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Vigilantes Kill Corpus Christi Resident
A posse including Sheriff John McClane and John B. "Red" Dunn capture a Mexican shot by Thomas Noakes in the Nuecestown...
Vigilantes Kill Two Brazoria County Residents
Anglo vigilantes hang two Mexicans at Chocolate Springs, one mile north of present-day Angleton.
Vigilantes Kill Two in Corpus Christi
Anglo vigilantes hang two Mexicans in Corpus Christi, suspecting them of committing murder.
Texas Rangers Kill Cattle Rustlers
Capt. L. H. McNelly leads Texas Rangers in an attack on twelve to sixteen Mexican cattle rustlers in the marsh below Laguna...
Vigilantes Kill Three Mexicans
Anglo vigilantes abduct three Mexicans (Anastacio Perez, Ponciano Lerma, and Emilio Gonzalez) from jail in San Diego and...
Vigilantes Kill Eight Mexicans
Anglo vigilantes hang eight Mexicans in Edinburgh, suspecting them of murder.
Vigilantes Kill Three Mexicans
Anglo vigilantes take three Mexicans out of the custody of local law officers in Halletsville and hang them, suspecting them...
Texas Rangers Attack Cattle Rustlers
Texas Rangers led by Capt. Leander McNelly attack four Mexicans suspected of cattle rustling on the U.S. side of the Rio...
Vigilantes Kill Five Mexicans
Vigilantes execute five Mexicans in Bonham, suspecting them of various violent crimes.
Vigilantes Kill Two Nueces County Residents
Vigilantes kill two Mexicans in Banquete, 23 miles west of Corpus Christi, suspecting them of murder.
Salt War Riot
Armed Mexicans riot and take over the town of San Elizario, sixteen miles south of El Paso, to protest Anglo-American...
Texas Rangers Kill Two Ysleta Residents
Texas Rangers and and Sheriff Charles Kerber, on their way to San Elizario to bury the victims of the Salt War uprising...
Texas Rangers Kill Socorro Resident
On their way to San Elizario to bury the victims of the Salt War uprising, Texas Rangers and a posse led by Sheriff Charles...
Vigilantes Kill San Diego Resident
Vigilantes capture a Mexican wanted for murder and return him to San Diego where a local mob hangs him.
Mexican Merchants Attacked
A group of Comanches with stolen horses attacked a merchant caravan. One resident, Theodosio Trevino, is killed.
Comanches Raid Laredo
A large Comanche raiding party attacks Laredo, taking about 200 animals. One citizen is killed.
Comanches Kill Laredo residents
Three residents, Ramon de la Garza, Gregorio Canales and Luciano Benavides, are killed in an attack on the town by Comanches...
Laredo Militia Pursues Comanches
Laredo civic militia pursues a Comanche raiding party, recovering stolen mules and killing four Indians.