Contrary to recent reports, the disembodied hand of Mexico’s warrior president Alvaro Obregon has not lost its last battle. It is enshrined, as it has been since 1935, in a jar of formaldehyde ...

Mexico’s new president in 1920 made a whirlwind visit to Fort Worth and Dallas, greeted by thousands of revelers. But assassins from Los Angeles had also secretly come to town.