1916 photographs of an execution by firing squad in Mexico. Caption: “Executing an Enemy – Just over the boundary such gruesome sights as this have been of frequent occurrence during the last few years and have kept alive the apprehensions of Americans on the border.”
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An interesting example also of mexicofobia, a sentiment that’s making something of a comeback in the US these days (see here, here and here for example).
More on capital punishment, extra-judicial executions and the firing squad. More iconic images.
that is as powerful the Nanjing massacre picture.The one with the delighted soldier holding the severed head