Unknown (Misreported): October 14, 1886

By Lynching in Texas Staff

City: La Jarita, Mexico County: Nuevo Leon, Mexico Race of Ethnicity of Victim: Hispanic Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Theft Manner of Death: Shot Source of Information: National newspapers

This unknown victim was killed in Mexico.

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"Two Mexicans Condemned"
Source: *Butler County Democrat* (El Dorado, Kansas) | Date: October 21, 1886

"Blindfolded and Shot"
Source: *The Evening Tribune* (Lawrence, Kansas) | Date: October 16, 1886

Detail, Frontispiece, Mexican Central Railway, Showing Jarita Rail Station
Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

"To be Shot"
Source: *Austin American-Statesman* (Austin, Texas) | Date: October 14, 1886

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Misreported Lynchings

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Lynching in Texas Staff, “Unknown (Misreported): October 14, 1886,” Lynching In Texas, accessed September 5, 2026, https://www.lynchingintexas.org/items/show/592.

Published August 06, 2018. Last updated September 20, 2023.

Unknown (Misreported): October 14, 1886

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"Two Mexicans Condemned"

"Blindfolded and Shot"

Detail, Frontispiece, Mexican Central Railway, Showing Jarita Rail Station

"To be Shot"

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