georgy-konstantinovich-zhukov:1909, a trio of peasants are executed by Rurales, the Mexican gendarme
georgy-konstantinovich-zhukov:1909, a trio of peasants are executed by Rurales, the Mexican gendarmerie , for the murder of a policeman. A reporter on the scene wrote:The bodies fell simultaneously, slowly backward, and a hoarse whisper flowed from either the enormous holes made by the bullets or their tightly pressed lips. The clothing smoked from the gunpowder, and their contractions denoted an extraordinarily cruel suffering. A death rattle, like that of a sheep with its throat cut, escaped from the three bodies. Their families sobbed, and their cries filled the countryside. Those of us who were present will never forget it.The harsh indifference to the plight of the common people in rural Mexico did little to endear the government of President (for life) Porfiro Diaz to his subjects. Revolution would break out the next year.(Fototeca Nacional del INAH) -- source link