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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pressure of popular opinion and the hard work of her previously released husband induced new President General Manuel Avila Camacho, who wants to be friends with the Church, to commute her term. As her fellow prisoners waved tearful farewells and the Mexican press broke into congratulatory headlines, Seiiora Castro Balda walked out through the prison gates. A vindicated martyr, at 49 more bloomingly plump than ever, she drove with her husband to the Villa Madero, placed a grateful bouquet at the foot of the Virgin of Guadalupe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Madre Conchita's Martyrdom | 12/23/1940 | See Source »

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