Central market in Guerrero Viejo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Town was abandoned when Falcon Dam was completed, creating Falcon Lake

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Abandoned ruins of central market in Guerrero Viejo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The town was abandoned in 1953 when construction of the Falcon dam was completed. The resulting lake inundated several towns and villages upriver from the dam including Guerrero Viejo. The original town was settled in the eighteenth century. Most of the city was built of sandstone quarried at a site north of town. Today (2011) the ruins are occupied by the Zetas drug cartel and tourism to the area has ceased. Historically and architecturally, this is a significant site. It would be heartbreaking to see it destroyed by missiles, rocket propelled grenades and other heavy armaments fired by the Mexican Navy and the cartel.

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Size: 4096px × 2723px
Location: Guerrero Viejo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Photo credit: © Jess Merrill / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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