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Black Decree
The Black Decree was a law issued by Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico on 3 October 1865, declaring that members of armed bands fighting the empire would be tried by court-martial and executed within 24 hours. It rested on the false belief that Benito Juárez had left the country. Hundreds of republican fighters were shot under it, and it was cited against Maximilian at his own trial in 1867.
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