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on 18 September 1897 said "from the moment in which Arroyo was detained The people clamored for his death. Lieutenant LaCroix, who was the attendant of the arrested person, was harassed for not shooting him". The same night, on 16 September, Arroyo was stabbed to death, reportedly by a group of
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people who burst into the commissariat during the morning. Next day, 17 September 1897, the president Díaz regretted the death of his aggressor, a comment that was repeated by
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