Date

July 17, 1928

Title

Assassination of Obregón

What occurred

A devout Christian shot Obregón at point blank range at a luncheon. He said he did so out of religious conviction as a sympathizer of the Cristeros. This assassination killed the last person left from the 1910 Fiesta of bullets.

Location

Bombilla Park, Mexico City, Mexico

Student name(s)

Owen Harrison, Benjamin Coady

Tag(s)

Important Person

Mexico