These Filipinos were descendants of Filipino and Filipino mestizo settlers who entered Spain after the Spanish–American War. Smaller waves of Filipino migration to Mexico took place in the late 19th and 20th centuries after the Philippines was annexed by the U.S. during the Spanish–American War of 1898–1900.
The Filipinos referred to were descendants of Filipino and mestizo settlers who arrived in Spain post-Spanish–American War. Smaller movements of Filipinos to Mexico took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries after the Philippines became a U.S. territory following the Spanish–American War.