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Monterrey in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico — The Northeast (North America)
 

Jaime Jorge Zapata

 
 
Jaime Jorge Zapata Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, October 23, 2019
1. Jaime Jorge Zapata Marker
Inscription.

Dedicated in memory of Special Agent Jaime Jorge Zapata
DHS/Immigration and Customs Enforcement
May 7, 1978 - February 15, 2011

Killed in the line of duty on a San Luis Potosi, Mexico highway, by members of a criminal organization.
 
Erected 2011.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Law EnforcementWars, Non-US.
 
Location. 25° 39.631′ N, 100° 26.65′ W. Marker is in Monterrey, Nuevo León, in Santa Catarina. Memorial can be reached from Avenida Alfonso Reyes just north of Francisco Villa, on the left when traveling north. The marker is on the grounds of the US Consulate in Monterrey. Access is limited to the marker area. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Monterrey NLE 66196, Mexico. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Monterrey (approx. 10.2 kilometers away); Benito Juárez (approx. 10.3 kilometers away); Combat at the Bishop's Palace (approx. 10.3 kilometers away); The Bishop's Palace (approx. 10.3 kilometers away); The Purísima Statue (approx. 10.4 kilometers away); The Purísima Cemetery (approx. 11.8 kilometers away); 674 Miguel Hidalgo
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(approx. 11.9 kilometers away); Monterrey Surrender Site (approx. 13.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Monterrey.
 
Also see . . .  Jaime Zapata. Jaime Jorge Zapata (May 7, 1978 – February 15, 2011) was an Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent who was ambushed and murdered by the Mexican criminal group Los Zetas in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. (Submitted on October 26, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.) 
 
Additional keywords. Drug War, Zetas
 
Jaime Jorge Zapata Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, October 23, 2019
2. Jaime Jorge Zapata Marker
This view of the marker is roughly towards the north.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 161 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 26, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.

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