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1927 Mexican train massacre....
1927 Mexican train massacre....
Item # 720265
April 21, 1927
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, April 21, 1927
* Federal soldiers train massacre
* El Limon, Jalisco, Mexico
* Cristero War - Zapatistas
* Jose Reyes Vega
The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "AMERICANS ON MEXICAN TRAIN" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 18 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, nice condition.
AI notes: In 1927, during the Cristero War in Mexico, a horrific train massacre occurred near La Barca, Jalisco, when Cristero forces led by priest-general José Reyes Vega attacked a government train believed to be carrying money. During the raid, a shootout with federal troops resulted in the death of Vega’s younger brother, and in retaliation, Vega ordered the wooden train cars to be set on fire, trapping passengers inside. Eyewitness reports indicate that 51 civilians were burned alive, making it one of the deadliest single incidents of the conflict. The massacre caused national and international outrage, severely tarnishing the Cristero cause, and underscored the brutal violence that characterized the religious rebellion against the anti-clerical Mexican government. Vega himself was killed later that year at the Battle of Tepatitlán, but the memory of the train massacre remains a grim symbol of the human cost of the war.
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