File No. 812.00/20980

The Secretary of State to the Mexican Ambassador

My Dear Mr. Ambassador: In further reply to your note of April 20,2 1917, in relation to raids on Mexican territory by a band of outlaws, said to have operated under the command of Pedro Gonzalez, and to have been organized on United States territory, I beg to inform you that I am in receipt of a letter, dated June 4, 1917, from the Secretary of War, enclosing a report from the Commanding General, Southern Department, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, submitting a list of names of persons who have been apprehended, tried [Page 942] and sentenced, in connection with the raids in question. The following names appear in the list:

Pedro Gonzalez, $10,000 fine or 12 months in prison
Alberto Hinojosa, 5,000 fine or 12 months in prison
Leopoldo Dorantes, 5,000 fine or 12 months in prison
Crisoforo Rendon, 300 fine or 3 months in prison
Elijio Lozano, 300 fine or 3 months in prison
Leopoldo M. Dominguez, 300 fine or 3 months in prison
Leopoldo Ramos, 300 fine or 3 months in prison
Matias Dagallado, 300 fine or 3 months in prison
Camilio Riojas, 300 fine or 3 months in prison
Luis Mollano, 300 fine or 3 months in prison
Francisco Garaza Jasso, 300 fine or 3 months in prison
Silvestre Perez, 300 fine or 3 months in prison
Encarnacion Montalvo, 300 fine or 3 months in prison
Juan Arriola, 300 fine or 3 months in prison

The report further states that twenty-five additional members of the band of outlaws have been indicted.

I am [etc.]

Robert Lansing
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