![]() "South of A is the district most wrought-up at this time (November 1915). South of B is the scene of the de la Rosa and Pizano bandit operations. South of C is what is included in the Plan of San Diego." (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 7, 1915). | |
Date | January 6, 1915 |
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Location | San Diego, Texas |
Participants | Carrancistas and Huertistas |
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The Plan of San Diego (Spanish: Plan de San Diego) was a plan drafted in San Diego, Texas, in 1915 by a group of unidentified Mexican and Tejano rebels who hoped to seize Arizona, New Mexico, California, and Texas from the United States. The plan was never attempted. It called for a general uprising in February, 1915, and the mass-killings of every non-Hispanic Caucasian male over 16 years of age. The arena included all of South Texas. Germans were excluded from the killings. The San Diego Plan collapsed immediately on discovery.
The goal of the plan is debated. The plan stated a supposed "attempt to overthrow the government in the Southern United States." However, some theories state that the true goal of the plan was to create the conditions to force the US to support one of the factions of the Mexican Revolution, as eventually occurred.
The plan called for the killing of all adult white American men in the Southwestern states[1] and the "return of land to Mexicans." It was, however, exposed before it could be executed. Although there was no largescale uprising, supporters of the plan initiated the Bandit War, launching raids into Texas that began in July 1915. The raids were countered by Texas Rangers, the US Army, and local self-defense groups. In total, 30 raids into Texas destroyed large amounts of property and killed 21 Americans.[2] It is not known who was responsible for drafting the Plan of San Diego, but there are theories that Mexican revolutionary leaders helped to sponsor it.
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