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Spanish arrived in the mid-sixteenth century. Captain Jose Martínez Flores, a native of Saltillo founded the Hacienda San Antonio de los Martinez in 1684. By 1804 the hacienda's treasury had grown considerably. This led to Joaquin Martinez, his relatives and neighbors to request from the political and ecclesiastical authorities to elevate the hacienda to the status of town (
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The town of Marín is located in northeastern Nuevo León, at a latitude of 25 ° 23 'west longitude of
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