ʻO Benigno Montoya Muñoz (1865 - 1929) he mea pena kiʻi, mea kālai kiʻi, a mea hana hale pule Mekiko; ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea kālai quarry koʻikoʻi nui ma ka ʻākau o Mexico.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Zacatecas, akā i kona mau makahiki he ʻelua, ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia i Durango, ka ʻāina i ʻike iā ia e ulu ana, no laila ʻo Benigno Montoya i manaʻo ʻia ʻo Durango. Ma Mapimí ua kālai ʻo ia i ka ʻānela i luna o ka ipukukui o ka dome o ka halepule, a me kāna makuakāne ua kūkulu ʻo ia i nā hale kiaʻi ʻelua a me ke kuahu o Nuestra Señora del Rayo ma Parral, Chihuahua. Ua hoʻolimalima ʻia ʻo ia e kūkulu i ka home o ka Archdiocese o Durango, kahi āna i hoʻolālā a kūkulu ai i ke kuahu no ka hale pule. Pēlā nō, ua hoʻolālā a kūkulu ʻo ia i ka luakini o kā mākou Lede o nā ʻānela a me ka luakini o San Martín de Porres i kēia manawa. Ua kālai ʻo ia i kahi infinity o nā kiʻi no nā hale kupapaʻu o ka pantheon o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Durango, ka mea i hoʻolilo iā ia i "hale hōʻikeʻike mua o nā kiʻi hoʻolewa" o ka Repubalika.
Punawai: Nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai Aeroméxico No. 29 Durango / hoʻoilo 2003
