Office of the Historian

File No. 812.00/7239.

Mr. de la Barra to the Mexican Embassy.1

[Translation.]
Mexico, February 23, 1913.

Last evening while Messrs. Francisco I. Madero and José Ma. Pino Suárez were being taken from the National Palace to the Penitentiary as prisoners for trial on various charges, two groups of armed men attempted to release the prisoners and twice attacked the escort. There was a fight in which five persons, among them Messrs. Madero and Pino, lost their lives. The Government marked the event for thorough judicial investigation so as to clear up every circumstance. The late functionaries will be buried with the honors due the offices they held. The Federal Government is recognized and supported by nearly all Governors including former Maderistas; general yearning and well-founded hopes for restoration of peace. Representatives of foreign nations manifest sentiments friendly to the Government. Public opinion tranquil and optimistic.

De la Barra.
  1. A copy of the Spanish original was handed unofficially to the Assistant Chief of the Division of Latin-American Affairs of the Department of State by a member of the Mexican Embassy, on April 21, 1913.↩