Evening star., 1926-08-16
i. s. SEXES REBEL
ARMY Of 1870 ABOUT
TO INVADE MEXICO
Gen. Estrada, Former Secre-
tary of War, Leader of Re-
volt, Lodged in Prison.
PLANNED TO DESCEND
ON TOWNS OVER BORDER
Trucks, Guns and Ammunition and
Plans Taken by Department
of Justice Agents.

Mexican revolution. under the com
mand of Gen. Enrique Estrada. former
Mexican secretary of war. were
lodged in prisons here last night and
q large quantity of arms and amnunl
tion seized hy American authorities.
Agents of the United States De
partment of Justice. aided by city,
county and other Federal officers. cap
tured what was to have been an
armed party OF invading insurrectos
three miles from the Mexican border.
Information gathered by Government
agents led them to the appointed rem
devious at DulZura. in the Imperial
Valley. where Gen. Estrada and his
staff We're concentrating their forces
preparatory to a descent upon the
towns just below the border.
.Arrnored Truck Captured.
An armored truck, two lotion truck
loads Of rifles, machine guns and am
nunition, other trucks for the trans
portation of men and supplies and
about $50 MeXicans made up the ma
terial and personnel of the captured
expedition. While Government agents
also captured documentary evidence
and complete sets of plans for the
insurreCton.
The most important capture was
made Yesterday afternoon. when Gen.
Estrada ana his staff. including Earle
{. Parker San Diego hardware and
arms dealer. were captured and
brought into the city from Dulzufa,
while the munitions trucks were cap
tured near La Mesa.
The captured arms included 400
Springfield rifles. two machine guns
and l55 900 rounds of ammunition and
@ miScella ncOuS assortment or small
arms. Later IA truck, protected with
armur plate half an inch thick ana
weighing nearly six tons, was cap
tured near Duizura when. the general
roundup of the rebel forces was
made The san Diego County JAIL
unprepared for such an emergency,
was able TO accommodate only about
one-third of those arrested and the re-
mainder were sent to Fort Rosecrans.
The leaders of the expedition were
housed in the county jail, While the
captured munitions were left on the
trucks in the courtyard Of the jail.
Leader i'm de la Huerta Revolt.
Enrique Estrada. who gave himself
only the modest title of civil engineer,
was known to the federal agents as
Gen Estrada one of the leaders of
the de Ia Huerta revolution several
wears ago. and at one time secretary
Of var In Mexico and commander of
the Vera Cruz district. He carried
f456 in cash on his person and other
members OF his staff captured at the
same time had sums that brought the
total to more than $500.
Cen Estrada : chief Of staff was
Gen. Aurelio Zpulveda, a famous of
ficer of the Mexican army. who said
ho u of AnpolpS
for two wears He admitted that he
was general in the Mexican army
and was booked at the county jail
with that title.
While no airplaneS were found in
the expeditions equipment, FauStino
Garcia, 80. arrested with Estrada
MAS designated as an aviator. prob
ably EStrada's chief of air service
lie called himself II mechanic when
he gave his history at the Jail. Ben
jamin Rogue. salesman: Lucas Am
ador, lahorer: Carlos Alcantar. truck
driver: Jose ManZanares, a mechanic
from Texas, and Miguel NalenZuela,
laborer, all of Los Angeles. were the
others captured with Estrada and be-
fore the main body of insurreCtoS was
rounded up later in the night.
Instructed to Gather.
Papers found on the captured Mex
leans indicated that they had been
employed and given instructions to
gather near Dulzura last night. One
man. Ospicio Sanchez. apparently a
sergeant had letter from j. T.
Degnlan Culver City contractor.
identiylnC him and introducing him to
one s NJ. Wilson Of Campo. The let
ter which was only one of several
similar documents carried by lieuten
ants or subcommanders, read:
The bearer. Ospicio Sanchez. will
report 70 YOU with Is Mexican labor
ers TO start construction work at once
l will be there in a. few days.
tSignedl j. 7. DEGMAN.
Deeman. however. apparently did
not wait the few days he mentioned,
for he was captured with the others
near Dulzura and was brought into
town shortly after midnight. He
asked if he might get bail and go to
hotel, saving that he had many
friends in San Diego who would be
glad To put up hail. He was told
however. that he would have to wait
until charges were preferred against
him and his bail fixed. He then
asked that he be permitted 10 tele-
graph la his attorneys in Los An
geles The request was granted.
Led by Expert Military Men.
That the expedition had been care
fully organized and was led by expert
military men was further emphasized
by the identification OF Ascencion San
tana, who had served as IA captain in
the forces of the late President Venus
tiauo Carranza. Another supposed
leader Of the expedition. who, with rs
trada and Zpulveda. is supposed to be
one Of the prime movers in the insur-
rectton, is still at large, according to
the Departme Mt of Justice leaders.
Charges Of leading and participating
In an armed expedition against gov
ernment friendly 10 the United States.
a violation Of the United States neu-
trality Laws. will he preferred against
the prisoners today according to y. A.
Hopkins Department of Justice agent.
who was in charge of operations here
and who had been working on the
case for nearly month. correspond
ence in the possession of Parker. t.s-
traha and others ca ptured by the GOV
ernnant agents. makes the case
axainRt the rinEleaders strong. Hop
kins said II will be more difhcult TO
prove charges against the rank and
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