Parque Los Berros, in Xalapa, Veracruz, is located a short distance to the southeast of the center of town, in the neighbourhood of the Stadium. Its name was derived from an edible herb called "berros" (garden cress) that used to grow in the area. Throughout the 19th century, the place would turn into a mosquito-infested marshland during the Summer rainy season. The rest of the year, it was occasionally used for horse-racing, as is shown in an engraving published in Historia Antigua de Jalapa by Manuel Rivera y Cambas, in 1871.