THIS JUST IN: Mayra Flores A Scion Of Family That Founded Victoria, Texas?...

 

By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ

McALLEN, Texas | Well, her latest claim is to say that she is a direct descendant of the family listed as founders of Victoria, Texas. Who knows about that? We're looking into it, yes..

This is what U.S. Congress candidate Mayra Flores said about it on a Facebook post: [ Growing up my grandparents had no electricity, but I loved going to their ranch and spending weeks with them. I have the best childhood memories with them. I miss our horse rides early and late at night. He raised me to love God and to smile no matter what.

My grandfather name is Martin De León and his family founded Victoria, Texas. ]

Okay.

And here's what Wikipedia says about the city of Victoria: [ The City of Guadalupe Victoria was founded in 1824 by Martín De León, a Mexican empresario, in honor of Guadalupe Victoria, the first President of the Republic of Mexico. Victoria was initially part of De León's Colony, which had been founded that same year. By 1834, the town had a population of approximately 300.

During the Texas Revolution, Guadalupe Victoria contributed soldiers and supplies to pro-revolutionary forces. However, after James Fannin was defeated by the Mexican army at the Battle of Coleto, the town was occupied by Mexican forces.

After Santa Anna was defeated at the Battle of San Jacinto, the town's Mexican residents were driven out by Anglo settlers, who renamed it Victoria. ]

Well, there you have it. It's some information, but not enough to confirm what Mayra Flores states as fact. The man in the photo with her is most certainly not the Martin De Leon mentioned in the Wikipedia material.

Miss Flores does not identify him by name. Is that her father? An uncle?

Perhaps she'll release additional info at a later date. We hate to note it, but you never know about truth or fiction with Mayra Flores.

She's offered a few other fibs before, one being that she picked cotton as a youngster. Miss Flores is 37 years old, young enough to not have been needed by cotton growers who by the time she would have been of age to hit the fields, well, they were using machines for the crop harvest.

Still, we'll go along for now and say that, sure, there could possibly be family lineage there.

Miss Flores, a Republican candidate for the 34th Congressional District seat in next year's election, has always proudly claimed the hardscrabble town of Burgos in the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico (right there across the Rio Grande, yes) as her ancestral home...

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