A good example is the eventual leader of the San Patricios, John Riley. It began with dissatisfaction with the elitist policies of Porfirio Diaz. John Riley was born in County Galway in the year 1818. John C. Calhoun, Senator from South Carolina and future spokesman for southern secession, delivered the following speech to Congress on January 4, 1848. Polk, brushing aside the angry Mexican reaction, sent emissary John M. Slidell to Mexico City offering $25 million (though he was willing to pay up to $30 million) to buy California and another $5 million to buy New Mexico, and seeking to formally establish the Texas border on the Rio Grande. Plus 100,000 AM/FM radio stations featuring music, news, and local sports talk. The Mexican-American War, waged between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, helped to fulfill America's "manifest destiny" to expand … Mexican Revolution (1910–20), a long bloody struggle among several factions in constantly shifting alliances which resulted ultimately in the end of the 30-year dictatorship in Mexico and the establishment of a constitutional republic. The news of Mexico's bloody cartel war is reflected in a controversial folk-music genre called narcocorridos, or drug ballads. 98.9 The Bear is your legendary ROCK station in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mexican John Blogspot Monday, 11 April 2011. John J. Pershing was born in Laclede, Missouri, on September 13, 1860. This blog is no more. Listen to free internet radio, news, sports, music, and podcasts. A Southern Senator Opposes the "All-Mexico" Plan. Photographs by John Moore/Getty Images Story by Kyle Almond, CNN The US-Mexico border fence stretches into the countryside near Nogales, Arizona, in March 2013. Stream live CNN, FOX News Radio, and MSNBC. Stream John The Mexican free online. John Patrick Riley (also known as John Patrick O'Riley) (c. 1817 – August 1850?) DEAD. Cheers Posted by Mexican John at 21:15 0 comments. On assuming the American presidency in 1845, James K. Polk attempted to secure Mexican agreement to setting the boundary at the Rio Grande and to the sale of northern California. The conflict between the United States and Mexico in 1846–48 had its roots in the annexation of Texas and the westward thrust of American settlers. Thanks to everyone who has checked it out over the years. Check out No feeling lasts forever where new smaller updates and photos will be posted. Email This BlogThis!