Title Fanáticos, exiles, and spies : revolutionary failures on the US-Mexico border, 1923-1930 / Julian F. Dodson

Edition First edition Published College Station [Texas] : Texas A & M University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 228 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Connecting the greater west series Connecting the greater west series. Contents The Confidential Department: organization and professionalization -- Delahuertismo in exile, 1924-1926 -- The revolt of the losers: General Enrique Estrada's failed rebellion on the California-Mexico border -- Catholic exiles and conspiratorial networks -- Catholic conspiracy and the Mexican military -- Conclusion Summary Borders and boundaries are porous, especially in the context of political revolutions. Historian Julian F. Dodson has uncovered the story of postrevolutionary Mexico?s attempts to protect its northern border from various plots hatched by groups exiled in the United States. Such plots sought to overthrow the regime of President Plutarco El?as Calles in the 1920s. These borderland battles were largely fought through espionage, pitting undercover agents of the government?s Departamento Confidencial against various groups of political exiles?themselves experienced spies?who were now residing in American cities such as Los Angeles, Tucson, San Antonio, and Brownsville.?Fan?ticos, Exiles, and Spies shows that, in successive waves, the political and military exiles of the Mexican Revolution (1910?1920) sought refuge in and continued to operate from urban centers along the international boundary. The de la Huerta rebellion of 1923 and the Cristero War of 1926?1929 defined the bloody religious conflict that dominated the decade, even as smaller rebellions bubbled up along the border, often funded by politically connected exiles. Previous scholarship has tended to treat these various rebellions as isolated episodes, but Dodson argues that the violent popular and military uprisings were not isolated at all. They were nothing less than an extension of the violence and fratricidal warfare that so distinctly marked the preceding decade of the revolution.?Fan?ticos, Exiles, and Spies reveals the fluidity of a border between two nations before it hardened into the political boundary we know today Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 20, 2019) Subject Catholic Church -- Mexico -- Influence Mexico. Departmento Confidential -- History SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject Insurgency -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century Exiles -- Mexico Espionage -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century Intelligence service -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico. Espionage Exiles Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Insurgency Intelligence service Politics and government SUBJECT Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1910-1946. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084613 Subject Mexico North America -- Mexican-American Border Region Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2018051156 ISBN 9781623497576 1623497574

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