Yaqui Uprising

Yaqui Uprising
Part of Yaqui Wars
Uprising of the Yaqui Indians - Yaqui Warriors in Retreat, by Frederic Remington.
Date August 12–14, 1896 Location Nogales, Sonora Nogales, Arizona Result Mexican–American victory Uprising suppressed
Belligerents
Mexico  United States	Yaqui Mexican Revolutionaries
Commanders and leaders
Manuel Mascarena Emilio Kosterlitzky Frank Wheaton	Teresa Urrea Lauro Aguirre Tomas Urrea
Casualties and losses
~3 killed

The Yaqui Uprising, also called the Nogales Uprising, was an armed conflict that took place in the Mexican state of Sonora and the American state of Arizona over several days in August 1896. In February, the Mexican revolutionary Lauro Aguirre drafted a plan to overthrow the government of President Porfirio Díaz. Aguirre's cause appealed to the local Native Americans, such as the Yaqui, who organized an expedition to capture the customs house in the border town of Nogales on August 12.

During the battle that followed, several people were killed or wounded and the rebels were ultimately forced to retreat, ending the conflict after one encounter. It is notable for being one of the final episodes of the American Indian Wars, and for having involved simultaneous participation from American militia and Buffalo Soldiers, Mexican infantry, and local police, all of whom participated in an inconclusive pursuit of the hostiles.^[1]