The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-05-12
CARRANzA CAPTURED
BY MEXICAN REBELS
Mexicans Begin Campaign.
of Slaughter
Old GOVERNMENT
OVERTHROW

troll OF Entire Country. Carranza
Reported Captured and Much Blood
Being Shed.
Il Paso, Tex, May 1O.-All of Mexi-
co except the states Of Yucatan, Cam
peciic and Chiapas, and the northern
part of the territory Of Lower Cali
fornia, sin the hands Of revolutions
lists, according to a bulletin given out
tonight by the local consulate of the
liberal constitutional party.
The bulletin confirmed the report Of
the capture of President Carranza
near Apizaco, lIidalgo. and gave de-
tails.
1T is also confirmed" the bulletin
said, that the Generals Margua. Ur-
Qulzo and Barrangan, the latter the
| famous chief Of the staff Of Carranza
were executed, and that General Can
| dido Aguilar, son-in-law Of Carranza
and Manuel NJ. Dicguez, lost their lives
IN light in the state of Vera Cruz in
which General Alberto Salinas, nephew
OF Carranza, commander of an avia-
>'OiA oNhooi, was "OuuucQ ana cap
tured."
Mexico officially reported to Luis
Montcs De Oca, consul" for the revo-
lutionists here, that the entire convoy
escorting Carranza from the capital
was captured with him near Apizaco.
"Carranza left Mexico City Friday"
the bulletin said. Gle was accompan-
led, besides the general reported kill
ed, by his official family, including
Luis Cabrera, Manuel Aguirre, Ber-
land 1gnacio Bonillas, Luis Manuel
RoJas, Governor Ruedo Margre, Man
ucl Lucio Blanco, and others, and to
complete the catastrophe of the Car
Ianz9 regime, iio vas Captured with ali
his remaining elements at Apizaco
General Alvaro Obrcgon has or
dcrcd Carranza returned to the City
OF Mexico, with all consideration, or
aArins all commanders not to kill nor
mistreat anyone of his company.
Washington, May l0 Mcxico's latest
revolution, after getting underway
with a remarkable absence of fight
the usual tropical season Of blood
letting.
From behind the veil which OBJ
scurcs the events of the last few DAYS
are beginning to tricklc the stories
of wholesale political executions,
counter executions, and other accom-
panmcnts which have so frequently
marked struggles for supremacy in
the Latin-Amcrican countries.
Carranza, variously reported cap
tured, in flight, or in hiding; Caddo
Aguilar, his son-in-law and minister
of foreign affairs executed with Cen
cral Francisco Murgula, commander
Of the garrison in Mexico City, after
la wholesale slaughter of political
prisoners including fifteen generals;
forces Of the revolution in control
of the capital and most of the Metro
politan cities Of the country, while
American warships and marines con-
tinucd to move into strategic posi-
| tons, were the foremost features Of
todays news.
Communication between the United
States and the Mexican capital CON
tinucs intermittent and uncertain. Re
ports received here OF the cutting Of
the telegraph lines which carry ca
bic dispatches overland from Vera
Cruz to Mexico, are supported by
border reports that the line of Car
ranza's escape is held by the revo-
lutionists. The telegraph lines which
Btretch down over the Texas bor-
der and, reaching across the north
ern desert, ordinarily connect Wash
ington with Mexico City, licked off
their last dots and dashes yesterday
afternoon and were. occupied for a
few minutes with stack OF dispatch
es which had been accommodating for
days. What happened in Mexico City
or somewhere along the line to inter-
rupt them is one OF the mysteries of a
revolution.
From all reports. Tampico, Vera
Cruz Monterey and Puebla, as we'll
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