The Taos Revolt 1847

January 19, 1847 marked the start of the bloody Taos Revolt, a popular insurrection by Mexicans and Pueblo Native Americans against the US occupation of northern New Mexico during the Mexican-American War.  The rebels were crushed by US troops and militia, and several Mexican and Native American prisoners of war were executed for “treason”.
19 de enero 1847 marcó el inicio de la sangrienta revuelta de Taos, una insurrección popular de los mexicanos y los americanos nativos Pueblo contra la ocupación de EE.UU. en el norte de Nuevo México durante la Guerra México-Americana. Los rebeldes fueron aplastados por las tropas estadounidenses y milicianos, y varios presos mexicanos y nativos de guerra fueron ejecutados por “traición”.

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