Just days after declaring the formation of a new “provisional government of the northern border,” Federalist commander Antonio Canales opens up communications with Centralist General Mariano Arista to surrender. Antonio Zapata finds out, and a rift grows between the two Rio Granders. 

Brandon Seale is the president of Howard Energy Ventures. With degrees in philosophy, law, and business, he writes and records stories about the residents of the borderland and about the intersection of...