La Cristiada - A Civil War

Research into one of Mexico's bloodiest civil wars in history and the impact this had on the local community.
University of Kent researcher Dr Mark Lawrence has explored the country's memory of the war. Though Church and State fought fiercely against each other, the conflict was more complicated than many remember it.
Dr Lawrence said: “‘The Cristero War began in 1926 but never really ended. The religious tensions and local vendettas it unleashed reverberated throughout the last century. Even now, almost a century later, the scars of the conflict can be seen throughout the west of Mexico”