"Well said" Ping!
The Mexican government thought so highly of the area that they sold Southern Arizona and New Mexico to the US for $10 million in the Gadsen Purchase in 1853. The money was supposed used by Santa Ana to buy new uniforms for his palace guard. And did you know that the US paid Mexico $15 million for the lands acquired in the Mexican American War? If that $15 million had been invested at 8% per annum, it would now be $2.1 trillion. Just another case of sound fiscal management by Me-hi-ko.