Plan of San Diego
| Date | January 6, 1915 |
|---|---|
| Location | San Diego, Texas |
| Participants | Carrancistas and Huertistas |
The Plan of San Diego (Spanish: Plan de San Diego) was drafted in the Texas town of San Diego in 1915 by a group of unknown Mexican rebels, hoping to create social unrest and obtain political and economic gains.
The real goal of the plan is debated. The plan stated a supposed "attempt to overthrow the government in Southern United States". However, some theories state that the true goal of the plan was to create the conditions that forced the US into supporting one of the battling factions in the Mexican Revolution (which ultimately occurred).
The plan called for things such as "the killing of all adult Anglo males in the Southwestern states" and the "return of land to Native Americans", but was exposed before it could be fully executed. Although there was no uprising, there were raids into Texas that began in July 1915. The raids were countered by Texas Rangers, the U.S. Army and local self-defense groups. In total, 30 raids into Texas destroyed large amounts of property and killed 21 Americans. It is not known who was responsible for drafting the Plan of San Diego, but there are theories that Mexican revolutionary leaders took part in sponsoring the plan.
During the Mexican Revolution, the Porfirio Díaz government fought with rebellious factions in the years after 1910. This fighting caused some rebels to flee from the Díaz government to the U.S., especially to Texas. These Mexican dissidents upset the political order of southern Texas and caused the state government to worry over the Mexican majority in south Texas. The Plan of San Diego grew out of this social unrest.
Declaring the creation of a Liberating Army of Races and Peoples, the Plan of San Diego called for the recruitment of Mexican nationals, African Americans, indigenous Native Americans and Mexican Americans to rebel against the U.S. The central goal of the plan was to "free Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Colorado from U.S. control" (see Reconquista). These states would become an independent republic that in the future could be reunited with Mexico. To the north, rebels hoped to conquer other U.S. states to produce a buffer zone between the United States and Mexico.
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