Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border

2018-06-13 History

Author : John A. Adams
Release : 2018-06-13
Genre : History
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Download or read book Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border written by John A. Adams. This book was released on 2018-06-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 1914, Clemente Vergara discovered several of his horses missing and reported the theft to local authorities. The Webb County sheriff arranged for the South Texas rancher to meet with Mexican soldiers near Hidalgo to discuss compensation for his loss. Vergara crossed the Rio Grande, soon succumbed to a vicious physical assault, and was jailed. Days after incarceration in Hidalgo, his body was found hanging from a tree. The murder of Clemente Vergara contributed to events that put the United States and Mexico on the brink of war and opened the door for expanded American involvement in Mexico. Texas governor Oscar B. Colquitt seized upon the incident to challenge President Woodrow Wilson—a fellow Democrat—to intervene and even threatened retaliation by the Texas Rangers. Meanwhile, the White House played a larger strategic game with competing factions in the midst of the Mexican Revolution. Wilson’s apparent inaction heightened Colquitt’s demands to guarantee the safety of Americans and their property in the Texas borderlands, and the Vergara affair’s extensive media coverage convinced many Americans that intervention in Mexico was necessary. Author John A. Adams Jr. shows how an otherwise commonplace horse theft and murder revealed a tangled web of international relations, powerful business interests, and intrigue on both sides of the border. Readers will be captivated by Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border and the continuing legacy that border events leave on Texas history.

Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border

2018 History

Author : John A. Adams
Release : 2018
Genre : History
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Download or read book Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border written by John A. Adams. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 1914, Clemente Vergara discovered several of his horses missing and reported the theft to local authorities. The Webb County sheriff arranged for the South Texas rancher to meet with Mexican soldiers near Hidalgo to discuss compensation for his loss. Vergara crossed the Rio Grande, soon succumbed to a vicious physical assault, and was jailed. Days after incarceration in Hidalgo, his body was found hanging from a tree. The murder of Clemente Vergara contributed to events that put the United States and Mexico on the brink of war and opened the door for expanded American involvement in Mexico. Texas governor Oscar B. Colquitt seized upon the incident to challenge President Woodrow Wilson--a fellow Democrat--to intervene and even threatened retaliation by the Texas Rangers. Meanwhile, the White House played a larger strategic game with competing factions in the midst of the Mexican Revolution. Wilson's apparent inaction heightened Colquitt's demands to guarantee the safety of Americans and their property in the Texas borderlands, and the Vergara affair's extensive media coverage convinced many Americans that intervention in Mexico was necessary. Author John A. Adams Jr. shows how an otherwise commonplace horse theft and murder revealed a tangled web of international relations, powerful business interests, and intrigue on both sides of the border. Readers will be captivated by Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border and the continuing legacy that border events leave on Texas history.

Dirty Dealing

2010-11 History

Author : Gary Cartwright
Release : 2010-11
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 894/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Dirty Dealing written by Gary Cartwright. This book was released on 2010-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cartwright tells the story of the Chagra brothers, Lee and Joe, as they get mixed up with the drug-running community along the border and in short order find themselves hopelessly entangled in a net cast by the DEA. Even readers unfamiliar with the well-publicized events of the book or of the dark, lawless aspect that often rules El Paso will find themselves pulled along by the plot: brigands and intrigue leap from almost every page, and the story just gets wilder the further into it you venture."--from an Amazon.com review Four pages into this rollicking good story, the central figure, Lee Chagra, comes alive: " Lee] washed his morning cocaine down with strong coffee and remembered the time he had met Sinatra, how genuine he appeared." Everything you'll need to know and remember about Chagra--the son of Syrian immigrants to Mexico and an attorney who spun the world of dope-running, border-crossing, high-living outlaws along the El Paso-Juarez border around his finger like the gaudy rings he favored--can be neatly summarized in that one sentence. Chagra dies two pages later, yet he haunts the rest of this cautionary tale like a high-rolling specter. Gary Cartwright is a long-respected, award-winning journalist and contributing editor to Texas Monthly magazine. The author of numerous books, he has contributed stories to such national publications as Harper's, Life, and Esquire. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Undocumented

2019-11-11

Author : Eliza McCullen
Release : 2019-11-11
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Book Rating : 860/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Undocumented written by Eliza McCullen. This book was released on 2019-11-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Mark Sway in John Grisham's The Client, Ricky is in trouble. Authorities want his testimony. The mafia want him silenced. Having escaped the gangs back home in Honduras and made the perilous journey across Mexico to the safety of a barrio in South Tucson, fourteen-year-old Ricky witnesses a murder. And recognizes the murderer's accomplice. His name is Chava, a ruthless narco-trafficker. Suddenly, Ricky finds himself navigating the harsh world of drug smugglers, immigration authorities and law enforcement, Ricky's only chance of survival lies with Detective Rosalie Diaz, a third generation Mexican American, and veteran DEA Agent Scott Smith. But even they have traitors in their ranks. And trusting the wrong people could cost him his life... ˃˃˃ Said a beta book reviewer: I enjoyed the book very much. I liked the characters, the pace and the short chapter length. The descriptions of the characters and places were very good and without tedious detail. The style made it easy to read and kept me wanting to know what was coming next. The topics were well researched, which made for a very creditable story. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

The Daughters of Juarez

2007-03-27 True Crime

Author : Teresa Rodriguez
Release : 2007-03-27
Genre : True Crime
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Book Rating : 895/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Daughters of Juarez written by Teresa Rodriguez. This book was released on 2007-03-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the fact that Juarez is a Mexican border city just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, most Americans are unaware that for more than twelve years this city has been the center of an epidemic of horrific crimes against women and girls, consisting of kidnappings, rape, mutilation, and murder, with most of the victims conforming to a specific profile: young, slender, and poor, fueling the premise that the murders are not random. Indeed, there has been much speculation that the killer or killers are American citizens. While some leading members of the American media have reported on the situation, prompting the U.S. government to send in top criminal profilers from the FBI, little real information about this international atrocity has emerged. According to Amnesty International, as of 2006 more than 400 bodies have been recovered, with hundreds still missing. As for who is behind the murders themselves, the answer remains unknown, although many have argued that the killings have become a sort of blood sport, due to the lawlessness of the city itself. Among the theories being considered are illegal trafficking in human organs, ritualistic satanic sacrifices, copycat killers, and a conspiracy between members of the powerful Juárez drug cartel and some corrupt Mexican officials who have turned a blind eye to the felonies, all the while lining their pockets with money drenched in blood. Despite numerous arrests over the last ten years, the murders continue to occur, with the killers growing bolder, dumping bodies in the city itself rather than on the outskirts of town, as was initially the case, indicating a possible growing and most alarming alliance of silence and cover-up by Mexican politicians. The Daughters of Juárez promises to be the first eye-opening, authoritative nonfiction work of its kind to examine the brutal killings and draw attention to these atrocities on the border. The end result will shock readers and become required reading on the subject for years to come.

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