""Juan Soldado" is a rich, exuberant, and sensitive account of the making of a folk saint in Tijuana. It is based on extensive use of newspapers and remarkable interviews with eyewitnesses to events in the 1930s."--William A. Christian Jr., author of "Visionaries: The Spanish Republic and the Reign of Christ"

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
I. The Crime
1. Notions of Justice 3
2. Aftermath 51
II. Circumstances
3. Tijuana 75
4. Mexico for the Mexicans 104
5. Riding the Roller Coaster 137
III. Belief
6. Witness to Execution 173
7. Criminals and Saints 201
8. Closer to God 249
9. John the Soldier 275
Notes 293
Sources 311
Index 327