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Mexicans of Filipino descent refers to Mexican citizens who are descendants of Filipino origin. There are currently 200,000 Mexican peoples who have Filipino ancestry.[1] They form around (0.2%) of the population and its communities are found in Michoacán, Guerrero, and Colima.
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Most of their Filipino ancestors arrived in Mexico during the Spanish colonial period. For two and a half centuries, between 1565 and 1815, many Filipinos and Mexicans sailed to and from Mexico and the Philippines as sailors, crews, slaves, prisoners, adventurers and soldiers in the Manila-Acapulco Galleon assisting Spain in its trade between the Asia and Mexico. Some of these sailors never returned to the Philippines. Most settled in integrated into Mexican society. Many Filipinos came to Mexico as refugees from Spain during Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. These Filipinos from Spain were descendants of Filipino and Filipino mestizo settlers who entered Spain after Spanish-American war. In recent times, many Filipinos live in Mexico as overseas workers and/or children and grandchildren of overseas workers and speak Tagalog (Philippines’ national language) and/or other Philippine languages.
Smaller waves of Filipino migration to Mexico took place in the late 19th and 20th centuries after the Philippines was annexed by the U.S. during the Spanish American war of 1898-1900. About 20,000 Filipino farm laborers and fishermen arrived to work in the Mexican west coast (i.e. Baja California, Sonora and Sinaloa), while some had awaited to enter the U.S. to reunite with family members in Filipino American communities in California and elsewhere. Mexican immigration law continues to grant special status for Filipinos, and from 1970 to 2005 about 100,000 Filipino immigrants came to Mexico.
[edit] Notable Mexicans of Filipino descent
- Isidoro Montes de Oca (Mexican General and Lieutenant commander of Vicente Guerrero.)
- Francisco Mongoy (Military commander of Vicente Guerrero.)
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