José Reyes Vega Explained

José Reyes Vega was a Mexican priest who participated in the Cristero War as a general. He was known as "Father Vega".

On April 19, 1927, an event took place that almost succeeded in extinguishing the revolution. He led a raid against a train in La Barca, Jalisco, said to be carrying a shipment of money. In a shootout that followed with the army escort, Vega's younger brother was killed. Maddened with grief, he had the wooden cars doused with gasoline, and 51 civilian passengers were burned alive. After one engagement, he had federal prisoners stabbed to death to save ammunition. The atrocity helped to turn public opinion against the Cristeros.^{[1] [2]}

The Cristeros mounted an attack on Guadalajara in late March. Though it failed, the rebels won a smashing victory at the Battle of Tepatitlán against Saturnino Cedillo, in the heart of Los Altos, on April 19. Vega, who designed the plan that won the victory, was killed in the engagement.^[3]

See also

• Cristero War
• Battle of Tepatitlán
• For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada, 2012 film by Dean Wright

External links

• Moreno . Consuelo . The Movement that Sinned Twice: The Cristero War and Mexican Collective Memory . History in the Making . . 2020-07-08 . 13 . 1 . 24 June 2021. PDF
• Web site: Tuck . Jim . de la Cova . Antonio Rafael . The Anti-Clerical Who Led a Catholic Rebellion . latinamericanstudies.org . 24 June 2021 --> . https://web.archive.org/web/20210225174800/http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mexico/gorostieta.htm . 2021-02-25.
• http://www.ansac.az.gov/UserFiles/PDF/05082014/X007_DocsJGBrady/VerdeX007.pdf
• https://www.kofc.org/en/resources/college-programs/10559-for-greater-glory-study-guide.pdf
• https://carmelcommunications.com/saints-and-sinners-in-the-cristero-war/
• Web site: 1927 Mexican train massacre.... . RareNewspapers.com . 24 June 2021 . THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 21, 1927.
• Los Cristeros y Los Bragados
• Book: . 2012-09-04 . Fodor's Travel Publications . 978-0-89141-929-7 . 39 . 24 June 2021 . en -->.
• Book: Bailey . David C. . . 2013-04-10 . University of Texas Press . 978-0-292-75634-2 . 194 . 24 June 2021 . en -->.

Notes and References

1. 1927-05-02 . MEXICO: Atrocity . en-US . Time . 2023-10-24 . 0040-781X.
2. Morfín . Juan González . 2018-09-06 . El asalto al tren de La Barca y otros cuentos . Tla-Melaua . es . 12 . 45 . 174–189 . 10.32399/rtla.12.45.769 . 2594-0716. free .
3. Web site: Tuck . Jim . Cristero Rebellion: part 2 - the combat phase . MexConnect . 24 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210305080531/https://www.mexconnect.com/articles/284-cristero-rebellion-part-2-the-combat-phase/ . 2021-03-05 . 2020-06-08.