LYNCHING AVENGED.
EIGHTY-FIVE MEN HANGED. Eighty-five Mexicans were hanged on 23rd September from the trees that line “Paradise Road” in the town of Villa Guerrero, in Tabasco State. This wholesale hanging was ordered by the governor of the town following the lynching of the local mayor, Luis Chales, whom the residents of the town accused of kidnapping a young girl. The girl died from injuries received when she fell from the mayor’s horse. On hearing of the lynching, Governor Garrido sent a punitive expedition of riflemen in pursuit of the townspeople, who had fled to the mountains, with orders to punish all who were responsible for the lynching. After six days in the mountains the residents surrendered, first extracting a promise from the commander of the pursuing riflemen that they* would be returned to their homes safely. On the way back to the town the column halted in the middle of “Paradise Road,” where the militia performed their wholesale executions.
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Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume XVIII, 17 November 1931, Page 4
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