[Music] [Music] foreign [Music] cry [Music] is [Music] so [Music] mexico is under siege a plot as insidious as it is dangerous threatens our nation outcasts from rome and from all over europe are coming into our country to destabilize the government to poison the minds and hearts of our people to turn them into fanatics at the service of foreign interests the situation this evil this threat cannot be ignored and it will not be tolerated therefore i have instructed our congress to create a set of laws designed to deal with this national emergency firstly every foreign-born bishop
priest or minister will be deported immediately second there will be a five-year jail sentence for any priest who criticizes the government the wearing of religious investments in public is strictly forbidden make no mistake this government is going to do whatever is necessary to preserve the dignity of mexico the freedom of its people and the immortal ideals of la revolucion [Music] don't waste god's good food making fun of me [Music] i'm ashamed of you he's a man of god jose will work for you for the next two weeks by the way anything you need him to
do for the church that won't be necessary it was a harmless prank and i hear fruit is good for the hair i i know that uh priests consider prayer penitence but for a boy like my god son hard work is better you've no doubt uh heard about the kaya's law yes just be careful about wearing a cassock in public god save us from these healings have you had breakfast joselito elodia makes wonderful chilaquiles and my friend father vega will be here any minute well that's right you're tough i forgot the soldiers are coming into towns
making sure the laws are being enforced i came from europe over 70 years ago when i was just seven years old would they really kick out an old man like me from what i hear they probably will there have been spontaneous protests all over mexico our resistance is forming and rome uh rome is taking too long to respond unarmed resistance let's pray it doesn't come to that but it may become inevitable that's a mistake our savior is the prince of peace but the bible also says there is a time for peace time for war we
cannot allow the godless to take away our freedom if need be we must stand up and resist even if i were younger i would not fight you won't need to fight to help you can feed and shelter the ones who come through here now that i would do [Music] his holiness pope pius xi condemns the case law beginning midnight on august 1st all holy services in mexico will be suspended [Music] [Applause] what beautiful little girl is going to beat me in chess today me you yes okay we'll see the cathedral is being plowed at the
orders of president kais so the government can make an inventory and conscience let's go the girls will not be able to get their confirmation it's only temporary to me that guys won't be able to sustain this besides as sure our daughters will survive without the uh non-slapping their palms all that holy nonsense it isn't a joke it may mean nothing to you but it means everything to me daddy does that mean no more you can play now you can study science for now you know how important this is to me it's only temporary besides i'm
sure there'll be plenty of clandestine services so the girls can feel like they're doing something shameful when they go to mass what do you want me to do oh as a military man i can tell you that it's only a matter of time before kaise is overthrown in the meantime you can teach the girls at home unless of course you want me to thank you me sir please for the repeal of the case though please don't misunderstand me [Music] i'm a good catholic but you're wasting your time excuse me what good do you think this
will do cajus can't ignore a million signatures i'm sorry to say he can and he will but on the other hand an economic boycott that would be quite a different matter thank you but it wasn't mine it is very very ambitious but why not a big sacrifice only buy what we absolutely need the type of lent but this will attest to our faith and it goes [Music] hello jose it seems dr limon has lost his watch have you found anything while you've been sleeping no bothering you must have lost it somewhere else you're a good
sweeper jose i think you'll be a better alter boy well done i'm proud of you what did i tell you you cannot be soft with these people they confuse reason with weakness i showed restraint what did they do become more rebellious more insolent the purpose of this boycott is very evident they want to wreck the economy and bring our government down congress rejected the petition there will be no stopping the uprisings now the boycott is working they're afraid and it's showing it's not easy we have thousands of supporters all over the country we can do
this so i tried followed your advice did not work so now the next message i send will be unmistakably clear [Music] come on [Music] [Music] thank god you're so lucky i thought you were dead this is a monster i know you must find another peaceful solution when conflict has already begun i say we support the rebellion they'll need food medicine and ammunition we can support them with communication and funds but we will not fight i kneel first time right finally he's teaching me to be an author you i thought you were being punished machine sir
hi [Laughter] beautiful look at this charles lindbergh crosses the atlantic solo me i am here going mad surrounded by pink soap you have a beautiful family and enough memories of battle to last a lifetime memories you live in your memories you're already dead i see you at the church are you a gardener now maybe an altar boy really [Music] i'll see you later [Music] [Music] the federalists are coming they're coming [Music] the federal soldiers this is my home i'm safe here jose jose who are you if you don't stand up for what you believe there
is no greater glory than to give your life for christ now go please father go and run fast splash [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] let this be a lesson to any of you who help the trainers please [Music] [Music] [Applause] so [Music] remember thank you lord they killed father christopher i told him he could come here he wouldn't come with me i should have made him come with me it was very brave of you to try godfather punish them your padrino is a mayor but even he has no power over the federalist yes this
is the most i could get um we need to take five builds each if you can let me show you [Music] hello father it is prohibited to save my husband i forgive you my son [Music] [Music] ladies [Music] ah [Music] [Music] oh [Music] nice spend it in hell come on [Music] [Music] we have over 20 000 men who call themselves defenders or populists most don't even know of each other's existence that's why we need a commander-in-chief and a central commander what about your military friends well they suggested enrique gorostieta an experienced decorated general and strategist
he defeated zapata i know of him i doubt he's empathetic to our cause i don't even think he's catholic we are not hiring him to pray he is a great man capable of doing great things close your eyes and sleep with the angels ultra okay close your eyes my mother brought us that base from sevilla sorry mother you looking for me oh [Music] let's go in you go fast come on oh come out cabron got you surrounded we heard they rode by junchos we came as fast as we could [Music] you're right who else came
to help go get the rest of the guns and the ammunition and their horses now boys [Music] how many six six four here foreign sit down please i represent the national league for the defense of religious liberty maybe you have heard us referred to as the league i've heard you called by another name surely you don't support caillous no he's a barbarian and a fool there are uprisings all around the country over 20 000 men but no neither no later i am not what you might call a devout believer we propose to hire you to
turn our armed resistance into a formidable army an army i thank you sir for most generous offer okay let's make an army let's make a uh formidable army out of a group of ragtag peasants in warachas out of a few game ranchers out of some tender footed clergy who are trembling at the thought of holding a weapon for the first time you want me to make a national guard out of that look at me do you have proper weapons no do you have an ammunition supply no do you have a central command no how many
is that three no's all you have is belief a belief will not save them in battle a central command the league has an extensive secret network all over mexico weapons ammunition from the centers within the army itself and soldiers we have defeated surely you have read about our victories in your paper and your defeats general that's why we want to hire you i suppose i'm interested in your offer what are your finances you're gonna pay me in prayers tell me what you want and i'll bring it back to the league i don't think the cristela's
gonna afford me the question here is where does the finest general in mexico want to serve if i don't take these photographs who will who will record this barbarity i wouldn't be believing why didn't they shoot you i always promised them a portrait 15 seconds okay what happened are you right yes mother there was a big battle bullet went right through my uncle they killed my horse i quickly took 30 more no no no it's better if no one knows no one will know i have known him for almost 30 years will you be all
right boys time to go tell anyone are you so here [Music] [Music] yes foreign the legendary alcators victoriano ramirez my brother paulo they should be here pablo bring them inside where is the general i'm sorry i didn't introduce myself general jose reyes vega yes you're a priest i'm a priest presented all right some water uh what else do you have some tequila help yourself you know i i heard that your last battle didn't go so well now i know why really maybe maybe priests shouldn't be generals um of course we didn't know you would be
fighting so close did you know that you drove the federales right into our camp when we were completely unprepared were completely unprepared and this is my fault i'm saying we should be working together under who's committed the league appointed me commander well i don't know anything about any league battery i'm fighting for cristo rey la virgen guadalupe and i'm responsible for my own men together we will be much stronger we'll stay out of your way we're going to atlanta jose women are here with ammunition bring adrian the what the women with the ammunition i also
brought three nurses god bless you again god bless you and thank you ladies you are as important to this war as any soldier god bless you father excuse me you think that's right to involve women like this our catholic sisters are a big part of this war without them bringing ammunition food taking care of the wounded i would be lost all right you need ammo guns no no no you keep the ladies ammunition padre we've got plenty from the federalists we've killed what is the occasion an attorney for the league represents to see me today
they want to hire me to command their rebellion you yes well how ironic you cannot fight for something you don't believe it i may have issues with a church but i believe in religious freedom and i believe in you and if i'm successful the church bells will ring freely again and our girls they can continue their catechism you were really considering this yes toledo i have asked him for 3 000 pesos a month that's twice what the federal generals make plus 50 000 insurance for you and the girls they've agreed to everything 50 000 i'm
not gonna die so you have it all figured out where do i and the girls fit in this listen to me i'm dying here i'm a military man you knew that when you married me are you awake yes you were right it would be hypocritical i'm going to turn him down you may have nothing you believe in but i do i believe in what you would be fighting for maybe by doing it you will too just come back to us to the loving man i promise the american secretary of state is making the outrageous remark
that bolshevik forces are at work in mexico and stating that we have to guarantee the life and property of every u.s citizen in mexico what does he think i am mexico will not tolerate foreign governments meddling in our internal affairs thank you for coming not at all dwight do you speak any spanish just a little look i'll be blunt our ambassador to mexico has botched things badly you've revamped aviation policy you've been general pershing's right-hand man i think you can handle ambassador to mexico my dear friend i'm honored don't answer now think about it talk
it over with elizabeth what's the real story president cayez is repealing the buccarelli agreements 50 years and our oil concessions are finished and what would you like me to do mr president what you always do fix it let's be frank you called them bolsheviks i was simply calling a spade a spade would you have us just roll over and let them steal our oil fields i just how do you think offending them is going to help our cause president coolidge wants a diplomatic approach i'm convinced he's right half of europe just became the soviet union
we need mexico in more ways than one well i warn you from experience that there's no negotiating with gaius thank you for your assessment and your advice but i am the current ambassador to mexico the results of your tenure speak for themselves now why am i getting all this pressure from the knights of columbus about this conflict between caius and the church conflict no that's nothing [Music] [Music] it's all right it's all right [Music] excellent [Music] [Music] we are only after the cold we are cristeros don't be afraid get the passengers off the train you
did it me clear the people from this area clear this area we're blowing the sink [Music] well the passengers out are all the passengers out yes sir they are then what are you waiting for set fire to this training these so-called cristelas burn hundreds of innocent people alive the mexican government has proof that the roman catholic episcopate ordered this atrocity bishops have agreed to leave the country avoiding responsibility and abandon mexico canada everything is ready you can communicate to troops in any area through us our best undercover operative will accompany you this is for you
viva christopher caballeros general enriqueta and once this catrine you hire like you hire a what do i do for us who is his ranch hand who's already decided that his military strategy is better than that of a twice decorated general who fought with huerta why should we trust you because i know how to lead an army this is not about killing 14 victoriano ramirez it's about winning the war and war is chess peniente i've been following this war very closely the they control the trains and the towns the trains go through the outlying towns and
villages will be ours there will be no reason to fight lined up in front of each other like ancient knights we will fight with lightning attacks from the wings and before they know what happened to them the crusaders will be gone we will not attack from one side but from two and sometimes three like ahimadur and his machete understood how many are men in calvary do we have i know who you are i have 4 000 men and 100 cavalry good general peroza i have 2 000 at your service commandant i have 700 armed rancheros
on horseback and i will command my own men and you will take orders from me like hell i will and why are you here i don't know well i do you wanted to meet me you knew that we needed a central command and you wanted to see what kind of man i was so i will tell you and i will tell you all i am a veteran of two wars and i was promoted to general when i was very young for a specific reason because i have a gift yes i have a gift for military
strategy and he's humble too i am now the commander of this army if you don't show respect you can go now go go to the hills and continue to fight raid villages until you are shot or hanged go so you stay good and on vega the entire world has heard about the priest who burned people alive you gave kais exactly what he needed a way to demonize us so now public support for our cause has been severely compromised those are more of gaius lies lies they have raped and killed women in front of their children
marched them for days and days left them to die in corrals like diseased cattle they have taken priests oh you're here for revenge is that it is that why you're here because if you are you can go home and pray to god that he may forgive you because we are now an army we are an army fighting for god and for the church and for absolute freedom we must work together me and you we might die together me and you but we will fight with honor and dignity and with cunning by the grace of god
we will be victorious hmm [Music] gonna bless your mother now all the devils burning in hell will enjoy your art stop please sir stop stop what is my paprika [Music] get out of here [Music] [Music] they're going to kill him i know i know jose i know uh you know all about him he's a well-known cristero he killed a federal sergeant and i've been waiting for him to come back to that subversive father of his buddy's father he never did anything don't think i don't know where he were last night i saved your life this
time i'll say but i'm warning you these are dark times i won't be able to do it again now get up we're going to join the crystals how don't say we're too young they won't take us not if we tell them they will kill us here [Music] together [Music] [Music] no hours where did you find it son there check this station [Music] [Music] uh [Music] thank you what's going on they've waited and closed every one of the league offices many have been arrested and god knows how many have been tortured or killed by now we
need your help i can't help you the more and more i think anacleta was right you know this violence has gotten us nowhere i understand but i need you to take this to rosita this is critical contact information for all our principal members without this there will be no central command you would go without saying goodbye i can't stay here mother not while my friends and brothers are joining the cristeros i need to fight foreign watch over and protect you till papa i love him you will need a horse are you ready let's go so
fires revenge revenge for what i did yes revenge for what you did christians must be buried today we'll become an army of great diggers [Music] abc foreign ah [Music] [Music] you think it suits me well anything that covers that face of yours oh it must be senor hernandez needing her medicine we are eating people count on us jorge just a minute good evening i need some medicine for my son can you please help me of course dear boy uh give me one second and i'll get the keys thank you the police are here let's go
quickly to the passes hey hey hey i'll be right behind you no go go go [Music] it's very late can you please come back in the morning sorry open the door gonzales or is it jose i am uh [Music] we know exactly what peaceful work you're doing we hope your friends learn from your mistakes may god bless and forgive you sir i do [Music] [Music] yes do you ever wonder about god yes i'm scared me too but jesus is watching go girls fellow sons when did you become a priest i'm no priest but i believe
it i know it i know it good night jose good night get down [Music] stomach [Music] answer he's too busy to talk to you turn around and go home we won't leave until we talk to the canada go home now who wants to talk to me these boys sir go now go let's go and why do you want to be christeros the father of the church of sargo was killed in front of me he was teaching me to be an alpha boy marta get this young man something to eat get up war is no place
for bombs enjoy can you teach me to shoot i would not be right in the eyes of god to make you soldiers we go fight i know you could fight but it'd be better for you to serve the cause by helping out around the camp what i need is for you to show me that you're good workers and that you're disciplined okay [Music] the body of our lord jesus christ preserve your soul to everlasting life you need to confess first wouldn't you already know [Music] you should confess the body of our lord jesus christ good
to have you here thank you you like mexican food well don't get much of a jersey but this looks just delicious it's called mole hoblano it's made with chocolate chocolate one of mexico's pre-colombian gates to the world oh this is magnificent thank you what are your impressions of mexico well i've traveled in mexico numerous times and uh you know i'm always charmed and it's it's interesting invariably i discover something that connects our two countries chocolate and petroleum being two of them american oil companies have been granted a 50-year concession that i consider very generous place
to sit well i understand there's some in washington who don't see it that way we've been following your war with the catholic church i would hardly call it a war terrible what happened on the train they were led by a priest what does that tell you about their so-called moral superiority 51 people burn alive barbaric but surely that doesn't represent the entire catholic population in my experience it's small groups of extremists that start wars in my experience as a revolutionary a small group of determined men can bring down a government and that is why every
catholic aggression must be responded to immediately forcefully and without hesitation and if we continue talking politics we're going to ruin our digestions salute mexico how do you know that my scout was there yesterday let's just say it's a gut feeling an ambush is what i would do if i was then let me ask you something i'm just curious if we die if you lose this war we're not gonna lose this war if you lose this war do you still get paid all the money or do you get like half i'm just curious you want something
from me flacco if we die we will die but my family will be taken care of that's very good for your family we'll go through the canyon of course you will go with god then why did he let him disrespect you that way so uh [Music] ah [Music] wait here [Music] [Music] foreign very happy to see you he's very tired i heard you say with victorian even though he said those things a man like victoriano respect is one look at him come here look how beautiful he is he's a friesian his name means little child
he's a legendary war horse from northern europe in the middle ages he would carry armored knights and kings into battle his owner gave him to us specifically for our cause he's the only one of its kind in all of mexico go say hello what's it like to ride you tell me you'll need to be exercised tomorrow morning but you have to be gentle on the reins he has a very sensitive mouth and he's very fast he loves to run so you have to hold on tight what's it like to ride him it's like being close
to heaven jose i've never had a son but if i did i would want him to be just like you here and almost 500 men are dead ortiz that's impossible who told you that i countered ambusher christina's hired enrique gorostitas commander of all the cristero forces is behind this he fought with huerta i know i know that what i don't know is how could someone like ortiz be so incompetent his treason will not be forgotten nor forgiven do you understand go to los altos immediately bring all the men you can yes mr president go go
is back in politics yes sir but i know him his heart is not in this find out what he really wants what he does firio diaz used to say a dog with a bone in his mouth doesn't bark and doesn't bite in politics everything has a price go find his how was the ride like flying sir come here tomorrow morning i'm going to lead the men into battle want to carry the flag it would be an answer we leave our first slide [Music] [Music] today we are going to send a message we are going to
send a message to gaius and to the rest of the world that freedom is not just for writers and for politicians and and for fancy documents freedom freedom is our home our wives our children our faith freedom is our lives and we will defend it or die trying it is not only our duty to defend it but it is our right you must remember that men will fire bullets but god decides where they land [Music] [Applause] [Music] my dearest talitha today was a magnificent day and not simply because we ratted the federalist in our greatest
victory yet there is a change in the spirit of my men a transformation i can see in their eyes they finally believe we can win this war i know that alice consensus too the scent of fear now blows from their camps we must strike them harder now push them back so the people will be emboldened to support us in the cities i think kais and his army will have nowhere to hide my strategy cannot fail us and i will be home before long keep me close in your heart my love and i will see you
again tonight in my dreams this this war as americans and other foreigners reluctant to do business or even visit and i wonder if you can see your way to some kind of compromise no but if your country and my country would strengthen their ties this could end very quickly that's not what i had in mind actual military support is of course is out of the question but i think a provision could be made for the sale of american machine guns and aircraft when can i get the planes well mr president first we need the gesture
of goodwill you know i think a different position on american petroleum interests would go a long way i will bring your generous offer to congress foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh here's my horse you'll be faster alone hello jose he took his horse he took a boy's horse you refused to get on it was either him or me see that i don't know i looked for him myself he wasn't among the dead i think he either escaped to the forest or he was captured sent to men search for him i already sent him into
the forest he'll be all right he's braver than most men this is true leave me alone get my horse ready durian that's my boy we let him down he inspires me and we let them down i found that where i left him that was his [Music] oh [Music] thank you how are you not good moscow tells us that rodriguez is heading towards the patiplan to set up headquarters this will be one of the most important battles of our struggle i'm entrusting it to you in two days we can pull some more troops in if you
get there first it will not be necessary you go into the city you look for vantage points buildings rooftops behind walls sheltered places there will be not one cristero in sight [Music] can't you see the gun we have to attack now what the hell is he doing [Music] uh [Music] thank you yes good [Music] [Music] uh well done victoriano ah lalor are you a strong rider yes sir i want you to ride like the winter's hawaii find out if jose is there you report back to me as soon as possible yes sir you're only alive
because the captain knows your padrino are taken to kill us i'm scared to be honest this is what happens when you don't tell me what i need to know oh go get out i'm gonna take you home josie i'm gonna take you home just just say the words death to christo long live the federal government they're just words history your lock has room out yes dwight morrow what a pleasure the pleasure is ours mr ambassador would you care for something please join us oh super prospects of the trip have improved already mr ambassador who actually
invited us it's important to everyone i've been working with president caius to try and find a solution to this madness we are ready to listen and to bring the message to rome well i know rome and the top prelates have not publicly claimed support for the christeros but neither have they disowned them and in this situation their silence is deafening this whole thing has been it's been an unnecessary tragedy and caius himself sees that now and he's ready to find a compromise with the church and what is critical is that we reach an agreement soon
so that the killings stop and services can begin again in peace and with peace comes stability and prosperity peace and stability mr ambassador gentlemen excuse me for a moment of course so [Music] i wanna go see you hold on i'm in god's hands before they see you a complete pardon for the entire cristero army what should we do with the leadership give him a parade with confetti all the way up to chapultepec castle well the pardon must be universal specifically including the leadership or there won't be an accord how many men did you lose with
general rodriguez into padilla five thousand six thousand is how many more are you prepared to lose and wrong will it accept the other terms i believe i can arrange a meeting with the bishops to confirm their support before i give you my answer there's something i need to do first what's that go see an old friend frankly i thought you would not come you came to me basically sterile country this is mexico enrique please join me how's the family your wife tulita she's very excited church bells will be ringing really very soon your war is
coming to an end very soon you're here to concede not quite no it's not my war this is your war you declared war on freedom i know you for a long time and i know you're not a phone so you must know this war is not about freedom and it's not about religion it's about who is going to decide the faith of mexico and its people well the people of mexico have spoken they did speak when they elected me president not you i run things in this country not for long an agreement is being discussed
mexico and rome are going to make peace in agreement no one wants this war anymore mexico is bleeding on its home fields mexico is hanging from telegraph poles from monterey to veracruz of course you need an agreement the freedom has no compromise by definition it is absolute and that's why we will be victorious keep your agreement please spare me your rhetorical idealism and tell me what do you really want absolute freedom is that in the agreement the agreement is all but sealed this is yours your agreement it's not ours you're holding your faith in your
hands the fate of mexico the destiny of mexico it's in god's hands not yours or mine the american ambassador morrow has made a preliminary agreement between the government of mexico in rome an agreement what kind of an agreement the church has been asked to forego half of its demand in return the government will loosen some restrictions on the clergy what does that mean exactly the extreme laws will be rescinded others will be officially not enforced and then what with rome's blessing the church bells could be bringing again within a month my brother died for this
for what mikhail what should we do we will defeat this government we will overthrow caius and we will establish a democratic government that respects the rights of the people especially the basic right to worship god in peace and with god on our side we will prevail i wish i had your faith jose's faith i don't know where to find it if your heart's open it might find you one so in a few seconds you're gonna beg me to let you spit on increase the rain we have anything to tell me [Applause] [Music] you plus 10
men come with me the rest return to camp [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] yes [Music] is [Music] [Music] so just say the words you can go home i love you guys so so so [Music] what's going on um [Music] [Music] uh [Music] why couldn't i save him you tried what kind of god would allow that to happen god allows us the freedom to choose some choose to be evil but god can take even the most horrific events and use them for good like the cross maybe jose wasn't supposed to be safe how could you even
say that he was just a little boy he had a whole life in front of him even as a boy he was a martyr we never know what god has in mind what god has in mind what does he have in mind that rome should turn his back on us and all the people that have given their lives for him that's what he has in mind who are you gonna obey romer me i am a priest first you can still be a priest after everything you've done i will always be a priest and i will
pray every day for our merciful god forgive me what about me you pray for me will you pray for what i've done better pray hard check i resign i'm tired [Music] i miss my wife to lie down the girls this young man died for us hey how many i don't know [Music] i want to confess now now we need to make a run for the horses get to a safe position let's go around the back are you a priest first or aren't you didn't you say not to worry about those who can kill the body
but those who kill us all [Music] you and me and him [Music] they're out of the room [Music] what [Music] follow me [Music] [Music] can you confess yourself no and i will try barry vega is a good man he served you well as well as he could and that's all anyone can ask of us so forgive him and have mercy on us both oh stay with me stay with me [Music] gather the horses i want the men if i regatta here immediately talk to me here we go what they want is here we go crystal
[Music] [Music] [Music] we never know god has in mind you cannot fight for something i believe in religious freedom and i believe in you god allows us freedom to choose i believe in what you would be fighting for maybe by doing it you will too god can take even the most horrific events and use them for good [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] me [Music] hey right [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] yourself god [Music] [Music] [Music] you
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