August

Flores Murders

#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.

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The Brownsville Affair

#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.

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Murder of Tomas Aguilar

#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.

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Chico Cano

#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.

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Orozco Lynched

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

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