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Show BROTHER OF FIRST CHIEFEXEGUTED GENERAL SANTIBANEZ ORDERS EXECUTION OF GENERAL JESUS CAR RANZA AND HIS STAFF. Condemned Men Were Put to Death Because Head of Constitutionalists Had Refused to Pardon Santibanez. Laredo, Texas. General Jesus Car-ranza. Car-ranza. his son, Abelardo, and Ignacio Peraldl, member of his staff, were executed ex-ecuted by General Santibanez, former constitutionalist general, who defected to Zapata, according to a telegram received re-ceived Monday by the widow of General Gen-eral Carranza from the first chief at Vera Cruz. Mrs. Jesus Carranza, refugee at Laredo, La-redo, in giving out the information of the death of her husband, said General Gen-eral Venustiano Carranza, the first chief of the Mexican constitutionalists, had telegraphed her he would send troops to recover the body. General Jesus Carranza and his staff were taken prisoners by troops commanded com-manded by Santibanez recently near San Geronimo on the isthmus of Te-hauntepec, Te-hauntepec, and his staff, according to reports, were executed immediately. Jesus Carranza was executed because be-cause General Venustiano Carranza refused re-fused to pardon Santibanez and receive re-ceive him again as one of his generals. gener-als. Advices received here from Vera Cruz shortly after the capture of the first chief's brother said Santibanez advised General Venustiano Carranza that Jesus Carranza would be executed execut-ed unless Santibanez was restored to his command. It was said then that the first chief's reply was that his brother was willing to die for the cause if necessary and that he (Venustiano Carranza) would have to see him die rather than pardon par-don Santibanez. |