Cocorit

Cocorit is a city located inside the municipality of Cajeme within the southern a part of the Mexican country of Sonora. The metropolis becomes founded in 1617 by way of the Spanish Jesuit missionaries Andres Perez de Ribas and Tomas Basilio, even though the Spanish inhabitants had been eventually forced to leave via the Yaqui local population of the location. In 1835 the metropolis turned into reestablished, this time in an unbiased Mexico; the city turned into a dependency of the municipio of Buenavista.

In 1867, the governor of Sonora prepared a success military expeditions to govern the Yaquis in Cocorit, and in neighboring Guaymas. In 1875, Cajeme, a prominent Yaqui leader, attacked Cocorit, placing the town on fire. Under the protection of the Mexican navy, Cocorit became repopulated in 1885 with population from the neighboring cities of El Quiriego and Baroyeca. In 1886, the Yaquis endured to reinforce their positions, however the nation and federal governments confiscated more than 20,000 head of cattle that belonged to the Yaquis, weakening their position. In 1887 Cajeme was captured.