant confrontations between alleged drug traffickers, people have had to leave and cannot harvest their crops.
Two women who had been kidnapped by La Familia Michoacana and eight members of the cartel were killed in a confrontation between members of the cartel and townspeople of Hacienda de Dolores on February 25, 2021.
Residents of Los Guajes de Ayala used social media in June 2021 to ask for federal help after three days of being held hostage by La Familia Michoacana. The area is in the middle of the gold and the drug trade.
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