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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...
Francisco Paneho Villa, ex-thorn in the flesh, is listed as one of the five largest producers of grain in Mexico. He has paid American manufacturers many thousands of dollars for farm equipment used on his estate at Cunutello, Durango. And according to his country's embassy at Washington, he is piously keeping his promise to keep out of the political drama...