On Friday evening, an event deeply significant to many Mexicans will take place at the Arizona state Capitol, where a little more than a decade ago some of the toughest anti-immigrant laws in the country were passed in response to a wave of migration from Mexico.Jorge Mendoza Yescas, Mexico’s highest-ranking diplomat in Arizona, will stand on a stage in the central courtyard on the Capitol grounds, wave a large Mexican flag and perform the Grito de Dolores — the battle cry of Dolores — to mark the 213th anniversary of the start of Mexico’s War of Independence from Spain.Mendoza expects more than 1,000 people, some dressed in traditional Mexican attire, will attend the Mexican Independence Day celebration, which will be broadcast live by at least one local Spanish-language TV station, Telemundo. The performance will culminate with Mendoza Yescas, the consul general of Mexico in Phoenix, leading the large crowd in threefold shouts of patriotism, “Viva Mexico!”Similar Grit …
See the full Housing Inventory article, or, read more Arizona real estate investing news. Up to you! Either way, you’re on your game!
