In Spanish, the word `degollado` means `to slit one`s throat`, `behead`, or `decapitate`. It is also a last name. In this case, the town was named after a Mexican general, Santos Degollado. A statue of him is in el Jardin de Niños which was made from coins from the townspeople during the early 1960s. On December 24, 1917, the town was un...