2 min read by Kassandra Manriquez Maquina 501 is a corrido that jogs Pancho Medina’s memory of his father and is the inspiration behind his Dia de los Muertos altar. Pancho Medina is the Minister of Culture at Casa Maria as well as a local artist and activist. Over a century ago, Jesus Garcia, a railroad brakeman was killed near the village of Nacozari, Sonora as he saved the village from a train loaded with dynamite that caught fire. Without Garcia, the fatalities in the village would have been numerous. In his honor, the song Maquina 501 is sung. Jesus Garcia was a