Chapter 20In July, intense violence erupted along the Mexico-U.S. border when a group of several hundred Mexican and Mexican-American renegades who adhered to a scheme called the Plan de San Diego launched raids into Texas, attacking ranches and killing more than twenty Americans.
When I heard what was going on, I called General Funston to see what the U.S. response was going to be and whether or not the attacks were orchestrated by Germany.
Funston explained that the goal of the Plan de San Diego, which was drafted in the small Texas town of the same name, was to wrest Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Colorado from U.S. control.
“The whole thing is preposterous, and if it weren’t for the fact that people are being killed, it would be laughable,” Funston said. “These numbskul
