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Plate 5: “¡Mátalos en caliente!” Veracruz, 25 de Junio de 1879 (from the portfolio Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana)
Plate 5: “¡Mátalos en caliente!” Veracruz, 25 de Junio de 1879 (from the portfolio Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana)
Plate 5: “¡Mátalos en caliente!” Veracruz, 25 de Junio de 1879 (from the portfolio Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana)

Plate 5: “¡Mátalos en caliente!” Veracruz, 25 de Junio de 1879 (from the portfolio Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana)

Artist (Mexican, 1908 - 2003)
Publisher (Mexican, founded 1937)
Date1947
Mediumlinocut
DimensionsImage: 12 × 8 1/4 in. (30.5 × 21 cm)
Support: 15 9/16 × 10 1/2 in. (39.5 × 26.7 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of the Don Pierce Estate, 2015
Object number2015.29.40
DescriptionA group of seven men stand facing the viewer. All are dressed formally, wearing top hats and feathered military hats. The left central figure (President Porfirio Díaz) is wearing a traditional military outfit. This man is highly decorated with several metals gracing the left side of his jacket. He also wears a medallion around his neck, sash around his waist and holds a sword in his left hand. The central figure on the right wears a full length hooded cloak. A smaller image underneath the standing figures features a violent struggle and firing squad, which depict the events in Veracruz on June 25th, 1879.
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Historical text from the accompanying booklet reads as: “Aprehendidos infraganti, mátalos en caliente”, decía telegrama que Porfirio Díaz envío al general Luis Mier y Terán, Comandante Militar de Veracruz, para indicarle que, sin juicio, fusilara a varias personas cuyo único delito consistía en anhelar un régimen democrático. El 25 de junio de 1879 fueron llevados al paredón los jefes de este frustrado movimiento revolucionario, precursor de los acontecimientos de 1910. Alberto Morales Jimenez.

Translation: “Caught red-handed, kill them on the spot,” read the telegram that Porfirio Díaz sent to General Luis Mier y Terán, military commander of Veracruz, ordering him to shoot without trial several people whose only crime consisted of a yearning for a democratic regime. On June 25, 1879 the leaders of this unsuccessful revolutionary movement, one that preceded the 1910 events, were sent before a firing squad to be executed. Translated by Aída Wester, Intern 2017.


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