Battle of Mazocoba

Battle of Mazocoba
Part of the Yaqui Wars, Mexican Indian Wars
DateJanuary 18, 1900
Location
near Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
Result Yaqui victory
Belligerents
Mexico Federals Yaqui
Commanders and leaders
Mexico Lorenzo Torres Tetabiate
Teresa Urrea
Strength
1,000–3,000[1][2] 2,000[2]
Casualties and losses
89 killed
210 wounded[2]
54 killed
125 wounded[1]		 ~90 killed or wounded
66 captured[2]
~397 killed
~1,000 captured[1][3][4]
~1,000 killed[5]

The Battle of Mazocoba,[6] or the Mazocoba massacre,[5] was a major engagement of the Yaqui Wars that was fought in Sonora, Mexico. On January 18, 1900, a Mexican Army expedition encountered hundreds of Yaqui renegades about twenty miles east of Guaymas. During the battle that followed, several hundred people were killed or wounded and over 1,000 Yaquis were taken prisoner.[2][6]

  1. ^ a b c LatinoLA | Comunidad :: Watching the Yaquis from Los Angeles (1894-1937)
  2. ^ a b c d e "MEXICAN GENERAL IS KILLED.; In Addition, 358 Men Are Killed, Wounded, or Missing in a Battle with Yaqui Indians" (PDF). The New York Times. February 4, 1900.
  3. ^ Battle of Mazocoba – SpeedyLook encyclopedia[usurped]
  4. ^ Vandervort, pg. 237-239
  5. ^ a b Yaqui history: A Short History Archived 2012-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ a b History of Mexico – The State of Sonora