In 1924, the Vestey group purchased the old facilities of Liebig Extract of Meat Company and the production went under a new name.

During its peak period, El Anglo had 5,000 workers whose ranks included English, Belgians, Russians, Spanish and Italians.

It finally closed in 1979 after Europe and the United States had cut back their purchases from Latin America.

Small brick houses with thick walls running along the river's edge in Fray Bentos form the "Barrio Anglo," a city-within-a-city where meatpacking workers lived that featured a hospital, a school, a social club and a football squad.

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