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Mar. 15. Made second visit in month to Camalote; took everything in sight. Subsequent raids, in which two men were hanged to derrick, compelled evacuation of camp. Property of Freeport & Mexican Oil Corp.
Mar. 16. Armed Mexicans rob camp foreman of the Texas Co. at Topila and hold up train. Considerable loot taken.
Mar. 28. Launch Crotes with vice-president, general manager and employees of the Cortez Oil Corp. left Tampico with $32,125 on board. Held up by nine bandits. Federal soldiers finally ran them off, but stole part of the money the bandits dropped. Company's loss $12,007.67.
Mar. 28. Bandits entered Potrero, Aguila company, taking money and property worth $1,000. Mar. 28. Bandits again entered Tierra Amarilla, taking property worth about $4,000 including six mules.
Apr. 6. Production camp, Texas Co., robbed; loss several hundred pesos.
Apr. 7. Repeated performance of day before.
Apr. 12. Armed bandits entered camp at Tepetate, beat employees cruelly and made off with $323 in money and much property; men lined up before armed squad during ransacking process.
Apr. 13. Four men in uniforms of soldiers raided camp of the International Petroleum Co., shoving gun into side of A. J. Kirkwood. Assistant beaten with machetes and squad of employees taken out with threats of execution.{{nopt}