Editing Acapulco (section)

== History ==
{{See also|Timeline of Acapulco}}

=== Pre-Columbian ===
[[File:Puerto de Acapulco Boot 1628.png|left|thumb|A 1628 relief atlas of [[Acapulco Bay]].]]
By the 8th century, around the [[Acapulco Bay]] area, there was a small culture which would first be dominated by the [[Olmec]]s, then by a number of others during the pre-Hispanic period before it ended in the 1520s. At Acapulco Bay itself, there were two Olmec sites, one by [[Playa Larga]] and the other on a hill known as ''El Guitarrón''. Olmec influence caused the small spread-out villages here to coalesce into larger entities and build ceremonial centers.<ref name="encmuc" />

Later, [[Teotihuacan]] influence came to the area via [[Cuernavaca]] and Chilpancingo. Then [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] influence arrived from the [[Isthmus of Tehuantepec]] and through what is now [[Oaxaca]]. This history is known through the archaeological artifacts that have been found here, especially at ''Playa Hornos, Pie de la Cuesta'', and ''Tambuco''.<ref name="encmuc" />

In the 11th century, new waves of migration of [[Nahua peoples|Nahuas]], including the ''[[Coixcas]]'', came through here. These people were the antecedents of the [[Aztec]]s. In the later 15th century, after four years of military struggle, Acapulco became part of the [[Aztec Empire]] during the reign of [[Ahuizotl]] (1486–1502). It was annexed to a tributary province named ''Tepecuacuilco''. However, this was only transitory, as the Aztecs could only establish an unorganized military post at the city's outskirts. The city was in territory under control of the ''[[Tlapanec people|Yopis]]'', who continued defending it and living there until the arrival of the Spanish in the 1520s.<ref name="encmuc" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Cabrera Guerrero |first=Martha Eugenia |date=1990 |title=Los pobladores prehispánicos de Acapulco |language=es |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia |isbn=968-6487-44-1}}</ref>

=== 16th century ===
[[File:Yope Acapulco.png|thumb|upright=.95|[[Codex Tudela]]: "Acapulco's Yope Indian, at the South Sea".]]
There are two stories about how Acapulco bay was discovered by Europeans. The first states that two years after the [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]], [[Hernán Cortés]] sent explorers west to find gold. The explorers had subdued this area after 1523, and Captain Saavedra Cerón was authorized by Cortés to found a settlement here. The other states that the bay was discovered on December 13, 1526, by a small ship named the El Tepache Santiago captained by Santiago Guevara.<ref name="encmuc" />

The first [[encomendero]] was established in 1525 at ''Cacahuatepec'', which is still part of the modern Acapulco municipality. In 1531, a number of Spaniards, most notably Juan Rodriguez de Villafuerte, left the Oaxaca coast and founded the village of Villafuerte where the city of Acapulco now stands. Villafuerte was unable to subdue the local native peoples, and this eventually resulted in the Yopa Rebellion in the region of ''Cuautepec''. Hernán Cortés was obligated to send Vasco Porcayo to negotiate with the indigenous people giving concessions. The province of Acapulco became the encomendero of Rodriguez de Villafuerte who received taxes in the form of cocoa, cotton and corn.<ref name="encmuc" />

Cortés established Acapulco as a major port by the early 1530s, with the first major road between Mexico City and the port constructed by 1531. The wharf, named Marqués, was constructed by 1533 between Bruja Point and Diamond Point. Soon after, the area was made an "alcadia" (major province or town).<ref name="encmuc" />

[[File:Carl Saltzmann - View of Acapulco, 1879.jpg|thumb|upright=.95|left|alt=Painting of a sandy beach, sun setting behind it, seen from the water. People sit by a hut with two longboats. A woman carries a basket on her head up the beach toward a tile-roof house. Lush forest is silhouetted against the late sunset.|''View of Acapulco'', 1879, oil painting by [[Carl Saltzmann]].]]
Spanish trade in the [[Far East]] would give Acapulco a prominent position in the economy of [[New Spain]]. In 1550, thirty Spanish families were sent to live here from Mexico City to have a permanent base of European residents.<ref name="encmuc" /> [[Galleon]]s started arriving in Acapulco from Asia by 1565. Acapulco would become the second most important port, after [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Veracruz]], due to its direct trade with the Philippines. This trade would focus on the yearly [[Manila-Acapulco Galleon]] trade, which was the nexus of all kinds of communications between New Spain, Europe and Asia. In 1573, the port was granted the monopoly of the Manila trade.<ref name="apiacapulco" />

=== 17th–19th centuries ===
[[File:Hasekura in Rome.JPG|thumb|[[Hasekura Tsunenaga]]; the Japanese samurai who led the delegation to Mexico.]]
[[File:JLNYCAcapulcoBay.jpg|thumb|[[Puerto Marqués]].]]
On January 25, 1614, a delegation led by samurai [[Hasekura Tsunenaga]], which included over one hundred [[Japanese Christians]] as well as twenty-two [[samurai]] under the [[shōgun]] [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], arrived from [[Japan]] to Acapulco as part of a mission to form closer relations with [[Catholic]] Europe. A fight soon broke out in which a Japanese samurai stabbed a Spanish colonial soldier in Acapulco. This was witnessed and recorded by historian [[Chimalpahin]], who was the grandson of an [[Aztec]] nobleman. Some of Tsunenaga's delegation would stay and marry with the locals.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Unknown Story of the Samurai Who Traveled to Mexico Hundreds of Years Ago |url=https://curiosmos.com/the-unknown-story-of-the-samurai-who-traveled-to-mexico-hundreds-of-years-ago/ |first=Ivan |last=Petricevic |date=10 February 2020 |website=Curiosmos |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref>

The [[Manila-Acapulco Galleon|galleon trade]] made its yearly run from the mid-16th century until the early 19th. The luxury items it brought to New Spain attracted the attention of English and Dutch [[pirate]]s, such as [[Francis Drake]], [[Henry Morgan]] and [[Thomas Cavendish]], who called it "The Black Ship". A Dutch fleet invaded Acapulco in 1615, destroying much of the town before being driven off. The [[Fort of San Diego]] was built the following year to protect the port and the cargo of arriving ships. The fort was destroyed by an earthquake in 1776 and was rebuilt between 1778 and 1783.

At the beginning of the 19th century, King [[Charles IV of Spain|Charles IV]] declared Acapulco a Ciudad Official and it became an essential part of the Spanish Crown. However, not long after, the [[Mexican War of Independence]] began. In 1810, [[José María Morelos y Pavón]] attacked and burnt down the city, after he defeated royalist commander Francisco Parés at the [[Battle of Tres Palos]].<ref name="encmuc" /> The independence of Mexico in 1821 ended the run of the Manila Galleon. Acapulco's importance as a port recovered during the [[California Gold Rush]] in the mid-19th-century, with ships going to and coming from Panama stopping here. This city was besieged on 19 April 1854 by [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]] after Guerrero's leadership had rebelled by issuing the [[Plan of Ayutla|Plan de Ayutla]]. After an unsuccessful week of fighting, Santa Anna retreated.<ref>{{cite book |first=Will |last=Fowler |date=2007 |title=Santa Anna of Mexico |location=Lincoln, NE |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |page=313 |isbn=978-0-803211209}}</ref>

=== 20th century ===
[[File:Acapulco - Palmasola-Punto-mas-alto.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|The Bay of Acapulco from the top of Palma Sola.]]
In 1911, [[Mexican Revolution|revolutionary forces]] took over the main plaza of Acapulco.<ref name="encmuc" /> In 1920, the [[Prince of Wales]] (the future [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VIII]]) visited the area. Impressed by what he saw, he recommended the place to his compatriots in Europe, making it popular with the elite there.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QmHTDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA7 |last=Echenberg |first=Myron J. |title=Humboldt's Mexico: In the Footsteps of the Illustrious German Scientific Traveller |publisher=McGill–Queen's University Press |isbn=978-0-773549401 |year=2017 |page=7}}</ref> Much of the original hotel and trading infrastructure was built by a businessman named Albert B. Pullen from [[Corrigan, Texas]], in the area now known as Old Acapulco. In 1933, Carlos Barnard started the first section of ''Hotel El Mirador'', with 12 rooms on the cliffs of [[La Quebrada, Mexico|La Quebrada]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T3PVNpNF0yoC&pg=PA49 |last=Delgado |first=Kevin |title=Explorer's Guide Acapulco: A Great Destination |publisher=Countryman Press |isbn=978-1-581571158 |year=2010 |page=49}}</ref> Albert Pullen built the ''Las Americas Hotel''.<ref name="Husband 2022 m216">{{cite web | last=Husband | first=Stuart | title=The Magic Down There | website=The Rake | date=June 8, 2022 | url=https://therake.com/stories/the-magic-down-there | access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Snow_1955">{{cite news |last1=Snow |first1=Virginia |date=1955-01-30 |title=Mexican Parade |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american-mexican-parade/143609037/ |work=The Austin American |location=Austin, Texas, USA |access-date=2024-03-18}}</ref> In the late 1930s, “La Fraccionadora de Acapulco, S.A.” (FASA), consisting of William Pullen, Anacleto Martínez, Juan M. Salcedo, and Wolf Schoenburg, who was especially instrumental,<ref name="Severo 1972 p369">{{cite web | last=Severo | first=Richard | title=For the Rich, Acapulco Isn't What It Used to Be | website=The New York Times | date=January 2, 1972 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/02/archives/for-the-rich-acapulco-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html | access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref> started tourism development in earnest.<ref name="Flynn_2020">{{cite thesis |last1=Flynn |first1=Mariana Ávila |date=May 2020 |title=Recovering the Ideals of a Former Paradise:Preservation Approaches for Modern Acapulco |url=https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/d8-kkvt-0317/download |degree=MS |chapter=1 |publisher=[[Columbia University]] |doi=10.7916/d8-kkvt-0317 |access-date=2024-03-18}}</ref>

In the mid-1940s, the first commercial wharf and warehouses were built.<ref name="apiacapulco" /> In the early 1950s, President [[Miguel Alemán Valdés]] upgraded the port's infrastructure, installing electrical lines, drainage systems, roads and the first highway to connect the port with Mexico City.

The economy grew and foreign investment increased with it. During the 1950s, Acapulco became the fashionable place for millionaire Hollywood stars such as [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Eddie Fisher]] and [[Brigitte Bardot]]. The 1963 Hollywood movie ''[[Fun in Acapulco]]'', starring [[Elvis Presley]], is set in Acapulco although the filming took place in the United States. Former swing musician [[Teddy Stauffer]], the so-called "Mister Acapulco", was a hotel manager ("Villa Vera", "Casablanca"), who attracted many celebrities to Acapulco.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stockpress.de/2010/08/05/teddy-stauffer-der-swingkonig-im-paradies/ |title=Teddy Stauffer: Der Swingkönig im Paradies |first=Wolfgang |last=Stock |date=5 August 2010 |website=Stockpress.de |language=de |access-date=August 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924204842/http://stockpress.de/2010/08/05/teddy-stauffer-der-swingkonig-im-paradies/ |archive-date=September 24, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

From a population of only 4,000 or 5,000 in the 1940s, by the early 1960s, Acapulco had a population of about 50,000.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |date=1967 |title=Acapulco |encyclopedia=World Book Encyclopedia |volume=1 |publisher=[[Field Enterprises]] |page=19}}</ref> In 1958, the Diocese of Acapulco was created by [[Pope Pius XII]]. It became an archdiocese in 1983.<ref name="arquid">{{cite web |title=Historia de la Arquidiócesis |url=http://www.arquidiocesisacapulco.org/ |website=Archdiocese of Acapulco |location=Acapulco, Guerrero |language=es |trans-title=History of the Archdiocese |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106163237/http://www.arquidiocesisacapulco.org/ |archive-date=January 6, 2010 |access-date=January 10, 2010}}</ref>

[[File:Acapulco zona hotelera 02.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Acapulco skyline.]]

During the 1960s and 1970s, new hotel resorts were built, and accommodation and transport were made cheaper. It was no longer necessary to be a millionaire to spend a holiday in Acapulco; the foreign and Mexican middle class could now afford to travel here. However, as more hotels were built in the south part of the bay, the old hotels of the 1950s lost their grandeur.<ref name="lacey">{{cite news |title=Acapulco, Long Dotted With Tourists, Is Now Home to Drug War |first=Marc |last=Lacey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/world/americas/09mexico.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 8, 2009 |access-date=January 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912135617/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/world/americas/09mexico.html |archive-date=September 12, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> For the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in neighboring [[Mexico City]], Acapulco hosted the [[Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics|sailing]] (then yachting) events.

In the 1970s, there was a significant expansion of the port.<ref name="apiacapulco" />

The [[Miss Universe 1978]] pageant took place in the city.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5fxjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA174 |editor1-last=Mor |editor1-first=Jessica Stites |editor2-last=Suescun Pozas |editor2-first=Maria del Carmen |title=The Art of Solidarity: Visual & Performative Politics in Cold War Latin America |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-1-477316405 |year=2018 |page=174}}</ref> In 1983, singer-songwriter [[Juan Gabriel]] wrote the song "Amor eterno", which pays homage to Acapulco. The song was first and most famously recorded by [[Rocío Dúrcal]]. Additionally, Acapulco is the hometown of actress, singer, and comedian [[Aida Pierce|Aída Pierce]], who found fame during the 1980s, 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century.

The tollway known as the ''Ruta del Sol'' was built during the 1990s, crossing the mountains between Mexico City and Acapulco. The journey takes only about three-and-a-half hours, making Acapulco a favorite weekend destination for Mexico City inhabitants. It was in that time period that the economic impact of Acapulco as a tourist destination increased positively, and as a result new types of services emerged, such as the [[Colegio Nautilus]]. This educational project, backed by the state government, was created for the families of local and foreign investors and businessmen living in Acapulco who were in need of a bilingual and international education for their children.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

The port continued to grow and in 1996, a new private company, API Acapulco, was created to manage operations. This consolidated operations and now Acapulco is the major port for car exports to the Pacific.<ref name="apiacapulco" />

The city was devastated by [[Hurricane Pauline]] in 1997. The storm stranded tourists and left more than 100 dead in the city. Most of the victims were from the [[shantytown]]s built on steep hillsides that surround the city. Other victims were swept away by thirty-foot (9&nbsp;m) waves and {{convert|150|mph|-1|abbr=on}} winds. The main road, Avenida Costera, became a fast-moving river of sludge {{convert|3|ft|m|spell=in}} in depth.<ref name="davison">{{cite news |title=109 dead as Hurricane Pauline batters Mexico |first=Phil |last=Davison |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/109-dead-as-hurricane-pauline-batters-mexico-1234952.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=October 10, 1997 |access-date=January 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204083527/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/109-dead-as-hurricane-pauline-batters-mexico-1234952.html |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 21st century ===
[[File:DianaCazadoraAcapulco.jpg|thumb|right|Fountain of the Huntress [[Diana (mythology)|Diana]].]]
In the 21st century, the [[Mexican Drug War]] has had a negative effect on tourism in Acapulco as rival drug traffickers fight each other for the Guerrero coast route that brings drugs from South America as well as soldiers that have been fighting the cartels since 2006.

A major gun battle between 18 gunmen and soldiers took place in the summer of 2009 in the Old Acapulco seaside area, lasting hours and killing 16 of the gunmen and two soldiers.<ref name="lacey" /><ref name="ellingwood">{{cite news |title=Acapulco shootout leaves 18 dead |first=Ken |last=Ellingwood |url=https://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico-shootout8-2009jun08,0,7718575.story |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |location=Los Angeles |date=June 8, 2009 |access-date=January 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728094530/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico-shootout8-2009jun08,0,7718575.story |archive-date=July 28, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> This came after the [[2009 swine flu pandemic]] outbreak earlier in the year nearly paralyzed the Mexican economy, forcing hotels to give discounts to bring tourists back.<ref name="ellingwood" /> However, hotel occupancy for 2009 was down five percent from the year before.<ref name="ajuarez">{{cite news |title=Desciende ocupación |first=Alfonso |last=Juárez |newspaper=[[Reforma (newspaper)|Reforma]] |location=Mexico City |date=January 6, 2010 |page=12 |language=es |trans-title=Occupation falls}}</ref> The death of [[Arturo Beltrán Leyva]] in December 2009 resulted in infighting among different groups within the Beltrán Leyva cartel.<ref name="washingtonpost.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/5-decapitated-bodies-2-scalped-found-in-popular-acapulco-spots/2011/08/20/gIQAbnAASJ_story.html?hpid=z4 |title=5 decapitated bodies found in popular Acapulco spots; 9 bodies found in other Mexican state |date=August 20, 2011 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822055953/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/5-decapitated-bodies-2-scalped-found-in-popular-acapulco-spots/2011/08/20/gIQAbnAASJ_story.html |archive-date=2011-08-22}}</ref>

Gang violence continued to plague Acapulco through 2010 and into 2011, most notably with at least 15 dying in drug-related violence on March 13, 2010, and another 15 deaths on January 8, 2011. Among the first incident's dead were six members of the city police and the brother of an ex-mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww4report.com/node/8451 |title=Mexico: Guerrero narco-violence breaks grisly record |date=March 14, 2010 |website=ww4report.com |access-date=March 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618061411/http://ww4report.com/node/8451 |archive-date=June 18, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the second incident, the headless bodies of 15 young men were found dumped near the Plaza Sendero shopping center.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12143227 |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Mexico violence: Headless bodies found in Acapulco |date=January 8, 2011 |access-date=June 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802005030/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12143227 |archive-date=August 2, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> On August 20, 2011, Mexican authorities reported that five headless bodies were found in Acapulco, three of which were placed in the city's main tourist area and two of which were cut into multiple pieces.<ref name="washingtonpost.com" />

On February 4, 2013, six Spanish men were tied up and robbed and the six Spanish women with them were gang-raped by five masked gunmen who stormed a beach house on the outskirts of Acapulco, though after these accusations, none of the victims decided to press charges.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://world.time.com/2013/02/06/mexico-seeks-culprits-in-rape-of-6-spaniards/ |title=Mexico Seeks Culprits in Rape of 6 Spaniards |first1=Bertha |last1=Ramos |first2=Mark |last2=Stevenson |name-list-style=amp |date=February 6, 2013 |magazine=[[TIME]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209185221/http://world.time.com/2013/02/06/mexico-seeks-culprits-in-rape-of-6-spaniards/ |archive-date=February 9, 2013}}</ref> On September 28, 2014, Mexican politician Braulio Zaragoza was gunned down at the ''El Mirador'' hotel in the city. He was the leader of the conservative opposition [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]] (PAN) in southern Guerrero state. Several politicians have been targeted by [[drug cartels]] operating in the area. Investigations are under way, but no arrests have yet been made as of September 29.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-29404297 |title=Mexico politician Braulio Zaragoza gunned down in Acapulco |work=BBC News |date=September 29, 2014 |access-date=September 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929080158/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-29404297 |archive-date=September 29, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{update inline|date=December 2023}} The insecurity due to individuals involved with drug cartels has cost the city of Acapulco its popularity among national and international tourists. It was stated by the ''Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil'' that the number of international flyers coming to Acapulco decreased from 355,760 flyers registered in 2006 to 52,684 flyers in the year 2015, the number of international tourists flying to Acapulco dropped 85% in the interval of nine years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/empresas/acapulco-pierde-85-turistas-internacionales-en-anos.html |title=Por inseguridad, Acapulco pierde 85% de turistas internacionales en 9 años |first=Everardo |last=Martínez |date=April 28, 2016 |newspaper=[[El Financiero]] |language=es |access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, the [[Mexican Armed Forces]] entered the city, placing it under occupation. The police department was disarmed after allegations of the latter being linked to the cartels.

====Hurricane Otis====
On October 25, 2023, [[Hurricane Otis]], a Category&nbsp;5 hurricane with 1-minute sustained winds of {{convert|160|mph|km/h|round=10|abbr=on}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hurricane OTIS |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2023/ep18/ep182023.update.10250359.shtml |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=www.nhc.noaa.gov}}</ref> caused widespread devastation throughout the city while making landfall nearby.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Jornada |first1=La |last2=Becerril |first2=Andrea |date=2023-10-28 |title=Suman 220 mil 305 viviendas afectadas en Acapulco; evaluación continúa |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2023/10/28/politica/suman-220-mil-35-viviendas-afectadas-en-acapulco-evaluacion-continua-9939 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=La Jornada |language=es}}</ref>
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====Hurricane John====

[[Hurricane John (2024)|Hurricane John]] struck Acapulco and Mexico's Pacific coast in late September 2024 as a Category 3 hurricane, delivering powerful winds and extreme rainfall that led to widespread flooding and significant damage. Acapulco<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/26/americas/hurricane-john-mexico-intl-latam/index.html |title=Hurricane John brings devastating floods to Mexico’s Pacific Coast |author=Michael Rios and Verónica Caledrón |date=2024-09-26 |website=CNN |publisher=Cable News Network |access-date=2024-10-30 }}</ref> experienced nearly one meter of rainfall, resulting in submerged neighborhoods and serious disruptions. Roads became impassable due to landslides, and extensive power outages left tens of thousands without electricity across Guerrero and Oaxaca. Around 40,000 homes were damaged impacting over 150,000 residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/mexico-acapulco-flooding-hurricane-john-aa0ed47dad2d51c54c3814f34b4a7876 |title=Hurricane John leaves Acapulco flooded and battered |last=Associated Press |date=2024-09-30 |website=AP News |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=2024-10-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/hurricane-john-impact/ |title=Government announces US $400M in aid for southwestern states hit by Hurricane John |last=MND Staff |date=2024-10-29 |website=Mexico News Daily |publisher= Mexico News Daily |access-date=2024-10-30}}</ref>