El Triunfo de San Miguel is a village located in the northern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán and belongs to the Municipality of Numaran, located approximately 20 km from La Piedad de Cavadas and 3.5 km from Numaran over a paved road.
El Triunfo has a long history of sending migrant workers to the United States dating back to the Bracero Program.
The population of El Triunfo tends to swell during the months of September and December when many of its citizens who live and work in United States return for the Fiesta De San Miguel.
Among them, according to archaeologists depict Quetzacatl (the feathered serpent) an Aztec or Purepecha god The history of El Triunfo de San Miguel.
The reason for this belief is because during the construction of the new church some artifacts were found, among the items was a rock with what appears to be the symbol of Quetzacatl (the feathered serpent which is a god in both the Purepecha and Aztec cultures.