File No. 812.00/20172
Consul Garrett to the Secretary of State
Conditions in Mexico are growing worse daily. The Villistas are rapidly gaining in strength and activity and it looks like they would soon have control over northern Mexico. Have received information that it is their intention to capture Monterey in the near future. An attack on Nuevo Laredo is scheduled for January first. Several important families closely connected with de facto Government arrived here yesterday, including the family of the Governor of Coahuila and the widow of Jesus Carranza, which shows that the Carranza authorities realize the gravity of the situation.