Porvenir massacre was an incident on January 28 , 1918 outside the village of Porvenir in Presidio County , Texas , in which Texas Rangers , U.S. Cavalry soldiers , and local ranchers killed 15 unarmed Mexican villagers , both men and boys . The Texas Rangers Company B was sent to the area to stop banditry after the Brite Ranch raid . Despite having no evidence that the Porvenir villagers were involved in recent thefts or the killings of ranchers , the Rangers separated fifteen men and boys from the rest of the village and shot them on a nearby hill
Brite Ranch raid
Brite Ranch raid
Porvenir massacre (1918)