About Othón Pompeyo Blanco..

According to the study conducted by Professor Ignacio A. Herrera Muñoz (town chronicler). Othón Pompeyo Blanco Núñez de Cáceres was born in March 7 of 1868 in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. He studied in the Military School of Chapultepec. On December 20,1893 he was ascended to Lieutenant of Corvette of the Naval Army in Mexico. In 1897 he was appointed Administrator and Commander of the Ponton Chetumal to establish the sovereignty between Mexico and England, arriving at the opening of the Rio Hondo on January 22 of 1898 and in May 5 of the same year he founded the population of Payo Obispo. He cooperated in the harbor defense of Mazatlan in 1912 and carried out different positions later, he obtained several decorations and reached the degree of Rear admiral. He died in October of 1959 in Mexico city.