[VOA]

Most historians agree that 342 men were executed at Goliad and 28 escaped.

Why less than 10,000 US soldiers were able to conquer Mexico...these guys weren't even
competent enough to execute unarmed men!
(I'll give the poor Mexican Army grunt the benefit of the doubt...maybe a few flinched when
ordered to carry out this task.)

I was shocked that PBS actually portrayed the screwed-up state of the Mexican army under
Santa Ana during their series on The Mexican-American War.
There is really something wrong with a country that will let less than 10,000 men subdue them,
including a capital city with a sizable population (500,000-800,000 at the time?).

[Restorer]

The population of Mexico City in the mid-18th century was around 170,000.