#OTD on December 2, 1945, Houston Mayor Oscar Holcombe disbanded the Latin American Squad after receiving criticism from the Mexican American community about the head of the Squad, Officer George Bell, since he had served in the Texas Rangers.
#OTD on December 9, 1968, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held hearings in San Antonio to hear testimony about civil rights violations experienced by Mexican Americans in the Southwest. Much of the hearing focused on the Rangers and other police. Since the hearings followed Ranger violence during the Starr County strike in 1966, witnesses
December 10, 1877: Capt. J.W. Clous testifies about Ranger Interrogation Techniques before Congress #OTD in 1877 Army Capt. J.W. Clous testified to Congress that Ranger interrogation techniques violated Mexicans’ and Mexican-Americans’ rights to an extent that “would have led [US troops] into serious trouble, probably a trial before the courts.” Clous was testifying before the
#OTD on December 26, 1917, Army Colonel George T. Langhorne led 200 men, including several Texas Rangers, on an unauthorized raid into Mexico in retaliation for the Mexican raid on the Brite Ranch the day before. Langhorne had a long history in the military and in Texas. He had been stationed in the border region
#OTD on December 30, 1917, US soldiers and Texas Rangers crossed into Mexico pursuing “bandits” who had raided the Indio Ranch near Eagle Pass the 29th. They killed ca. 6 Mexicans at the village of San Jose. This event followed the Brite Ranch Raid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brite_Ranch_raid Mexican outlaws, most likely soldiers in the Mexican Revolution, had
