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Word: tlaxcala (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...killing at Esperanza followed an incident at Zacatelco in nearby Tlaxcala state. There, Bishop Ruesga told newsmen, the Catholic mayor had told local citizens to quit baiting Evangelistas. On the street a priest upbraided the mayor and got a rough answer. Someone in the gathering crowd pulled a gun, shot the mayor. By the time pistols were empty the mayor was dead, four Catholics and three Evangelistas had been wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Men of Faith | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

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