Felipe Carrillo Puerto
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Felipe Carrillo Puerto (1872–1924) was a Governor of Yucatán State, Mexico. He was born in the town of Motul, Yucatán. He was a progressive who favored land reform, women's suffrage, and rights for the indigenous Maya people. He had a romance with a United States journalist, Alma Reed of San Francisco, California, which was commemorated in the song "La Peregrina". Carrillo Puerto died by assassination in December 1924.
The town of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, was named in his honor.