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date: 24 April 2025

General Victoriano Huerta and the Mexican Revolutionlocked

General Victoriano Huerta and the Mexican Revolutionlocked

  • Friedrich E. SchulerFriedrich E. SchulerDepartment of History, Portland State University

Summary

General Victoriano Huerta (1850–1916) stands out as the bête noire of twentieth-century Mexico. He was a career army officer who had attained the rank of general. Other generals and the old economic and social hierarchy supported him as a transitional national leader who could restore order following Francisco Madero’s revolution and presidency. Huerta has become the national bête noire because of his assumed responsibility for the assassination of Madero and his vice president, along with several governors and congressmen of the revolutionary regime. His seizure of power resulted in a new phase of the Mexican Revolution, the U.S. occupation of Veracruz, and his involvement with German Mexico and the area along the border with the United States. After going into exile, he attempted to return to power by invading Mexico. He was arrested by U.S. officials and interned at Fort Bliss, in El Paso, Texas, where he died during emergency surgery.

Subjects

  • History of Mexico
  • 1889–1910
  • 1910–1945
  • Revolutions and Rebellions

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