Veracruz · Mexico
Tuxpan
Where Castro's Granma set sail for Cuba.
- Population
- 154,600 (2020)
- Granma sails
- 1956
Then
- 1870s
Several hundred former Confederates settle in the area.
- 1956
The yacht Granma leaves Tuxpan carrying Fidel and Raúl Castro and Che Guevara to Cuba.
- 1990s
The Mexican Navy's Gulf fleet makes Tuxpan its home port.
Now
Tuxpan is headquarters of the Mexican Navy's Gulf fleet.