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  2. Candelaria border incursion of 1919 - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. and Mexico had for almost a decade seen a number of violent incidents on their border related to the Mexican Revolution and the Bandit War.As recently as June 1919 U.S. and Mexican forces skirmished near El Paso, Texas, on the border in what was known as the Battle of Ciudad Juárez.

  3. List of massacres in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    On January 23, 2021, 19 bodies were discovered near the Mexico–United States border, the victims are said to be migrants and were shot and set on fire. [149] Tonalá Massacre: February 27, 2021 Tonala, Jalisco 11 Eleven people were killed and at least two wounded when unidentified armed assailants attacked a Party. [150] [151] Battle of ...

  4. La Matanza (1910–1920) - Wikipedia

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    Antonio Rodriguez was the first victim who died due to La Matanza in 1910. [2] He was a 20-year-old migrant worker who had moved from Mexico to Rocksprings, Texas, in search of work. [2] On November 2, he was accused of murdering a white Texan, [2] [14] arrested, and jailed. On November 3, 1910, a mob took him from his jail cell and burned him ...

  5. List of war crimes - Wikipedia

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    This article lists and summarizes the war crimes that have violated the laws and customs of war since the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.. Since many war crimes are not prosecuted (due to lack of political will, lack of effective procedures, or other practical and political reasons), [1] [better source needed] historians and lawyers will frequently make a serious case in order to prove ...

  6. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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    This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...

  7. Porvenir massacre (1918) - Wikipedia

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    They left the bodies of the dead where they were shot. The next day, the son of one of the men killed, 13-year old Juan Flores, went with Anglo-American schoolteacher Harry Warren, whose father-in-law was massacre victim Tiburcio Jaques, to the site and discovered the massacre. The remaining 140 villagers abandoned Porvenir.

  8. 1920 in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Between 648 and 4,000 were killed and 167 were injured. April 23: Mexican Revolution : Plan of Agua Prieta is proclaimed; rebellion against Venustiano Carranza commences. May 21: Mexican Revolution: President Venustiano Carranza is assassinated while sleeping in Tlaxcalantongo in the Sierra Norte de Puebla mountains after fleeing Mexico City ...

  9. 1920s in organized crime - Wikipedia

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    Adams is the eighth known victim in the ongoing war between the two gangs for control of bootlegging in the region. [252] On April 29, 1927 Birger will be arrested for the murder of Adams, [253] for which he will be sentenced to death by hanging.