 In 1926, shortly before the closing of the churches, he was denounced as a conspirator against the government because of his connections with the National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty, which was preparing an armed uprising.A squad of soldiers raided the private house in which he was staying on August 14, 1926 and took him captive.They executed him, reportedly without benefit of a trial, along with three youths of the Mexican Association of Catholic Youth.