DETAILS: the hide is blended in with a pile of brush that
is probably a multi-generation pacrat nest. It is on the left
(south) side of brush as you approach from the road. See also the
companion cache on the US side:
(
GCRF3P)
The cache is within the 20 kilometer border zone that does not
require a tourist card (FM-T) or the temporary vehicle import
permit. However, Mexico insurance is recommended on your vehicle.
You can get insurance on-line for 1 day with a credit card.
HISTORY OF CONFLICT IN AND AROUND NACO:
1910 Mexican Revolution begins. Company B of the 18th Infantry
sent to prevent arms smuggling into Mexico.
1911 Mexican rebels clash with Federales.
1913 Fighting escalates, US 9th Cavalry sent to guard the border
at Naco.
1913 History’s first air-to-air combat. Pilots from rival
Mexican factions exchange revolver shots in the air over Naco,
Mexico. No hits were registered.
1914 Pancho Villa engaged Mexican Federales in battle at Naco,
Sonora. During that fight every house in Naco, Arizona had some
bullet holes, some having as many as fifty holes.
1929 Escobar Rebellion / Topete Revolution. Naco became the only
town in the continental United States to be bombed when an inept
pilot dropped four bombs on the town, blowing out windows,
demolishing a car, and damaging a boxcar. Patrick Murphy, a
barnstorming pilot, offered his services to the rebels to bomb the
federales. The primitive bombs were hand-dropped out of the plane
and several landed in Arizona.
1929 North America’s only armor battle? Opposing Mexican forces
battled each other with tanks in or near Naco. It was formerly
speculated that these were World War I vintage surplus European
tanks but, our friend, the noted military tank historian, Ralph
Zumbro has studied pictures of these vehicles and determined that
they were American made farm tractors with armor plating added.
Three of the commanders of Naco later became presidents of
Mexico.