Word: durango
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...agent of the Mexican Government arrested at Monterey, State of Nuevo Leon, one Jesus Salas, member of the State Legislature of Durango. Upon arrest Salas confessed that he had organized the group and planned and executed the killing of Francisco Villa, (TIME, July...
Villa, the ex-bandit, had been living on his "gift ranch" at Las Nievas, Durango, Mexico. This ranch and an annuity was the price that Obregon's Government paid for Villa's good behavior...
Jesus Augustin Castro, Governor of the Mexican state of Durango, became involved in a heated political discussion with Roque Gonzalez Garza, former President of Mexico. Castro wanted to settle there and then with fisticuffs. Garza replied by challenging him to a duel. Castro accepted with eagerness and was with difficulty prevented from settling the dispute on the spot. It is feared the outcome of this dispute will be fatal...
Rioting in Durango City (central Mexico) took place over the recent passing of a state law to limit the number of clergy to 25 for each denomination. Ten people were killed and 17 injured...
...trouble was caused by a clash between anti-Catholic bodies and Catholics. There were, in round numbers, 250 Catholic priests in the state of Durango and it was not unnaturally considered that the law was passed against them for it hardly affects the other denominations...