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Amanda Moralez Shields (left) and Jessica Merced (right), among the descendants of those killed in the Porvenir Massacre in 1918, pose with Judge Eduardo Gamboa on May 12, 2025.
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In 1918, a group of Texas Rangers, U.S. soldiers and West Texas ranchers shot and killed 15 Hispanic men and boys in what became known as the Porvenir Massacre.
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