Pass of Galaxara or Paso de Galaxara is a pass in

Izúcar de Matamoros Izúcar de Matamoros is a city in Izúcar de Matamoros Municipality located in the southwestern part of the Mexican state of Puebla. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality. At the census of 2005 the city had a population of 41, ...

municipality,

Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

. It is the pass on the road between the towns of

Atlixco Atlixco () is a city and a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla. It is a regional industrial and commercial center but economically it is much better known for its production of ornamental plants and cut flowers. The city was founded early i ...

and

. During the Mexican American War this pass was the site of the

Affair at Galaxara Pass Affair at Galaxara Pass, November 24, 1847, was a U.S. Army victory of Gen. Joseph Lane, over the Mexican Army Light Corps, an irregular force under Gen. Joaquín Rea. The Light Corps had been the principal force harassing the U.S. Army line ...

on November 24, 1847, between the Mexican mounted guerrilla force of General

Joaquín Rea Joaquín Rea (?–1850) was a Mexican general in the Mexican–American War. General Rea led guerrilla forces of the Light Corps in harassing American convoys on the National Road between Vera Cruz and Puebla from May 1847. Due to this harassment ...

and the American force of General Joseph Lane. Spencer C. Tucker, The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War: A Political, Social, and Military History Vol. I, ABC-CLIO,LLC, 2012, p.258
/ref> This pass is now the location of the town of

La Galarza La Galarza in a town in the Municipality of Izúcar de Matamoros, in the state of Puebla. It is located in the Pass of Galarza at an elevation of 1400 meters above sea level. The population of La Galarza is 3846. History During the Mexican Ameri ...

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