| Porvenir massacre | |
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| Part of the Bandit War, Mexican Revolution | |
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| Location | Porvenir, Presidio County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30°25′7″N 104°50′40″W / 30.41861°N 104.84444°W |
| Date | January 28, 1918 |
| Weapons | small arms |
| Deaths | 15 |
| Perpetrators | Company B, Texas Rangers; Troop G, 8th Cavalry Regiment; local ranchers |
| Motive | Retaliation for Brite Ranch raid |
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The Porvenir massacre was an incident on January 28, 1918, outside the village of Porvenir, in Presidio County, Texas, in which Texas Rangers and local ranchers, with the support of US Cavalry, killed 15 unarmed Mexican American boys and men.[1]: 64 The Texas Rangers Company B had been sent to the area to stop banditry after the Brite Ranch raid. Despite having no evidence that the Porvenir villagers had been involved in recent thefts or the killings of ranchers, the Rangers separated 15 men and boys from the rest of the village and shot them on a nearby hill.[1]: 64