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Garrido Canabal, Tomás

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Garrido Canabal, Tomás (tōmäs` gärē`thō känäbäl`), 1891–1943, Mexican caudillo caudillo (kôdēl`yō Span. kouthē`yō), [Span.
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, governor of Tabasco Tabasco (täbäs`kō), state (1990 pop. 1,501,744), 9,783 sq mi (25,338 sq km), E Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche.
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 (1921–35). A fanatical anticlericalist, he enthusiastically supported Calles Calles, Plutarco Elías (pl
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's war against the Cristeros, largely peasant rebels opposed to the enforcement of anticlerical laws. He founded several Fascist organizations that terrorized Roman Catholics. Garrido Canabal was forced into exile in 1935, and his paramilitary groups were disbanded.


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