Máximo Castillo taken to Fort Wingate in New Mexico

On February 16, 1914 the General Máximo Castillo crossed the border into El Paso, Texas. The next day Máximo was arrested by U.S. border guards and detained at Fort Bliss where he wrote the memoirs on the Mexican Revolution. The featured image was taken on May 4, 1914 when Máximo was transferred to Fort Wingate, New Mexico where he stayed a while before returning back to Fort Bliss, and he lived until his release.

The book:

Máximo Castillo and the Mexican Revolution, is the recently released English translation of the memoirs of General Máximo Castillo of Chihuahua, a pivotal and passionate leader in the civil war that consumed Mexico between 1910 and 1920, he emerged as an influential figure in the Mexican Revolution fighting for land reform before being imprisoned, and then exiled to Cuba. During his captivity, General Máximo Castillo wrote his memoirs of triumph and the unfortunate set backs.