Alamo city a hotbed of exile intrigue

A crowd of several hundred supporters showed up at the San Antonio train station on Sep. 24, 1911 to cheer the arrival of Bernardo Reyes, a Mexican general on the lam. During his 45-year rise up the ranks, Gen. Reyes won widespread respect for his honesty and ability, two traits not normally associated with the corrupt officer corps. He even managed to fill the bill as Porfirio Diaz’s righthand…