ɹˈɔːl ɐlfˈɑːnsoʊ sˈiːnts mˈɛɹæz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd tˈɛn dˈæʃ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː ɪz ɐ mˈɛksɪkən bˈɪznəs mˈæn, nˈoʊn ɪnðə nˈɔːɹθ ʌv mˈɛksɪkˌoʊ ɪnðə dˈɛkeɪdz ʌv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi z ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi z ɪspˈɛʃəli ɪnðə stˈeɪts ʌv tʃᵻwˈɑːwə ænd dʊɹɹˈæŋɡoʊ, fɔːɹ hˌævɪŋ bˌɪn ðə fˈɜːst ˈoʊnɚɹ əvə kˈoʊkəkˈoʊlə bˈɑːɾəlɪŋ plˈænt ɪn mˈɛksɪkˌoʊ, ɪnðə sˈɪɾi ʌv nˈuːvoʊ kˈɑːsəz ɡɹˈændz, ɪn tʃᵻwˈɑːwə stˈeɪt, bɹˈɪŋɪŋ ɐ sˈoːɹs ʌv ˈɪŋkʌm tʊ ɐn ˈɛɹiə ʌv mˈɛksɪkˌoʊ ðæt wʌz ˌʌndɚɡˈoʊɪŋ ˌiːkənˈɑːmɪkəl wɪθdɹˈɔːl.
Raúl Alfonso Sáenz Meraz (1910-1982) is a Mexican business man, known in the north of Mexico in the decades of 1930s and 1940s especially in the states of Chihuahua and Durango, for having been the first owner of a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mexico, in the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes, in Chihuahua state, bringing a source of income to an area of Mexico that was undergoing economical withdrawal.