Abstract

VELARDE CAMACHO, Reymundo Darío. The fear of rumors and bandits in Sinaloa during the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1911. Let. hist. [online]. 2020, n.22, pp.149-174.  Epub Apr 30, 2021. ISSN 2448-8372.  https://doi.org/10.31836/lh.22.7229.

In the context of the Mexican Revolution, the Sinaloense society experienced all kinds of fears. During this conflict, some rumors unleashed true panics. These rumors spread to instill fear of the revolutionaries, who attacked with violence, against the populations to take them in their search of resources for their fight against the Porfirista government. This article focuses on presenting the rumors that emerged during the Madero revolution of 1910-1911 and analyze the repercussions, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of the Sinaloa population, in the face of rumors and the suffering of chaos and revolutionary violence.

Keywords : fear; rumor; violence; revolution; bandits.