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Murphy owned a biplane around the time of the [[Cristero War]] (also known as "The Cristiada") in Mexico against the purportedly anti-Catholic and secular government of [[Emilio Portes Gil]]. Murphy was hired to aid the rebels by using his biplane to bomb the government-controlled town of [[Naco, Sonora]].<ref name="Arizona">[https://books.google.com/books?id=S-QTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Patrick+Murphy%22+naco+bombing&dq=%22Patrick+Murphy%22+naco+bombing&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TlmNT4WtFcSFhQect8jjCg&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBw Arizona:a panoramic history of a frontier State]; Trimble, Marshall; Doubleday; 1977; p337</ref> He made several attempts in 1929 between March 31 and April 6 to bomb Naco but also, apparently accidentally, bombed the Arizona border town of the same name, destroying various buildings and a car. His poor accuracy has been variously blamed on high winds perhaps combined with the consumption of alcohol by either himself, his 'bombardier', or both.<ref name="edge" /> The plane was eventually shot down by Mexican 'Federales' troops, but Murphy escaped to rebel territory.
Murphy, along with other Mexican rebel troops and pilots, surrendered to US authorities in [[Nogales, Arizona]] on April 30. He was charged with "violating the neutrality of the United States"
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