Gunmen abduct 28 people after intercepting a vehicle traveling to a Maulud gathering in Bashar, Plateau State.
AFP via France 24 →Gunmen abduct 28 people after intercepting a vehicle traveling to a Maulud gathering in Bashar, Plateau State.
FIFTY MASSACRED BY BANDITS
Laredo, Tex., April 6.—Fifty persons, including women and children were murdered by bandits between Torreón and Zacatecas on March 9, when marauders wrecked the train which they were riding, according to word brought here today by passengers.
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Pancho Villa Expedition
After US forces were withdrawn in January 1917, Pershing publicly claimed the expedition to be a success, which in light of the public declarations by President Wilson was clearly not the case since Villa eluded capture by the US Army. Pershing complained privately to his family that Wilson had imposed too many restrictions, which made it impossible for him to fulfill that portion of his mission.
Wikipedia →Constitution of Mexico
The new constitution was approved on 5 February 1917. Carranza convoked a congress specifically to revise the liberal constitution of 1857, but the process created a more sweeping, new document.
Wikipedia →Venustiano Carranza
His natural successor was Álvaro Obregón, the Constitutionalist general who defeated Pancho Villa. As government supporters suppressed and killed those for Obregón, the general decided that Carranza would never leave the office peacefully.
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