San Antonio's Central Library screening films Saturday about 1918 South Texas massacre

Jan 09, 2025

On January 28, 1918, outside the village of Porvenir in Presidio County, a group of Texas Rangers and ranchers murdered 15 Mexican men and boys. Tensions were high in the border community after the Mexican Revolution, and despite no evidence that victims were involved in the war or banditry of any kind, they were separated from the other villagers and executed.