Garza, Catarino, 1859-1895

Journalist, organizer, and revolutionary who published Spanish language newspapers in the U.S., founded mutual aid societies, and led an unsuccessful revolt along the Texas Mexican border. Full name, Catarino Erasmo Garza Rodríguez. Born November 25, 1859, near Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico; moved to Brownsville, Texas in 1877. Helped found sociedades mutualistas (social organizations for mutual aid) in several South Texas communities; published Spanish language newspapers in Brownsville, Eagle Pass, and Corpus Christi; led a group of rebels known as Pronunciados in armed struggle in Northern Mexico and South Texas, 1890-1893. Fled to Costa Rica, where he became involved with Colombian revolutionaries; was killed in Boca del Toro, Panama, Colombia, in 1895.

From the guide to the Manuscript of "La lógica de los hechos, o sean observaciones sobre las circunstancias de los mexicanos en Texas desde el año 1877 hasta 1889" BENSON-MS GARZA, CATARINO. 22717770., c.1890, (Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin)

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