812.00Sonora/533: Telegram
The Consul at Nogales (Damm) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4:43 p.m.]
From Vice Consul, Ciudad Obregon:
April 5, 9 p.m. The rebel army retreated from Culiacán to San Bias yesterday where temporary headquarters were established. Seven troop trains carrying approximately 500 troops were used. District [Page 387] through which crossing passes is being looted and forced loans levied irrespective of nationality. Citizens of Los Mochis were compelled to pay 100,000 pesos. Conferred with Commander Comerford of the destroyer Robert Smith today making arrangements for the protection of American lives in case of necessity.