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MEXICAN CURRENCY

AIRED: Season 1, Episode 7
THE DETECTIVE: Elyse Luray
THE PLACE: San Antonio, Texas

THE CASE:

Searching through his great-grandfather's belongings a San Antonio man finds Mexican currency and suspects a link to revolutionary leaders Zapata and Pancho Villa.

Did this money play a part in the Mexican revolution in the 1910s and how did it end up in the hands of a quiet family man?


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