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  1. At the Hands of “los diablos tejanos”

    Date(s): September 1915 Location: Hidalgo, Texas Tag(s): Mexican-American, Texas Rangers, Treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo, Lynching, Protocol of Queretaro, Borderlands, General Frederick Funston, Texas-Mexico border 

    During the first week of September in 1915, Texas Rangers prowled searching for Mexican bandits in Cuevitas, Texas.  An article in the Boston Daily Globe, reported that a Ranger called his fellow companions to come to a halt.  He spotted a group of Mexican men around a campfire and descended from his horse towards them.  The Rangers caught the riders by surprise and quickly placed them under restraint. ...