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1927: Martyrdom of Five Christeros

Posted on 8 October, 2010 by Headsman

Artist unknown. The inscription reads:

Execution of Cristeros by federal soldiers on the outskirts of San Gabriel, Jalisco, October 8, 1927. On the same site, the soldiers were ambushed, suffering the same fate.

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Posted in 20th Century, Arts and Literature, Capital Punishment, Cycle of Violence, Death Penalty, Execution, God, Guerrillas, History, Known But To God, Martyrs, Mass Executions, Mexico, Power, Religious Figures, Revolutionaries, Shot, Soldiers, Wartime Executions | Tagged 1920s, 1927, art, cristero war, cristeros, jalisco, october 8, san gabriel

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