Saint Teresa is again giving trouble to the Mexican government. “Teresa Decovora” was the cause of a bloody revolt at Tomochic about fourteen months ago, and which resulted in the Mexican authorities making the woman leave the country. She crossed to Nogales, Ariz., where, it is claimed by the Mexicans, she performed wonderful cures. She disappeared from Nogales and two weeks ago made her appearance in the village of El Polivo and succeeded in stirring up the people there. She was arrested, but was released by a mob of infuriated people, who believe the woman to be a saint and inspired messenger from the other world, who had been sent among them to relieve their suffering. Four hundred armed men are at El Polivo, which faces the town of Mulato, where the fight occurred. The people are crazy and say there is no government to respect except the alleged saint. United States and Texas authorities have been appealed to for aid to suppress this fanatical lunatic.
According to The Handbook of Texas Online, “Teresa Decovora” is more properly known as Teresa Urrea (Niña de Cabora, Santa Teresa, Teresita, La Santa).
Other web sources denote her as a mystic and a faith healer, and a reluctant figurehead for the political uprisings in northern Mexico.