File No. 811.0144/109
The Ambassador in Mexico (Fletcher) to the Secretary of State
No. 1678
Mexico,
December 19, 1918.
Sir: Referring to the Department’s
instruction No. 782 dated November 22 last, regarding the stealing
and carrying away of property of United States citizens by armed
Mexicans in the Big Bend district, Texas, between Ojinaga and
Pilares, I have the honor to transmit herewith copy and translation
of a note received by the Embassy from the Mexican Foreign Office,
under date of the 14th instant, which states that the matter has
been brought to the attention of the appropriate authorities.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure—Translation]
The Mexican Acting Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs (Pérez) to the American Ambassador (Fletcher)
No. 4188
Mexico,
December 14,
1918.
Mr. Ambassador: I have the honor to
acknowledge receipt of your excellency’s note No. 780, dated the
7th instant, in which, acting under instructions from your
excellency’s Government your excellency informs me that in the
districts of Ojinaga and Pilares there have been organized bands
of outlaws who frequently cross the border to commit
depredations on the properties of the American citizens in Big
Bend, Texas.
In reply I have the honor to inform your excellency that in
compliance with your excellency’s request, I have addressed the
proper authorities requesting that they conduct a rigid
investigation regarding the acts to which your excellency refers
and that they take energetic and efficient measures to avoid
incursion into American territory.
I avail [etc.]
