Canelas, Durango
Town in the Mexican state of Durango
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Canelas is a town and seat of the municipality of Canelas, in the state of Durango, northwestern Mexico.[1] Canelas is also known for a wedding that took place, that of the famous Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera and Emma Coronel Aispuro. Reports indicate that this wedding took place in 2007 in Canelas.[2] As of 2010, the town had a population of 734.[3]
Geography
Canelas is located in the Sierra Madre Occidental. It is surrounded by pine trees. Its location gives Canelas humid sub-tropical weather. Many people have been benefited with the natural resource of the forest and involved in logging.
Notable people
- Domingo Arrieta León (1874-1962), Mexican general and statesman[4]
- Ignacio Coronel Villarreal, known as Nacho Coronel (1954-2010), Mexican drug lord and one of the founders of the Sinaloa Cartel
- Inés Coronel Barreras (born 1968), Mexican drug lord, high-ranking leader of Sinaloa Cartel and the father of Emma Coronel Aispuro, El Chapo's wife
