The Mass Grave of the Porvenir Victims across the river in Mexico
The Moralez FamilyManuel Moralez was the land owner at Porvenir and his family lost more than their share of family members. Manuel was married to Francisca Hernandez and they had 6 Children: Leandro, Jovita Eustacio, Manuela, Juanita and Julia who was born on the very night her father was killed. Four of Manuel’s nephews were killed that night also, Pedro, Vivian and Severiano Herrera. They were very young and had only been in Porvenir 10 days. Ambrosio Hernandez was married to Eulalia Gonzalez and they had one child, Victorio. The last family member was Eutimio Gonzales who was Ambrosio’s father-in-law. Eutimio was married to Concepcion Carrasco and they had 9 children, Francisco, Eulalia, Pedro, Santos, Refugia, Luisiana, Blasa, Geronimo and a baby.
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The Jáquez FamilyTiburcio Jaques and Macedonio Huerta were both lost. Tiburcio was married to Librada Montoya and they had 8 Children: Maria, Jose, Cecilia, Marcelo, Alberto, Ezequiel, Rita married to Macedonio Huertas, Juliana was married to Harry Warren.
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The Niéves FamilyRoman Niéves was married to Alejandra and they had 7 Children: Ventura, Margarito, Matilde, Francisco, Casimiro, Yner and another child was born on three months after his death.
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The Flores FamilyLongino Flores was married to Juana Bonilla. They had 3 children Benita, Narciso, and Juan. Benita was married to Rosendo Mesa who escaped being killed because he was on an overnight trip to get supplies. After the massacre, Rosendo Mesa became the sole provider of the Longino Flores family and his own family with Benita. Juan Flores, the youngest son to Longino Flores became the last surviving person that was there to witness the tragedy and to live and tell about it. Because of Juan Flores major details of the massacre have now been documented. Juana Bonilla Flores struggled with the death of her husband. She suffered for many years with what we now know as PTSD today. The end result came when she took her own life.
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The Castañeda FamilyAntonio Castaneda was married to Felipa Mendez. We know very little about this couple except that they had only been in Porvenir for three weeks. We also discovered that his father-in-law, Juan Mendez, owned a newspaper in Pilares, Chihuahua, Mexico and that because of him, affidavits were taken and signed from the families and in turn asked the Mexican government for assistance and the Mexican Ambassador Ygnacio Bonilla asked for an investigation. Thus, making this an International incident.
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