diff --git a/tools/import-normalizer/config.py b/tools/import-normalizer/config.py
index d789a2af..f055d422 100644
--- a/tools/import-normalizer/config.py
+++ b/tools/import-normalizer/config.py
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ MONTHS = {
     "oktober": 10, "okt": 10, "oct": 10, "october": 10,
     "november": 11, "nov": 11,
     "dezember": 12, "dez": 12, "dec": 12, "december": 12,
+    # Spanish (Mexican-branch correspondence)
+    "enero": 1, "febrero": 2, "marzo": 3, "abril": 4, "mayo": 5, "junio": 6,
+    "julio": 7, "agosto": 8, "septiembre": 9, "setiembre": 9, "octubre": 10,
+    "noviembre": 11, "diciembre": 12,
 }
 
 ROMAN_MONTHS = {
diff --git a/tools/import-normalizer/dates.py b/tools/import-normalizer/dates.py
index b4eaca6a..77245680 100644
--- a/tools/import-normalizer/dates.py
+++ b/tools/import-normalizer/dates.py
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ def expand_year(token: str):
         return None
     n, v = len(token), int(token)
     if n == 4:
-        return v
+        # reject gross typos (e.g. "9003") so they go to review instead of a bogus year
+        return v if 1700 <= v <= 2100 else None
     if n == 3:
         return 1000 + v
     if n == 2:
@@ -157,8 +158,9 @@ def _match_monthname_a(s):
     return _build_day_month_year(int(m.group(1)), _lookup_month(m.group(2)), expand_year(m.group(3)))
 
 
-# dot after day is REQUIRED so this can't match "Mai 1895" (MONTH YYYY) as day=18
-_MONTH_B_RE = re.compile(r"([A-Za-zÄÖÜäöü]+)\.?\s*(\d{1,2})\.\s*(\d{2,4})")
+# A separator (dot OR hyphen/en-dash) after the day is REQUIRED so this can't match
+# "Mai 1895" (MONTH YYYY) as day=18; the hyphen form also covers Spanish "Mayo 18-1929".
+_MONTH_B_RE = re.compile(r"([A-Za-zÄÖÜäöü]+)\.?\s*(\d{1,2})\s*[.\-–]\s*(\d{2,4})")
 
 
 def _match_monthname_b(s):
diff --git a/tools/import-normalizer/tests/test_dates.py b/tools/import-normalizer/tests/test_dates.py
index a08b6b61..2a43ad61 100644
--- a/tools/import-normalizer/tests/test_dates.py
+++ b/tools/import-normalizer/tests/test_dates.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def test_expand_year():
     assert dates.expand_year("73") == 1873       # 73..99 -> 18xx
     assert dates.expand_year("99") == 1899
     assert dates.expand_year("65") is None       # 58..72 ambiguous
+    assert dates.expand_year("9003") is None      # implausible 4-digit year -> reject (typo)
     assert dates.expand_year("x") is None
 
 def test_parse_iso_and_empty():
@@ -127,3 +128,21 @@ def test_parse_date_override_wins():
     ovr = {"13.5.65": ("1965-05-13", "DAY")}
     r = dates.parse_date("13.5.65", ovr)  # ambiguous without override
     assert r == dates.ParsedDate("1965-05-13", Precision.DAY, "13.5.65")
+
+def test_parse_spanish_months():
+    # Mexican-branch letters: Spanish month names, day-first and month-first (hyphen/dot before year)
+    assert dates.parse_date("21.Enero 1911").iso == "1911-01-21"   # day-first
+    assert dates.parse_date("Junio 17.929").iso == "1929-06-17"    # month-first, dot, 3-digit year
+    assert dates.parse_date("Mayo 18-1929").iso == "1929-05-18"    # month-first, hyphen
+    assert dates.parse_date("Abril 10-929").iso == "1929-04-10"    # hyphen, 3-digit year
+    assert dates.parse_date("Agosto 27-929").iso == "1929-08-27"
+    assert dates.parse_date("febrero 14-29").iso == "1929-02-14"   # hyphen, 2-digit year
+    assert dates.parse_date("Mayo 18-1929").precision == Precision.DAY
+
+def test_implausible_year_goes_to_review():
+    # a source typo like "October 23-9003" must NOT parse to a bogus year 9003 — stays UNKNOWN
+    assert dates.parse_date("October 23-9003").precision == Precision.UNKNOWN
+
+def test_hyphen_month_first_does_not_shadow_month_year():
+    # the hyphen-separator generalization must NOT make "Mai 1895" parse as day=18
+    assert dates.parse_date("Mai 1895") == dates.ParsedDate("1895-05-01", Precision.MONTH, "Mai 1895")