Aventuras de Jim Texas

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This Spanish-language pulp magazine installment, titled "El Asalto al Campamento" (The Camp Assault), presents the opening chapter of a Western adventure serial. The protagonist Jim Texas, a Civil War hero operating under government orders, intercepts a young Irish lieutenant and his detachment to prevent a Mormon ambush. Texas reveals that over five hundred armed Mormons, including the militant group "Los Ángeles Exterminadores" (The Exterminating Angels), plan to divide the garrison and seize weapons and cannons from a military camp. Texas advises tactical patience, allowing the attackers to commit fully before striking from behind. The ensuing battle features brutal combat in narrow canyon passages, with cavalry charges, defensive positions among rocky outcrops, and brutal hand-to-hand fighting inside the weapons depot. Supporting characters Nino (a Mexican fighter) and Born assist in the assault. The excerpt ends mid-battle as soldiers mount a final charge against the retreating Mormon forces, with the young lieutenant wounded but fighting.