Municipal Government
SIMAS
Eagle Pass, Tx.
Coahuila State

In the town of Guerrero, Coahuila, approximately to 20 minutes from Piedras Negras, lies the ruins of the San Bernardo Mission, fundamental place during the colonization of Texas.

In January of 1700, a group of franciscans from the college of Santa Cruz of Querétaro arrived to what today is the town of Guerrero, headed by fray Diego de Salazar, San Juan de Buenaventura and fray Francisco Hidalgo. The virrey Jose Sarmiento and Valladares, count of Moctezuma and Tula, ordered in a Document dated March the 28th 1701, to form a group at the military prison of Rio Grande; so, on the actual place were today is the town of Guerrero, the military prison of San Juan Bautista of the Rio Grande of the North was founded.

In 1702 the Mission of San Bernardo was constructed, having an important influence during the 18th century in the colonization process that happened in which today it is territory of Texas, since here the first groups of settlers, departed to the north of the Rio Grande and founded what today is San Antonio.

The ruins were part of the Franciscan Mission Complex of the Rio Grande of the North, that captain Diego Roman headed, who helped in the defense of the settlers against the tribes of rebellious Indians who inhabited this region.