To His Excellency J. M. Lafragua to To His Excellency John W. Foster , Envoy Extraordinary and, May 7, 1875

Mr. Lafragua to Mr. Foster.

Sir: In acknowledging the receipt to your excellency of your note of the 3d instant, and its inclosure relative to the outrages which have recently been commit ted in Texas, I state to your excellency that, in conformity with what I communicated to you in my note of the 17th ultimo, there have been ordered, both by this department and that of war, all the measures which have been thought most proper for the arrest, trial, and punishment of the criminals which may have sought refuge in Mexican territory. As your excellency will see by the copies, which I have the honor to inclose, and which are of a communication from the governor of the State of Tamaulipas, and of two others from the department of war, the guard of the line of the Bravo has been increased, and the arrested men, who had crossed the Rio Grande below Roma, after the preliminary investigations having been made, have been sent under secure guard to Saltillo, where they are at the disposition of the government for assigning them to the proper authority, according as the circumstances of the case may require.

I re-iterate to your excellency the protests of my distinguished consideration and esteem.