Librado Rivera

Librado Rivera

Librado Rivera (August 17, 1864 - March 1, 1932) was an anarchist during the Mexican Revolution. He co-published the anarchist newspaper Regeneración with Jesús Flores Magón and Ricardo Flores Magón.[1] He took over editorial duties for the anarcho-syndicalist newspaper Sagitario in 1924.[2]

Biography

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Mrs. Conchita Rivera

Librado Rivera was born on August 17, 1864, in Mexico. He was in link with Caritina Piña.[3]

He was arrested and convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917 in the United States, then sentenced to 15 years in prison. He served a total of 5 years at McNeil Island and Leavenworth Prison.[1]

He was deported from the United States to Mexico in 1923.[1]

He died in Mexico City on March 1, 1932, of tetanus following a car accident.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c Stephen Martin Kohn (1994). "Librado Rivera". American Political Prisoners: Prosecutions Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts. ISBN 9780275944155. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  2. ^ Cortés, Omar; López, Chantal. "Sagitario, el instrumento periodistico de la continuidad por Omar Cortes, para la Hemeroteca Virtual Antorcha". www.antorcha.net. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  3. ^ Sonia Hernández. DE TAMPICO A TEXAS : LA HISTORIA LABORAL DE MÉXICO A TRAVÉS DEL FEMINISMO TRANSFRONTERISTA , 1910-1940 (in Spanish).

Further reading

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  • John W. Sherman, "Revolution on Trial: The 1909 Tombstone Proceedings Against Ricardo Flores Magón, Antonio Villarreal, and Librado Rivera," Journal of Arizona History vol. 32, no. 2 (Summer 1991), pp. 173–194. In JSTOR
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