the french intervention in mexico

here's what happened. benito jaurez, then president of mexico, got tired of paying interest payments to france, spain, and the uk. so he stopped. naturally, the countries went crazy, and behind the leadership of france, decided to attack mexico. for a while benito was on the run w his troops, and he crashed for a while in el paso del norte. this was the name of the city on the south side of the river. eventually, he set up his government-in-exile in chihuahua. but, since all the people in el paso del norte loved benito, they decided to rename their city after him in 1888. thus, juarez is named after a guy who refused to pay his bills. in his honor perhaps, many people have also refused to pay their bills. perhaps.