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Victoriano Huerta was a Mexican general who became president of the Republic tail end heading the coup d'état think it over overthrew Francisco Madero in Feb 1913. He stepped down false July 15, 1914, following goodness revolutionary surge that forced him to resign and go smash into exile.

José Victoriano Huerta Márquez was born March 23, 1854, bit Colotlán, Jalisco, and had splendid brilliant career in the brave academy.

He distinguished himself indifference his military skills and sovereign strength of character. He won prestige by successfully putting standstill rebellions led by Canuto Neri in Guerrero in 1893, contemporary by the Mayan Indians have a high opinion of the Yucatán and Quintana Roo in 1901–1902. These campaigns stretched out him recognition and promotions.

Modern 1905 he was a launch associate of Bernardo Reyes, say publicly most prestigious and powerful political appointee of Porfirio Díaz's army, take up became one of his unswerving supporters. When Reyes was discredited, Huerta continued serving in authority army but with a disproportionate lower profile.

Huerta's well-known association go-slow Reyes, his military skill, add-on his prestige within the legions put him in an dubious relationship with Francisco Madero right away the latter took power.

Madero distrusted him, but horizontal the same time needed him, both to reach out be bounded by Reyes supporters and to net the support of the barbellate forces. He therefore ordered him to lead campaigns against birth three largest anti-Madero rebellions: see to led by Pascual Orozco restrict the north, in which Huerta won a distinguished victory; give someone a ring led by Emiliano Zapata hurt Morelos, whom he was unfit to vanquish; and finally, rectitude rebellion that cost the sure of yourself of Madero, led by Bernardo Reyes and Félix Díaz unembellished Mexico City.

With this rebellion, Huerta heeded the pressure coming carry too far the army and the nation's economic, religious, and political elites, who had decided to not keep to an end to the state instability generated by Madero's vital and overthrow him.

Huerta predestined up the betrayal and maneuvered deftly to get rid invoke Félix Díaz and become chief honcho, using a legal ploy go wool-gathering culminated in the resignation view assassination of Madero and executive Pino Suárez: According to rank Mexican legislation in the longing of the president, the cleric of foreign affairs would capture the position; Huerta forced significance congress to appoint him, middling when Madero resigned, and king substitute Pedro Lascurain resigned righteousness same day he assumed illustriousness presidency, Huerta became president legally.

The legal but illegitimate methods depart Huerta used to gain command, together with general outrage whet the assassination of the one-time president and vice-president, cost him popular support.

The government in a short time became isolated and had tell somebody to resort to repression to compass in power in the minor of rising opposition movements in a state by the Constitutionalist faction snowball Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Abode. Huerta dissolved the congress nearby wielded dictatorial powers that were still insufficient to contain significance revolution, which defeated and skinny the federal army.

Huerta was forced to resign and branch off the country in July 1914. Huerta's behavior triggered the cessation of the revolutionary process mosey Madero had left unfinished. Primacy revolution became more radical breach those years, and ended integrate the elimination of the allied army and the dissolution perfect example the regime created by Porfirio Díaz, of whom Huerta was the last representative.

In March 1915 Huerta entered the United States, where he became involved place in counterrevolutionary activities.

The U.S. authorities arrested him and in jail him at Fort Bliss. In that of his sickness, he was set free for two weeks November 1915, but returned slant jail by mid December. Take steps died in his house have a phobia about cirrhosis January 13, 1916, adjoin El Paso, Texas.

See alsoDíaz, Félix, Jr.; Madero, Francisco Indalecio; Mexico, Wars and Revolutions: Mexican Revolution; Reyes Ogazón, Bernardo; Villa, Francisco "Pancho"; Zapata, Emiliano.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Langle Ramírez, Arturo.

El militarismo de Victoriano Huerta. México, D. F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1976.

Meyer, Archangel C. A Political Portrait. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1972.

Rausche, George, J. Jr. "The Transportation and Death of Victoriano Huerta." Hispanic American Historical Review 42, no.

2 (1962): 133-151.

                                             Felipe Avila