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Carmelita Torres was a "red-haired Mexican woman" known for starting the 1917 Bath riots on the Mexico–United States border between Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas. [1] At the time of the riots, she was 17 years old and working as a maid in the United States. [2] [3] [4]
The 1917 Bath Riots occurred in January 1917 at the Santa Fe Street Bridge between El Paso, Texas, United States, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.The riots are known to have been started by Carmelita Torres [1] and lasted from January 28 to January 30 and were sparked by new immigration policies at the El Paso–Juárez Immigration and Naturalization Service office, requiring Mexicans ...
List of strikes in Mexico; 0–9. 1917 Bath riots; C. Cananea strike; M. Matamoros strike; O. 2006 Oaxaca protests; R. Real del Monte 1766 strike; Río Blanco strike
Ten years ago, a riot in an Egyptian stadium left 74 people dead and more than 500 others injured. The government shut down the country’s domestic soccer league for two years in response.
Pages in category "Riots and civil disorder in Mexico" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
By Mark Stevenson MEXICO CITY (AP) - A confrontation between 1,500 police and residents of a village on Mexico City's western outskirts left more than 100 police injured in a battle over a water ...
The riot, likely the deadliest in Mexico's history, happened in the old and crowded Topo Chico prison in Monterrey.
Suicides and homicides also triggered mass protests by women and activists nationwide, but the epicentre of protests and riots was in Mexico City. Mexicans have been on the streets since 9 March, when a nationwide strike by hundreds of thousands of Women went ahead. Anti-govt mass protests also took place on 10 March nationwide.