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Query: Where is Michoacán?
Michoacán is located in Western Mexico, and has a stretch of coastline on the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. It is bordered by the states of Colima and Jalisco to the west and northwest, Guanajuato to the north, Querétaro to the northeast, the State of México to the east, and Guerrero to the southeast.
Miguel Angel Villagómez Valle worked as a journalist in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán since 1998. He founded and published his own newspaper, "La Noticia de Michoacán", in 2004. The news outlet started out with only simple machines and three computers. The "La Noticia de Michoacán," which operates as a small regional tabloid, often has stories on organized crime, corruption and drug-trafficking. Villagómez worked as the editor and publisher of "La Noticia de Michoacán" He headed the newspaper until his death at which time he was succeeded by his friend Francisco Rivera Cruz."La Noticia de Michoacán" has the largest circulation in the west port with 2,500 copies sold daily. The tabloid puts out a new issue everyday but Saturday.
Acustik Michoacán is a network of radio stations owned and operated by Media Group (Media FM, S.A. de C.V.) in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The stations carry a variety of news and talk programs during the day and musical programming in off hours.
Cárdenas set his sights on becoming a teacher, but was drawn into politics and the military during the Mexican Revolution after Victoriano Huerta overthrew President Francisco Madero in February 1913. Michoacán was far from the revolutionary action that had brought Madero to the Mexican presidency, but after Huerta's coup and Madero's assassination, Cárdenas joined a group of Zapatistas, but Huerta's forces scattered the group, where Cárdenas had served as captain and paymaster. Since revolutionary forces were voluntary organizations, his position of leadership points to his skills and his being paymaster to the perception that he would be honest in financial matters. Both characteristics followed him through his subsequent career. He escaped the Federal forces in Michoacán and moved north where he served initially with Álvaro Obregón, then Pancho Villa, and after 1915 when Villa was defeated by Obregón to Plutarco Elías Calles, who served Constitutionalist leader, Venustiano Carranza. Although Cárdenas was from the southern state of Michoacán, his key experiences in the Revolution were with northerners, whose faction won. In particular, he served under Calles, who tasked him with military operations against Yaqui Indians and against Zapatistas in Michoacán and Jalisco, during which time he rose to a field command as general, and then in 1920 after Carranza was overthrown by northern generals, Cárdenas was given the rank of brigadier general at the age of 25. Cárdenas was appointed provisional governor of his home state of Michoacán under the brief presidency of Adolfo de la Huerta.
Media Group won eight radio stations in Michoacán in the IFT-4 radio auction of 2017. Acustik Michoacán began internet transmissions on January 15, 2018, coinciding with the first day of the "Informe Brozo", the first national radio-TV program syndicated by Grupo Acustik, with which Acustik Michoacán is affiliated. Acustik Michoacán also carries the audio of the Canal 6 TV newscasts produced by Media Group for its cable station. The FM transmissions began between April and early June 2018, followed by the Morelia AM station in June 2018. The Uruapan station is not yet on air.
The Michoacán–Guanajuato volcanic field covers an area of x , in the states of Michoacán and Guanajuato. It contains 1400 vents, mostly cinder cones. The shield volcanoes are mostly Pleistocene in age.
The Congress of Michoacán is the state legislature of Michoacán, a state of Mexico. The Congress is unicameral.
Below are the names of the annual titleholders of Mexicana Universal Michoacán, listed in ascending order, and their final placements in the Mexicana Universal after their participation, until 2017 the names are as Nuestra Belleza Michoacán.
Por Amor a Morelia Michoacán is a live album released by Marco Antonio Solís from Plaza Monumental de Morelia in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico on October 23, 2015. A DVD was also included with the deluxe edition.
In 1831, the state was reorganized into 61 municipalities and 207 locales (tenencias). Due to the struggle between centralists and federalists in Mexico in the 19th century, Michoacán's rights as an entity would change depending on who was in control. The state was declared a department in 1836 but became a more independent state again in 1846. Colima broke off from Michoacán to form its own state in this year. In 1849, the municipality of Coyuca was separated to form the state of Guerrero. In 1853, the state became a department again, regaining state status in 1856. In 1857, Contepec was separated from the state of Guanajuato and attached to Michoacán.[17] In 1863, the diocese of Michoacán was reduced in size, but its status was also elevated to archdiocese.[14]
Following up on an operation planned by predecessor, Vicente Fox, on December 12, President Felipe Calderón ordered the military to send 4,000 troops to his home state of Michoacán, where drug-related crime had left over 500 dead. Troops were assigned to areas under the control of organized criminals, conducting raids, making arrests and establishing control points on highways and secondary roads. In 2007 May 8 in Apatzingan, Michoacán, Soldiers from the 51st Infantry Battalion engaged drug traffickers. Soldiers driving HMMWV armed with Mk 19 grenade launchers killed 4 cartel gunmen, 3 soldiers were reported wounded.Operation Michoacán is the first stage of the so-called War Against Drug Trafficking implemented by the federal government of President Felipe Calderón. The joint operation has been questioned about the human rights violations that may have occurred, given the military presence among the civilian population of the state of Michoacán. The chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights, José Luis Soberanes, in May 2007, charged that had been at least 53 complaints of human rights violations by the military to the civilian population.
Monte Grande, Michoacán is a "rancho" (ranch) located in the Mexican State of Michoacán. This "rancho" has an area of 153.41 square kilometres (0.12% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of San Lucas, Michoacán, It sits between the state of Guerrero, and to the west of Huetamo, Michoacán another popular city in the region of Tierra Caliente (Mexico).
The Michoacán Market is a “mercado público" or traditional retail food market located in Condesa, one of the more prestigious districts of Mexico City. It is located between Avenida Michoacán, Avenida Vicente Suárez, and Avenida Tamaulipas streets, where three intersect. 
Nuestra Belleza Michoacán 2011, was held in the Plaza Morelos of Uruapan, Michoacán on June 30, 2011. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Edna Álvarez of Nueva Italia was crowned the winner. Álvarez was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza Michoacán titleholder, Karla Paulina Gutiérrez. Eight contestants competed for the title.
Since the vehicle was found in Michoacán, state authorities there began to work with Jalisco officials to locate Tobares. The vehicle was kept in Michoacán jurisdiction. On social media, Tobares' friends posted the pictures of the vehicle, a 2009 Dodge Caliber with San Luis Potosí state license plates. They stated that the vehicle was owned by a Colombian national, who was cited as owner of one of the restaurants where Tobares' worked.
XHLZ-FM is a radio station in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán. Broadcasting on 93.9 FM, XHLZ is owned by Medios Radiofónicos Michoacán and carries a grupera format known as La Pura Ley.
Nuestra Belleza Michoacán 2010, was held in Malecón Río Balsas, Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico on June 25, 2010. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Karla Paulina Gutiérrez of Morelia and "Victoria Sánchez Elizalde Romo of Pátzcuaro were crowned the winners. Gutiérrez and Sánchez were crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza Michoacán titleholder, Itzel García"'. Ten contestants competed for the state title.
The small town of El Fresno is located in the North West of Jiquilpan, Mexican State of Michoacán de Ocampo and South West of Sahuayo, De Morelos, Michoacán.
The disappearance of María Esther Aguilar Cansimbe happened 11 November 2009 when the female newspaper journalist who worked for "El Diario de Zamora" and "El Cambio de Michoacán" in Michoacán, Mexico vanished. Her disappearance may or may not be linked to her coverage of the Mexican Drug War but both Article 19 and Reporters Without Borders, two international press freedom organizations, have classified her disappearance as an act of enforced disappearance.
She is one of 4 journalists and the only woman to have disappeared between 2006 and 2010 in the state of Michoacán where the drug war began.
Beautiful Michoacán (Spanish:¡Qué lindo es Michoacán!) is a 1943 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Tito Guízar, Gloria Marín and Víctor Manuel Mendoza. A wealthy woman travels to Michoacán where she has inherited an estate.
Aporo is a small town and municipality in the far eastern part of the state of Michoacán, Mexico. Most of the municipality is forested and considered to be part of Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, where millions of monarch butterflies arrive to stay five months each winter. The town and municipality have mostly adobe structures with tile roofs and the main architectural site is the San Lucas Evangelista Church, which was built in the 20th century.
His son Luis Alfredo Aguilera Esquivel was arrested by Mexican authorities on 3 March 2014 in Los Reyes, Michoacán. According to federal reports, he carried out kidnappings and extorted agricultural workers in Michoacán, the most recent one on orders from his father. His other son Huber Gómez Patiño was arrested by the Mexican Federal Police in Arteaga, Michoacán on 21 June 2014. His brother Aquiles Gómez Martínez was reportedly found dead in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán with a gunshot wound on 19 September 2014. His cousin José Martínez Mendoza was arrested by the Federal Police in Uruapan, Michoacán on 8 November 2014. His alleged uncle Gerardo Martínez Legorreta was arrested by Michoacán security forces on 8 December 2014 in Arteaga.
Enandio is located in the Juárez Municipality, Michoacán, two miles before arriving at Los Laureles, Michoacán (Benito Juarez).
Mexicana Universal Michoacán is a pageant in Michoacán, Mexico, that selects that state's representative for the national Mexicana Universal pageant.
Some illegal drugs are also produced in Mexico, including significant amounts of opium poppy, and marijuana in the western Sierra Madre Mountains region.
Mexico has increasingly become a major producer of amphetamines and other synthetic drugs in the North American market (e.g. crystal), especially in the states of Guerrero, Michoacán, Jalisco and the Distrito Federal. Since early 2007, the export of manufactured drugs has been controlled by the Beltran-Leyva brothers (Sonora-Sinaloa-DF) and "la Familia de Michoacán". These two crime groups have controlled the corridors from the deep sea port of Lázaro Cárdenas in Michoacán, where precursor products to manufacture synthetic drugs are imported from Asia.