Librado Rivera (August 17, 1864 - March 1, 1932) was an anarchist during the Mexican Revolution. He co-published the anarchist newspaper ''

Regeneración () was a Mexican anarchist newspaper that functioned as the official organ of the Mexican Liberal Party. Founded by the Flores Magón brothers in 1900, it was forced to move to the United States in 1905. Jesús Flores Magón published the pa ...

'' with

Jesús Flores Magón Gaspar Jesús Melchor Flores Magón (6 January 1871 – 7 December 1930) was a Mexican politician, journalist, and jurist. The more moderate brother of Ricardo and Enrique Flores Magón, he served in the cabinet of Francisco I. Madero. Biograph ...

and

Ricardo Flores Magón Cipriano Ricardo Flores Magón (, known as Ricardo Flores Magón; September 16, 1874 – November 21, 1922) was a noted Mexican anarchist and social reform activist. His brothers Enrique and Jesús were also active in politics. Followers of ...

. He took over editorial duties for the anarcho-syndicalist newspaper ''Sagitario'' in 1924.

Biography

Librado Rivera was born on August 17, 1864, in Mexico. He was arrested and convicted under the

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in the United States, then sentenced to 15 years in prison. He served a total of 5 years at

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and

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. He was deported from the United States to Mexico in 1923. He died in

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on March 1, 1932, of

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following a car accident.

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from Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California (Mexican Americans)

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