 It is the only brewing company ever to move from Mexico to the United States.In 1921, San Diego businessmen Edward P. Baker and Herbert Jaffe, and brewing engineer William H. Strouse opened Cervecera Azteca, SA, in Mexicali, the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California, since Prohibition disallowed them to manufacture, sell or transport alcohol in the United States.The brewery was destroyed by a fire in 1927, but was rebuilt at the same site.