The Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas, also known as the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas is a cultural heritage organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the Comecrudo people. Also known as the Carrizo people, the Comecrudo were a historic Coahuiltecan tribe who lived in northern Tamaulipas, Mexico, in the 17th to 19th centuries.
The Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas is an unrecognized organization. Despite the word nation in its name, it is not a federally recognized tribe, nor a state-recognized tribe.
Texas has "no legal mechanism to recognize tribes" and has no state-recognized tribes.
In 1999, the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in Floresville, Texas. Their subject area is human services. They underwent tax forfeiture in 2005 and 2015.
Juan Benito Macias is the organization's registered agent and chairman.
The Tribal Council of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, based in Lubbock, Texas, sent a letter of intent to petition for federal recognition in 1998. The council has not proceeded further in submitting a completed petition for federal recognition.
The organization joined Earthjustice in filing a lawsuit to stop construction of a U.S.âÂÂMexican border wall that would have destroyed two cemeteries that are more than 150 years old.