At the same time , an anti-Chinese movement emerged during the Mexican Revolution and peaked during the Great Depression . This was in part due to resentment over the success of Chinese merchants and also fear of competition from Chinese workers willing to work for less pay . The most severe act of violence occurred in 1911 . A massacre of over 300 Chinese in Torreón , Coahuila , which was carried out by a faction of Pancho Villa ’s army . It culminated in mass deportations in the 1930s , when nearly 70 % of the country 's Chinese and Chinese-Mexican population was deported or otherwise expelled from the country
massacre of over 300 Chinese
Torreón massacre
Asian Mexicans