Mexican War of Independence

ND – MPE: 0.2

White cites two estimates, which range from 0.25 to 0.5 million total deaths during the Mexican War of Independence from 1810 to 1821. I found no estimates for the number of civilians killed.

Many fighters on both sides struggled for democratic and liberal ideas. But democratic forces didn’t succeed in establishing an advanced democracy in either Mexico or Spain. That’s why I don’t assign any blame for the conflict to democratic forces. Their importance in this war is certainly an argument against blaming nondemocratic forces for very high numbers of victims.

Plausible estimates for the number of civilians killed by nondemocratic forces range from 0.05 to 0.35 million. I choose 0.2 million as the most plausible estimate.