Saturday, September 22, 2012

Col. Orozco Handcuffed.

New York Times 100 years ago today, September 22, 1912:
Derisively Cheered on Reaching El Paso, Manacled to a Smuggler.
    EL PASO, Texas, Sept 21.— "Viva Orozco!" derisively cried Federal sympathizers at the railroad station to-night when Col. Pascual Orozco, former Military Chief of Juarez and father of the leader of the Mexican revolution, arrived from Marfa, Texas, handcuffed to an alleged smuggler, both in the custody of a United States Marshal.
    "The revolution, will triumph," retorted Orozco to the crowd of hooting Mexicans who followed him to the jail. The Colonel was coatless, only a thin shirt protecting him from the sharp wind. He will have a preliminary examination on a charge of murder preferred by the Mexican Consul at El Paso, who seeks his extradition to Mexico.
    Col. José Cordova, a member of Col. Orozco's staff and prime adviser to the rebel Commander in Chief, was detained at Marfa pending the completion of extradition charges.

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