The attempt on Porfirio Díaz's life that ended in a bloodthirsty crime

Mexico's then-President Porfirio Diaz was attacked by a man on September 16, 1897, in the streets of Mexico City. This event did not go beyond a brief physical blow to the then president, but the corresponding action of the authorities revealed the extrajudicial state that was applied by the regime.

The attempt on Porfirio Díaz's life that ended in a bloodthirsty crime
David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mural entitled Del Porfirismo a la Revolución [fragment]. Text and image by AGN, Fondo Hermanos Mayo/Pintores , envelope 136-1, Subject: David Alfaro Siqueiros.