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Francisco Escárcega Márquez (2 January 1896 – 22 July 1938) was a builder of
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s in
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and fought in the
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution () was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its ...
. He was born in Nanacamilpa,
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala, is one of the 32 federal entities that comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tlaxcala, 60 municipalities and t ...
, and opened up areas in southern and eastern Mexico with railways. In 1938, he was in an aircraft crash in
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, while conducting aerial surveillance for a new railway. He survived the crash but died later of his injuries in
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. Following his death, the town of
Escárcega Escárcega () is a small city in the Mexican state of Campeche, located at in the central part of the state. As of 2010, the city of Escárcega had a population of 29,477. The city serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding muni ...
in the state of
Campeche Campeche, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the sta ...
– at the time, a railway camp known as ''Kilómetro 47'' on the route from
Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos (; formerly known as Puerto México; ; Zapotec: ; Popoluca: ''Puertu'') is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, mostly on the western side of the Coatzacoalcos River estuary, on the Bay of Ca ...
to
Campeche Campeche, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the sta ...
– was renamed in his honour.


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1896 births 1938 deaths 20th-century Mexican engineers People of the Mexican Revolution People from Tlaxcala Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Mexico Mexican people in rail transportation {{Rail-bio-stub Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1938