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Victoriano Huerta

generalMexico1 battle1 war

Lifespan

1850 – 1916

1850186018701880189019001910Mexican Revolution · 1910-1920Second Battle of Rellano — May 22, 1912 · Government · Mexican Revolution

Active service 1912 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 62.

Profile

José Victoriano Huerta Márquez was a Mexican general, statesman, engineer, and dictator who served as the 39th President of Mexico from 1913 to 1914 and came to power by coup against the democratically elected government of Francisco I. Madero with the aid of other Mexican generals and the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. Establishing a military dictatorship, his violent seizure of power set off a new wave of armed conflict in the Mexican Revolution.

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Battles (1)

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