The municipal seat was first called Placeritos de Nacozari but changed its name to Nacozari de García to honor the railroad engineer Jesús García , who saved the town from a dynamite explosion on 7 November 1907 .
The town was first called Placeritos de Nacozari but changed its name to Nacozari de García . The town was named after the railroad engineer Jesús García , who saved the town from a dynamite explosion on 7 November 1907 .