The first archaeological investigation at the site of a century-old bloodbath on the U. S. -Mexico border has exposed bullets and shell casings from the U. S. military.
On the morning of January 28, 1918, Texas Rangers and local ranchers, escorted by the U. S. Army’s 8th Cavalry, were escorted by the U. S. Army. In the U. S. , they rounded up 15 boys and men of Mexican descent from the city of Porvenir, Texas, and shot them dead. None of this is in dispute. But there is growing evidence to suggest that civilian and army weapons have been used. . .