Cinco de Mayo and the Rise of Modern Mexico (2022)
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The History of the FBI and the Magonistas
The Magonistas launched several raids in protest of Porfirio Diaz across Mexico, the deadliest taking place in June 1908. This incident got more Mexicans on both sides of the border wondering how the Americans had come to have so much power over the land and the law in Mexico. By happenstance, the Bureau of Investigation is established by Teddy Roosevelt, otherwise known as the FBI. Several of the early Bureau of Investigation agents were turned to dedicate themselves to tracking down the Magonistas and suppressing their uprising. So it's a funny thing. Some have heard about its history, but almost no one talks about how tracking down Mexican revolutionaries was one of the FBI's very first cases.
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