Compare And Contrast The Agaristas

There was also another militia who served under the Federation command and they were the Agaristas. The Agaristas were similar to the Cristeros that they were peasants and were quite religious, but the reason they sided against the Cristeros instead of fighting with them is that they were scared that of what would happen to their land if they did not join the Federation army. The Agaristas were a small militia group made of 25,000 peasants, but similar to the Federation army they also lacked enthusiasm, because even though they were on the side of the government they were treated poorly by them and many times abandoned by the government troops when they were forced to retreat. It seems that the Agaristas would have fit perfectly with the Cristero