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Las pinturas de Orozco fueron destruidas en los EE. UU.
En 1917, José Clemente Orozco dejó México para encontrar un mejor lugar para hacer arte en Estados Unidos. En el camino, Orozco fue detenido en Laredo, Texas, donde los funcionarios objetaron muchas de sus pinturas y las consideraron “inmorales”.
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