The Torreón massacre was a massacre that took place from May 13 to May 15, 1911 in the Mexican city of Torreón, Coahuila. A total of 308 Chinese were killed, amounting to half the Chinese community in
Mexican forces outside the Casino de la Laguna
The Maderistas enter Torreón on 13 May
A cart carrying bodies in the aftermath of the slaughter
Francisco Ignacio Madero González was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer, politician, and statesman who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed and assassinated
Torreón massacre
…Chinese community in Torreón. The victims, accused of collusion with dictator Porfirio Díaz, were killed by a local mob and the revolutionary forces of Francisco I. Madero. A large number of Chinese homes and shops were looted and destroyed. Torreón was the last major city to be taken by the Maderistas during the Mexican…
Hacienda del Rosario in Parras, birthplace of President Madero
Francisco Madero Hernández [es] and Thomas Edison
École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris, where Madero and his brother studied business.