I have never denied and I don't deny now that, objectively, my participation in the assault on the house of Trotsky on May 24, 1940, was subject to the authority of the law, that it constituted a transgression of the law and for this transgression I spent long periods in jail, more than three years in exile, the loss of large sums deposited for bail, and an offensive defamation of character on an international scale- David Alfaro Siqueiros on his attempted assasination of Leon Trotsky

This collection centers on the records that document David Alfaro Siqueiros, who unlike Orozco, became the subject of CIA surveillance. His role within the Mexican Communist Party and failed 1940 attempt to assassinate Soviet politician Leon Trotsky,  which he carried out in disguise, drew the attention of U.S. intelligence agencies. 

Here , these traces come together: CIA documents that record his name, a magazine that recounts the attack on Leon Trotsky, a book written by close friend and student reflecting on his political commitments, and a photograph of Siqueiros dressed as a peasant.