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Peasant resettlement to Quintana Roo opens new frontier
Some 102 peasants from Michoacan traveled 1 200 miles to Quintana Roo under Mexico's voluntary settlement plan. They received 14 acres each near Chetumal and Carrillo Puerto, with moving costs paid, to escape drought and poverty. Leaders touted jungle as a future production zone.
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Mexico City
UPID
Michoacan
Yucatan Peninsula
Quintana Roo
Caribbean
Guatemala
British Honduras
Quintaria Roo
Chetumal
Carrillo Puerto
Luis Echeverria
Mexico
Heliodoro “Macias
Tanganzicuaro
Veriustiano Carstanza
Cerritos
Escarcega
Yucatan
Elias Ramirez Chavez