Plan of San Diego

Plan of San Diego

"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 Pizaña 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
Location	San Diego, Texas
Participants	Huertistas, Carrancistas, Floresmagonistas

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The Plan of San Diego (Spanish: Plan de San Diego) was a plan drafted in San Diego, Texas, in January of 1915, by a "friend" of Basilio Ramos Jr., Augustin S. Garza, and A. A. Saenz, along with six unidentified Hueristas, who would end up signing the document. The group of Mexican and Tejano rebels hoped to seize Arizona, New Mexico, California, Colorado, and most importantly Texas, in order to create an independent Libertarian republic for Mexicans and Tejanos, from the United States. The plan also called for neighboring states of those aforementioned to be seized by those of African and Japanese descent in order to create republics in the same organizational structure of the Hispanic state envisioned by the plan. The plan also included promises to the Indigenous people who resided in these lands to have their land returned to them, regardless of their participation in the plan, or lack thereof.

It called for a general uprising in February, 1915, with the mass killings of every non-Hispanic Caucasian male over 16 years of age. The area for revolt included all of South Texas. German Americans were excluded from the killings, suspected to be because of Imperial German involvement with the uprising. Some theories also 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, namely the Carrancistas, which eventually occurred.

Although there was no large-scale uprising, due in fact to prominent proponents being imprisoned or killed, supporters of the plan initiated the Bandit War, launching raids into Texas from Mexico, as well as from inside Texas itself, that began in July 1915. The raids were countered by the US Army, local self-defense groups, and most infamously, the Texas Rangers, whose escapades in the region during this time were met with intense criticism due to indiscriminate killing of Mexicans. In total, 30 raids into Texas destroyed large amounts of property and killed 21 Americans. A train robbery at Tandy's Station also occurred, resulting in the deaths of 5 people and the wounding of 6 others. 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.^[1][2]