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Antonio I. Villarreal

Released
Full name:Antonio Irineo Villarreal
Date of birth:17. 07. 1879
Date of death:16. 12. 1944
Age:65† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1900s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 11 Months 9 Days
Support
Anarchism
Antonio I. Villarreal

Biography

Antonio I. Villarreal was a Mexican revolutionary and Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM) organizer who, with Ricardo Flores Magón and Librado Rivera, was arrested in Los Angeles in 1907 on U.S. neutrality-law charges for organizing armed expeditions across the border against the Porfirio Díaz dictatorship. Imprisoned in Yuma Territorial Prison and later Florence (Arizona). Released in 1910; later served as Minister of Agriculture under Mexican President Álvaro Obregón.

Case

Yuma Territorial Prison
Charges: Violation of U.S. neutrality laws.
Arrested: Aug 23, 1907
Incarcerated: Aug 23, 1907
Released: Aug 1, 1910
Sentence: 18 months
Institution State: Arizona