Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (born 1881)

Jesús García

Mexican national hero (1881–1907)

Jesús García Corona was a Mexican railroad brakeman who died while preventing a train loaded with dynamite from exploding near Nacozari, Sonora, in 1907. As "el héroe de Nacozari", he is revered as a national hero and many streets, plazas, and schools across Mexico are named…