CARRANZA KILLED
ASSASSINATED BY HIS OWN MEN
PACIFICATION OF MEXICO
COMPLETE
(By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright Now York, May 22. An official announcement from Mexico City states that Carranza and a number of his companions were killed during an attack by General Herrara at Tla'xcalaltongo, in tho Puebla mountains. Unofficial reports state that five companions with Carranza were killed. These aro supposed to includo Cabrera, Secretary to the Treasury; I'arragan, Chief or Staff; Berlanga, Premier; and Bonillas, formerly Ambassador to the United States. Tho names require confirmation. It is stated that General Herrara laid a plot, and led the forces which killed Carranza's party. It is also alleged that Herrara personally killed Carranza while he was asleep.' General Obregon has issued a statement that Carranza was assassinated by his own men under Herrara, a former Federal soldier of the Diaz regime. He scathingly upbraids. Carranza's followers for permitting the assassination. Obregon telegraphed to his representatives in Washington announcing tho complete pacification of Mexico. The revolution, he states, lias consummated the efforts to establish a real republic. Telegraphic and railway communication have been re-established throughout the country.— Reuter.. Mexico City, May 23. Carranza's body has arrived, A private interment will' bo permitted.—Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 205, 25 May 1920, Page 7
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199CARRANZA KILLED Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 205, 25 May 1920, Page 7
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