Ma waho aʻe o kona nani kūlohelohe a me nā alahaka kau pono nui loa, ʻo Oxolotán wale nō ka kolona kolona o Tabasco: ʻo ka hale ʻaha mua o San José.
Manaʻo ʻia ua kūkulu ʻia i nā makahiki 1550 a 1560 e nā mākua Franciscan; a laila haʻalele lākou iā lākou a lilo i nā lima o ko Dominikanina. I kēlā manawa he heluna Zoque ʻo Oxolotán (hui Maya i kapa iā ia iho "o de put" a i ʻole "mau kāne o kā lākou huaʻōlelo", a i ʻole i nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, "nā mea maoli", "nā mea ʻoiaʻiʻo") ma kahi o 2000 poʻe.
I ka waena o ke kenekulia 18 ka heluna kanaka ia me ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i noho ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Tabasco, akā ma muli o nā maʻi ʻike ʻole ʻia ma New Spain, e like me ka pox ʻeleʻele, a me ka overexploitation o ka poʻe ʻōiwi, ua emi ka heluna kanaka a hiki i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 19. ua emi ma mua o 500 poʻe.
Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka hale pule aia kahi hale hōʻikeʻike kahi e hōʻike ʻia ai nā ʻāpana o ka luakini. Aia ʻo Oxolotán ma 85 km mai Villahermosa ma ke alaloa no. 195.
Punawai: Aeroméxico Kōkua No 11 Tabasco / Hao 1999
