OTD calendar August

#OTD in 1915, Desiderio Flores, and his two sons, Desiderio Flores Jr., and Antonio Flores were shot and killed by Texas Rangers at their ranch outside of Brownsville.

#OTD in 1915, three supposed participants in the “Plan de San Diego” were killed by law enforcement.

On this day in 1918 US Scout Royall Collins and Texas Ranger J.J. Edds assaulted Aurelio Farfán in Rio Grande City.

#OTD in 1906, a midnight shooting rocked Brownsville, TX ending in the wounding of police Lt. Joe Dominguez and the murder of bartender Frank Natus, eventually leading to Ranger Captain William McDonald to investigate the alleged involvement of Black soldiers from Fort Brown.

#OTD in 1915, Tomas Aguilar was executed by Rangers after an alleged escape attempt. Ranger Captain James Monroe Fox oversaw the troop that murdered him.

#OTD on August 22, 1919, a federal court indicted Francisco “Chico” Cano on several charges, the most serious was for the 1915 murder of former Texas Ranger Joe Sitter.

#OTD in 1955, Tales of the Texas Rangers originally aired on the CBS network and continued for three seasons.

#OTD in 1915, Mexican Revolutionary officer Pascual Orozco and four companions were chased by a posse of Texas Rangers, troops of the Thirteenth Cavalry

#OTD in 1956 Texas Rangers under J.E. Banks arrived in Mansfield, TX, to help “keep the peace” during the failed attempt to desegregate Mansfield High School.

#OTD in 1919, the Mexican Ambassador to the United Stated, Ignacio Bonillas, wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing regarding the abuse of Mexican Americans by Texas Rangers.