Although we might not think so, the truth is that almost every day some place is abandoned in Mexico. Whether it's a shopping mall, a memorial site, an archaeological site, or even an entire town. Let's look at some examples.
San Juan Parangaricutiro
The town of San Juan Parangaricutiro in Michoacán is perhaps the most famous of all these abandoned places. In February 1943, a farmer noticed smoke rising from his land in Parangaricutirimícuaro and notified the municipality.
Geologists arrived and saw that a volcano was emerging: Paricutín, which in less than a month rose from nowhere, exploded, and submerged the entire town in lava. Fortunately, there were no human casualties.
Mineral de Pozos
During the colonial era, Mineral de Pozos in Guanajuato was considered the richest town in the entire Viceroyalty of New Spain, with more than 70,000 inhabitants who were dedicated to the extraction of gold, silver, copper, mercury and aluminum from one of the many mines surrounding the town.
But the mines were flooded and by 1982 there were only 200 inhabitants left in the town.
