workingclasshistory:

On this day, 9 June 1910, military forces of the Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz attacked the city of Valladolid in Yucatan which had been liberated five days previously following an insurrection. 200 rebels were killed, with 500 wounded and 600 taken prisoner. Three accused ringleaders, Maximiliano Bonilla, Atilano Albertos and José E Kantún were executed, while the others were sentenced to long periods of hard labour. Some of the rebels however managed to escape and took refuge amongst the Maya population. Though the Valladolid insurrection was crushed, it spurred further resistance to the dictatorship, and is commonly referred to as the “first spark” of the revolution which began in earnest that November. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1142283425956806/?type=3