Lynching of Pascual Orozco Jr.: August 30, 1915
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City: High Lonesome Peak
County: Culberson County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Hispanic
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Thirty-three
Alleged Crime: Horse Theft
Manner of Death: Shot
Source of Information: National newspapers
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Photograph of Pascual Orozco on horseback.
Source: Portal to Texas History
Pasqual Orozco portrait
Source: Pascual Orozco, Wikimedia. | Date: 1913
Gen. Pascual Orozco
Source: Library of Congress
"Pascual Orozco Is Said To Be Killed"
Source: Altoona Tribute (Altoona, Pennsylvania) | Date: August 31, 1915
"American Bullets End Career Of Orozco"
Source: Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, Nevada) | Date: August 31, 1915
"Gen Orozco Killed: Huerta Leader Among Five Mexicans Shot by Cowboys in Attempt to Loot Texas Ranch"
Source: The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) | Date: August 31, 1915
"Orozco Killed In Fight With Posse"
Source: The Ephraim Enterprise ( Ephraim, Utah) | Date: August 28, 1915
Map of Pascual Orozco's Last Route
Source: Raymond Caballero, Orozco: The Life and Death of a Mexican Revolutionary.