MUTINOUS TROOPS.
A GENERAL MURDERED
(Received March 15, 5.5 p.m.)
Mexico City, March 14
General Alatrista was murdered when his force mutinied under the leadership of three lieutenants. Officers who escaped mobilised a punitive force which fought a pitched battle with and defeated the mutineers. They executed those captured.
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13418, 16 March 1914, Page 5
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49MUTINOUS TROOPS. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13418, 16 March 1914, Page 5
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