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In 1910, Mexican peasant Pancho Villa led a rebellion against the wealthy landowners, and fought to redistribute land to the poor Mexican "peons" who worked it for the absentee owners, in what has been called "the first socialist revolution". Originally published as a series of newspaper... read more
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- Francisco "Pancho" Villa: (1878-1923) From obscurity, he rose to prominence during the Madero revolt of 1910-1911 as a supporter of Francisco Madero. He achieved his greatest fame after the death of Madero when he joined the Constitutionalist rebels to remove Victoriano Huerta from power in 1914. As commander of the Division of the North, Villa achieved spectacular victories against Federal forces and caused the collapse of the Huerta government. The victorious Constitutional forces then split into two factions: one faction favored the continued leadership of Venustiano Carranza; the other faction favored his removal from leadership. Pancho Villa became the leader of the forces opposed to Carranza’s continued leadership. In the spring of 1915, Villa’s forces were defeated by Carranza’s General Alvaro Obregón. Villa continued to fight as a guerrilla leader against Carranza’s government until 1920 when Obregón drove Carranza from office. With Carranza removed, Villa retired from public life, but in 1923 he was assassinated under suspicious circumstances.
- Venustiano Carranza: (1859-1920) A middle-class rancher from the state of Coahuila, he joined the Madero revolt in 1911. Madero appointed him interim governor of Coahuila, and with the success of the Madero revolt, he was elected governor in August 1911. When President Madero was overthrown and murdered in February 1913, Carranza organized a resistance to the new President Huerta. Calling himself the First Chief of the Constitutional forces, he was the civilian leadership of the forces of Alvaro Obregón and Pancho Villa. After his Constitutional forces drove out Huerta, his forces defeated the forces of Poncho Villa, who objected to his continued leadership. He then styled himself as the individual in charge of the executive power of a pre-Constitutional government in 1915. In September 1916, he called for a new Constitutional convention, which formulated the new Constitution of 1917. In May 1917, he became President under the new Constitution. Since he would not be eligible to stand for re-election in the 1920 election, he attempted to influence the results. He attempted to re-rail the campaign of Alvaro Obregón, but only angered Obregón’s supporters. In early 1920, they drove him from office, and he was killed while attempting to flee Mexico.
- Victoriano Huerta: (1850-1916) Mexican Federal General during the Díaz regime, he did not participate in the Madero rebellion of 1911. He served the interim government between Díaz and Madero in 1911 and was sent to the state of Morelos to affect the disarming of Zapata’s forces. In 1912, President Madero appointed him the commanding general of the Federal forces battling the Orozco insurgency, where he was successful. In February 1913, right-wing commanders attempted a coup d’etat against President Madero. They failed, and barricaded themselves in the Federal Armory. Madero appointed Huerta to head the loyal forces then opposing the barricaded rebel forces. After several attempts to storm the Armory, Huerta met with the rebel leaders and the American ambassador to see if a peaceful solution could be negotiated. They decided that the best solution was to depose Madero and set Huerta up as President. Madero was arrested and then murdered, and Huerta was sworn in as the new President. Supporters of the murdered Madero organized a resistance. Led by Venustiano Carranza, governor of Coahuila, the Constitutional forces forced Huerta to flee Mexico in 1914. Huerta toured Europe attempting to organize a military force to re-capture Mexico. While in the United States, he was arrested by the American government for violating American neutrally laws. While in custody, he died of liver failure.
- Pascual Orozco: (1882-1915) Muleteer before the Revolution, he became an early military leader of Madero’s rebel forces in Chihuahua. His successes in Chihuahua caused the toppling of the Diaz government in 1911. In 1912, he became disillusioned with Madero, and started a rebellion against him. While initially successful, his forces were defeated by Madero’s Federal General Victoriano Huerta. He continued to fight as a guerrilla leader against Madero’s government. When Madero was deposed in 1913 by General Huerta, Orozco joined the new Huerta government. He and his supporters fought the forces of Poncho Villa. When Huerta’s government collapsed in 1914, Orozco fled to the United States. While in the United States, he conspired with Huerta to initiate a new rebellion to overthrow the new Carranza government. In 1915 he was arrested by the American government for violating American neutrally laws. He was imprisoned briefly, but managed to affect an escape. He was subsequently gunned down by a posse of Texas Rangers who said they believed him to be a common horse thief.
- Francisco Madero: (1873-1913) Ran for President against Diaz in 1910. Claiming fraud, he called for violent revolution in November 1910. His supporters drove Porfirio Díaz from office. He was elected President of Mexico in October 1911. In February 1913, a right-wing coup d’etat over-threw him, and he was murdered shortly thereafter.
- Tomas Urbina: Add a description of this character.
- Patricio
- Rodolfo Fierro: Villista general. Is known for being especially cold-blooded.
- Laura
- William Benton: British citizen and wealthy land owner in Chihuahua. Executed by Villa in February 1914, setting off a diplomatic incident.
- Puerta
- Atanacio
- Lucifer
- Juan Vallejo
- Charlie
- Pablo
- Gomez
- Juan Santillanes
- Salazar
- Juan Sanchez
- Gil Tomas
- Adolfo
- El Nino
- Mapimi
- Dona Luisa
- Fidencio
- Lerdo
- Jimenez
- Don Priciliano
- Maclovio Herrera
- Martinez
- Longinos Guereca
- Benavides
- Don Petronilo
- Arcadio
- Antonio
- Isidro Amayo
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: D. Appleton and company
Country: USA & UK
Publication Date: 1914
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 325
Publisher: D. Appleton and company
Country: USA & UK
Publication Date: 1914
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 325
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: F1234 .R32 1914
- Dewey: 972.0816
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