Sierra Mojada

Sierra Mojada
Municipal seat and city
Sierra Mojada

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 27°18′N 103°41′W / 27.300°N 103.683°W / 27.300; -103.683Coordinates: 27°18′N 103°41′W / 27.300°N 103.683°W / 27.300; -103.683
Country  Mexico
State Coahuila
Municipality Sierra Mojada

Sierra Mojada is a city and seat of the municipality of Sierra Mojada, in the north-eastern Mexican state of Coahuila.[1] Local oral tradition, documented by the priest James Lienert, states that Ambrose Bierce, who disappeared without a trace in 1913, was executed by firing squad in the town cemetery.[2]

References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on November 9, 2008
  2. Lienert, James (2004), "Monument in the Sierra Mojada cemetery", The Ambrose Bierce Site, with inscription stating that Bierce was shot there.


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