The Operation of a Death Squad
in San Pedro la Laguna
By Benjamin D. Paul, Stanford University
& William Demarest
"División en la Iglesia de San Juan la Laguna," division in the church of San Juan la Laguna. Catholic priest John Vesey, who for a time was head of the parishes of San Pedro and San Juan, caused more divisiveness in the church than other priests before and after him. He tried to close down the church in San Juan until the cofradias were abolished. This painting which represented a confrontation that came to blows, was censored and not allowed to be exhibited in the week long fair of San Juan. Painting by Julian Coche Mendoza, 1994
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