American settlers came into conflict with Mexican military officers, and rose up against them.
After they left, the Mexican officers discovered that their horses had been stolen.
According to some interviews she gave, a Mexican officer intervened to spare her and her daughter's life.
The Mexican officer who kept me was a fine man.
But the President did not experience the kind of difficulty faced by the Mexican officer who presented troops for his review that day.
One scene depicts a Mexican officer verbally assaulting a white woman and making advances on her.
The white woman reports the incident to her husband who in turn shoots the Mexican officer.
He was a Mexican officer in uniform, shot in the body and the leg.
One of the Mexican officers was sent to bring back formal permission for the surrender.
Mexican consular officers and researchers who regularly speak to immigrants suggested that they were hearing about new forces at play.