September 06th, 2023

After an "illegal" underground Mass and Holy Hour in a private home, Mexican federal troops broke into the home and arrested two priests, Father Jose Trinidad Rangel Montaño and Father Andres Sola y Molist, on April 24, 1927.

It was during the time of the Cristero War (1926–29), the civil revolt by the Cristeros (Soldiers of Christ) against the anti-Catholic policies pushed by Plutarco Elías Calles, who enforced the anti-clerical articles of the Mexican Constitution of 1917, which sought to eliminate the power of the Catholic Church through persecution and execution.
The next day, the two priests were shot to death, in Rancho de San Joaquín, for their Catholic Faith.