General Alberto B. Gutiérrez was a Cristero officer who participated in the
Cristero War
The Cristero War ( es, Guerra Cristera), also known as the Cristero Rebellion or es, La Cristiada, label=none, italics=no , was a widespread struggle in central and western Mexico from 1 August 1926 to 21 June 1929 in response to the implementa ...
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[Meyer, J., 2008. ''The Cristero Rebellion: The Mexican People Between Church and State 1926–1929''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.] He held the rank of general. General Alberto B. Gutierrez was given by the night of May 23, in the morning, to fly dynamite in the Black Bridge and Tunnel railway that runs from
Colima, Colima
Colima () is a city that is the capital of the Colima state and the seat of Colima municipality, located in central−western Mexico. It is located near the Colima volcano, which divides the small state from that of Jalisco.
The city of Colima ...
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Manzanillo, Colima
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, plus trash the railroad to prevent federal forces under General
Heliodorus Charis from entering Manzanillo to defend the place. To achieve his mission, he was given a mule with a bomb in
Camotlán de Miraflores. Gutierrez missed the train and did not solitary confine to Manzanillo.
See also
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Primary Chiefs and Officers Cristero
References
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