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The Wheeling Intelligencer
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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On April 6 in Agua Prieta, Mexico, rebel leader 'Red' Lopez halted a passenger train at Fonteras for 20 minutes, demanding cancellation of an arrest warrant for stealing a mule, and threatened to disrupt Nacozari railroad operations otherwise. No passengers harmed.
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AGUA PRIETA, Mex., April 6.—"Red" Lopez, at the head of his band of rebels, today stopped at Fonteras a passenger train running from this city to Nacozari, compelling the crew to hold the train twenty minutes. The passengers were not molested. Lopez said he had learned that a warrant was out for his arrest in Douglas for stealing a mule, on which he made his escape into Mexico, and he declared that unless this warrant was withdrawn he would stop the movement of trains on the Nacozari railroad.
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Agua Prieta, Mexico
Event Date
April 6
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train held for twenty minutes; no passengers molested; threat to stop nacozari railroad movement unless arrest warrant withdrawn
Event Details
"Red" Lopez and his band of rebels stopped a passenger train from Agua Prieta to Nacozari at Fonteras, holding it for twenty minutes. Lopez demanded withdrawal of a warrant for his arrest in Douglas for stealing a mule used in his escape to Mexico.