Que en uso de las facultades de que me hallo investido, he tenido á bien decretar lo siguiente : Art. 1°. Desde el dia en que las tropas francesas rompan las hostilidades, quedan declaradas en estado de sitio todas las poblaciones que aquellos ocuparen, y los mexicanos que quedaren en ellas durante la ocupacion serán castigados como traidores y sus bienes confiscados
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Decree from Benito Juarez, President of the Republic of Mexico, stipulating that any Mexican who does not leave foreign occupied communities or who aids the enemy and any Mexican male between age 20 and 60 who does not take up arms, will be identified as a traitor and punished accordingly Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) El C. Presidente de la República se ha servido dirigirme el decreto que sigue: "Benito Juarez, Presidente constitucional de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos, á sus habitantes, sabed At head of title: El C. Presidente de la República se ha servido dirigirme el decreto que sigue: "Benito Juarez, Presidente constitucional de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos, á sus habitantes, sabed: At end: Al C. Manuel Doblado, Ministro de Relaciones Esteriores y Gobernacion Mexico City, Ministerio de Relaciones Esteriores y Gobernacion
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Sources History European Intervention in Mexico (1861-1867) Mexico
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