The Battle of Carrizal, when Mexicans said: “This is our land and, you will not pass”

110 years ago, something happened in the Chihuahuan desert that the United States government tried to bury — and Mexico never forgot. On June 21, 1916, a force of roughly 100 American soldiers riding under General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing entered Mexican territory near the small town of Carrizal, Chihuahua. They were part of […]

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