During a session of the Mexican House of Representatives, Congressman Mena Cordova of Campeche State drew a revolver and fired three shots at Lieutenant Rueda de Leon; one bullet lodged in his leg. The echoes of the shots were drowned in cries of " Viva General Calles!" "Viva de la Huerta!" Then Congressman Santa Ana engaged a "comrade" in the art of fisticuffs. The session was suspended.
Although this ignoble scene was said to have been caused by personal enmity, observers have it that the rumpus was a sinister forerunner of bloodshed in next...
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