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Santa Teresa, NM, 88008 was founded by the American icon Charles Crowder who built the Santa Teresa Country Club, a two full 18 holes golf club sorrounded by villas, after he exchanged the land from the natives Hopis, in 1975, a tribal group which kept the land from the time of the Santa Teresa Grant in late 1500. The idea of forming a bi-national industrial city - Santa Teresa, New Mexico - San Jerónimo - State of Chihuahua, Mexico, with an inside border crossing came to place under the Santa Teresa Holding Company headed by Luis Eduardo Silva, who got the Mexican approuval under president Carlos Salinas. The time for such agreement for Crowder-Silva was too late, as their development companies were delincuent for over 300 million dollars with banks and private investors, mainly the Southwest Bank.The total project was a 1.3 billion dollars, on 1980 monies. Crowder broke and no longer controls Santa Teresa, Mr.Silva kept some land holdings, while Santa Teresa continue as a residential area, operating the border crossing and its international airport.The Santa Teresa Holding Company is still active. Asian and American large concerns are operating twin plants operations, such Baxter, using the Mexican labor and American management and technologies. But the real Santa Teresa bi-national city, is yet to come. The University of Phoenix, the Wells Fargo Bank, The State National Bank, Balboa University, are located at Santa Teresa with full services branches. Mr. Silva has introduced application for the incorporation of Santa Teresa as a City under the Dona Ana County charter. The matter is pending before the New Mexico State authorities, their last report was issued on January 2006, a resolution is expected early 2007.