 The family, originally from Zacatecas and Guanajuato, moved to Aguascalientes and then, in 1922, to San Luis Potosí.It moved again to Tampico for economic reasons and finally to Nogales (both the Mexican city and its similarly-named sister city across the border in Arizona) to escape persecution from authorities because of its involvement in the Church and the rebels.The Cristeros maintained the upper hand throughout 1928, and in 1929, the government faced a new crisis