Editing Amerindian Genocide (section)

====Yaqui Wars====
The Yaqui Wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Yaqui tribes and the Mexican government. Although fighting was reported as far back as 1533, the wars did not become genocidal until the 1860s, when 600 Yaqui rebels surrendered to the Mexican army only to be herded into a church which was then destroyed with artillery, killing 120 Yaqui prisoners. Afterwards a number of Yaqui were deported or enslaved in an attempt to prevent further violence. Another uprising in the 1870s lead to outright ethnic persecution of the Yaqui, with Mexican troops destroying their ranches and killing many Yaqui not involved in the uprising simply for being present.

The 1890 Yaqui Uprising against President [[Porfirio Díaz]] was crushed by the Mexican and United States armies. A peace treaty was signed in 1897, but this was later broken and another war was started, continuing into the 20th Century. By 1903, President Díaz had decided to resolve the Yaqui Wars once and for all by deporting all the Yaqui. Organized manhunts were carried out by the government to capture all Yaqui. 15, 000 Yaqui were enslaved, and 60, 000 died during deportation. The genocide came to an end when President Díaz was overthrown in 1911, although minor skirmishes continued until 1929.