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The surrender of Cos effectively removed the occupying Mexican army from Texas. Many believed the war was over, and volunteers began returning home. [15] In compliance with orders from Santa Anna, Mexico's Minister of War José María Tornel issued his December 30 "Circular No. 5", often referred to as the Tornel Decree, aimed at dealing with ...
Last week, Mexican authorities discovered 12 bodies buried in clandestine graves in the northern Chihuahua state. Authorities discovered 11 graves containing 12 skeletons in Ascension municipality ...
Chapultepec, Mexico City: 50 50 surrendered Irish volunteers who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican–American War, collectively known as Saint Patrick's battalion were killed by the U.S. Army. Massacre at Janos: March 5, 1851 Janos, Chihuahua Unknown Crabb massacre: April 1–8, 1857 Caborca, Sonora: 84
The Battle of Resaca de la Palma was one of the early engagements of the Mexican–American War, where the United States Army under General Zachary Taylor engaged the retreating forces of the Mexican Ejército del Norte ("Army of the North") under General Mariano Arista on May 9, 1846.
Officials in northern Mexico found a dozen skeletons in 11 secret graves near the US border during a three-day search of the area last week. The clandestine graves were located in the township of ...
As a colony in Mexico from 1823 to 1835, the Texas Military was legally empowered by Agustín de Iturbide and the Coahuila y Tejas legislature to "organize the colonists into a body of militia to preserve tranquility." [2] Operations were conducted under command of Stephen F. Austin. [2]
A lion/tiger mix known as a liger is found in a backyard as Mexican drug cartel violence surges in the Ojinaga region of Chihuahua state. Liger seized, 11 bodies dumped as Mexico border cartel ...
During the engagement the Villistas provoked an intervention by the United States Army protecting the neighboring city of El Paso, Texas. The Americans routed the Villistas in what became the second largest battle of the Mexican Revolution involving the US, and the last battle of the Border War. With the American army closing in, the Villistas ...