BadMexicanstellsthedramaticstoryofthemagonistas,themigrantrebelswhosparkedthe1910MexicanRevolutionfromtheUnitedStates.Ledbyabrilliantbutill-temperedradicalnamedRicardoFloresMag籀n,themagonistaswereamotleybandofjournalists,miners,migrantworkers,andmore,whoorganizedthousandsofMexicanworkers--andAmericandissidents--totheircause.DeterminedtooustMexico’sdictator,PorfirioD穩az,whoencouragedtheplunderofhiscountrybyU.S.imperialistssuchasGuggenheimandRockefeller,therebelshadtooutrunandoutsmarttheswarmofU.S.authoritiesvestedinprotectingtheDiazregime.TheU.S.DepartmentsofWar,State,Treasury,andJusticeaswellaspolice,sheriffs,andspies,huntedthemagonistasacrossthecountry.CapturingRicardoFloresMag籀nwasoneoftheFBI’sfirstcases.Butthemagonistaspersevered.Theylivedinhiding,wroteinsecretcode,andlaunchedarmedraidsintoMexicountiltheyignitedtheworld’sfirstsocialrevolutionofthetwentiethcentury.Takingreaderstothefrontlinesofthemagonistauprisingandthecounterinsurgencycampaignthatfailedtostopthem,KellyLytleHern獺ndezputsthemagonistarevoltattheheartofU.S.history.Longignoredbytextbooks,themagonistasthreatenedtoundotheriseofAnglo-Americanpower,onbothsidesoftheborder,andinspiredarevolutionthatgavebirthtotheMexican-Americanpopulation,makingthemagonistas’storyintegraltomodernAmericanlife.
