Playas de Rosarito celebrated the 31st anniversary of its incorporation as an independent municipality with a ceremony honoring the residents whose efforts helped secure the city’s municipal status.

Mayor Rocío Adame Muñoz led the commemoration, recognizing members of the Pro Municipality Committee and the men and women whose determination helped establish Playas de Rosarito as Baja California’s fifth municipality.

The event was held at the plaza of the newly built Municipal Institute of Art and Culture and featured representatives symbolizing key chapters in Rosarito’s history.

Those representing the city’s historical eras included Kumiai representative Laura Zazueta Amador for the Indigenous period; Jesuit friar Federico Arias Zambrano for the mission era; Cañón Rosarito cowboy Efrén Estrada González for the ranching and agricultural period; Hotel Rosarito board chairman Hugo Antonio Torres Ramírez for the tourism industry; Primo Tapia ejido member Erick Castellanos for the ejido era; engineer Víctor Contreras, president of the College of Engineers, for the city’s urban development; businessman Marco Antonio Esponda Guerrero for the industrial and commercial sector; and longtime city historian Juvenal Arias Pérez for the municipal era.

In her remarks, Adame thanked the representatives of Rosarito’s historical milestones and paid special tribute to members of the Pro Municipality Committee for their perseverance in achieving municipal status.

“The fact that we are celebrating the 31st anniversary of Playas de Rosarito is thanks to all the men and women whose hard work and determination made this fifth municipality a reality,” Adame said. “We are grateful to everyone who served on the Pro Municipality Committee, to those who are with us today, and to those who are no longer with us. Thank you to Hugo and Gustavo for being here. They represent Hugo Eduardo Torres Chabert, who helped lead the effort to achieve municipal status.”

The mayor also thanked longtime city historian Juvenal Arias Pérez for continuing to preserve and share Rosarito’s history.

“Through your words, you take us on a journey through our history because you lived it,” she said. “We are truly grateful that you continue sharing Rosarito’s story with us in your own voice.”