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Hidalgo y Costilla
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Hi·dal·go y Co·stil·la  (-dälg k-styä), Miguel 1753-1811.
Mexican priest and revolutionary. Although the revolt he initiated (1810) against Spanish rule failed, he is regarded as a national hero in Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain.


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Nine of those officers were killed when soldiers raided the pumping station on Saturday, said police chief Miguel Hidalgo.
22 have been rescued by the army, nine have died at the hands of the natives and seven have disappeared," Miguel Hidalgo, a police chief, told local radio.
The guests, many of whom were dressed in traditional garb, enjoyed some authentic Mexican food before participating in an enthusiastic rendition of The Grito de Dolores (Cry of Dolores); a battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence uttered by the country's founding father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla on September 16, 1810.
 
 
 
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