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Consulate General Guadalajara warned that the victims of such schemes were kidnapped in Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Nayarit areas in recent months, according to a news release.

The state of Nayarit, which includes the city of Nuevo Nayarit, has been classified as “Level 2: Exercise Caution” because of crime.

Barragan’s was part of a group of Mexican restaurants on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park and Silver Lake run by immigrants from Nayarit that introduced traditional Mexican dishes like cocido and sopes to Angelenos in sit-down environments beyond the Eastside.

But life in Tecuala was hard, and Ramon had aspirations of moving to the United States to work for Natalia Barraza, a friend of his parents who operated a successful Mexican restaurant in downtown L.A. called the Nayarit.

Ramon helped Barraza open a second Nayarit in Echo Park in 1951 and eventually became the head chef.