Antonio I. Villarreal

Released
Full name:Antonio Irineo Villarreal
Date of birth:17. 07. 1879
Date of death:16. 12. 1944
Age:65† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1900s
State:California
Support
Anarchism
Antonio I. Villarreal

Biography

Mexican revolutionary and Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM) organizer who, with Ricardo Flores Magón and Librado Rivera, was arrested in Los Angeles in 1907 on U.S. neutrality-law charges for organizing armed expeditions across the border against the Porfirio Díaz dictatorship. Imprisoned in Yuma Territorial Prison and later Florence (Arizona). Released in 1910; later served as Minister of Agriculture under Mexican President Álvaro Obregón.

Case

Yuma Territorial Prison
Charges: Violation of U.S. neutrality laws.
Arrested: Aug 23, 1907
Released: Aug 1, 1910
Sentence: 18 months federal; ~3 years held including pretrial. Charges as recorded: Violation of U.S. neutrality laws for organizing armed cross-border expeditions against the Mexican government.
Institution State: Arizona

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