The Cristero War

Years 1926 1929 Battle deaths 10,000 The Cristero War (also known as the Cristiada) of 1926 to 1929 was an uprising and counter revolution against the Mexican government of the time, set off by religious persecution of Catholics, specifially the strict enforcement of the anti clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917 and the expansion of further anti clerical laws. Regarding this period, recent President Vicente Fox stated, After 1917, Mexico was led by anti Catholic Freemasons who tried to evoke the anticlerical spirit of popular indigenous President Benito Ju