File No. 812.0144/119
The Mexican Ambassador (Bonillas) to the Secretary of State
Excellency: I have the honor to inform your excellency that the chief of the garrison of Ciudad Juárez, State of Chihuahua, reports to my Government that on the 11th of August a party of seven American soldiers with arms crossed the boundary line and entered the town of El Mulato, where they were challenged by the revenue officers and inhabitants of the place, and on hearing the challenge, they replied by firing their arms and beginning an exchange of shots which ended in an American being killed and a revenue officer being wounded.
By direction of my Government I protest against this violation of Mexican territory committed by soldiers of the United States of America, and ask that those who may be found responsible for the said violation be punished.
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