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The republic of the Rio grande was a short lived breakaway republic from mexico, but lets say America after the Mexican American war decides that it would be useful to have a buffer state between themselves and mexico expecially with all of their newly acquired territory that they want to settle.

So they restablish the republic and Give it its historic heartland Chihuaha, Durango, Sonora and Sinloa on the map so it reaches from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

How would this change America and mexico, and what would the republic look like today in the modern era?
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