Mexicans in Guatemala
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4,210 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Guatemala City, Guatemala–Mexico border | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish, Maya languages | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| White Mexicans, Amerindian Mexicans, mestizo Mexicans |
Mexicans in Guatemala refers to Mexicans that immigrated to Guatemala. It is the fourth country where more Mexicans living outside of Mexico that approximately 4,120 individuals crossing into the neighboring country for business, commercial, industrial and tourist activities is estimated. The Mexican community has been primarily established in Guatemala City, Huehuetenango, Antigua and Guatemalan border towns with Mexico also becoming second foreign community in the country, after the Salvadoran immigration.
Many Mexicans living in Guatemala are people with high purchasing power (mainly in large cities), this is because that in the 90s at the time began to manifest itself migration of Mexicans to the neighboring country for reasons business or labor that were brought by major Mexican business groups who settled in this country as Bimbo, Gruma, Elektra, Banco Azteca, Soriana, Jumex, The Coca-Cola Company, Aeromexico and more. Mexican companies have found a major development among Guatemalan consumers.[1][2]
Countless numbers of indigenous Mexicans in Chiapas, Campeche and Tabasco share bonds of familiarity with some indigenous Guatemalans, following the civil war that took this country during the 70s and 80s and created a mass exodus to North American countries.
History
The migration of Mexican towns between the fifth and thirteenth centuries established the common languages from the western and central Mesoamerica, as far south as Veracruz, Chiapas, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, penetrating the Maya territory of Guatemala, Cuscatlan, El Salvador and Ometepe, Nicaragua. These countries have a common culture stretching back from colonial times. Guatemala was part of the First Mexican Empire.
References
See also
- Mexicans abroad
- Guatemala-Mexico relations
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