Soon after Cárdenas took office, he turned against Garrido Canabal. In 1935, after Garrido Canabal ordered his Red Shirts to kill Catholic activists in Mexico City seeking to return to Tabasco, Cárdenas forced Garrido Canabal to step down and into exile in Costa Rica.
Cárdenas swiftly turned against Garrido Canabal upon taking office. In 1935, after Garrido Canabal gave the order for his Red Shirts to eliminate Catholic activists in Mexico City who were attempting to return to Tabasco, Cárdenas forced Garrido Canabal into exile in Costa Rica.