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Prominent Personalities Of The Mexican Revolution 1910-1928

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Salvador Alvarado [Salvador Alvarado Rubio] (20.7.1880-10.6.1924) -- b. in Sinaloa; active in Francisco Madero's anti-reelection movement, took up arms against the Díaz government under the command of Juan Cabral; promoted to major and lieutenant colonel; fought against Pascual Orozco's uprising in 1912; refused to recognize General Victoriano Huerta's government following the coup against Madero in February 1913; promoted to colonel and made military chief of the central zone of Sonora; arrested August 1914 by Sonoran Governor José María Maytorena for suspected treason and imprisoned at Hermosillo; sent to Yucatan as military commander to suppress the revolt of Abel Ortiz Argumedo; entered Merida March 1915; Governor and military commander of Yucatán 12 Mar 1915-1 Feb 1918; Minister of Housing Jun-Nov 1920; sided with Adolfo de la Huerta in his uprising against Obregón in late 1923; went into exile 1924; returned to Mexico; murdered at the Rancho “El Hormiguero” in Chiapas 10 June 1924.

Other references: INEP bio entry (in Spanish); Wikipedia bio entry (in Spanish)

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(Centro de Estudios de Historia de México Condumex) [click on image to enlarge]

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Salvador Alvarado (at left) and Juan Cabral (Hemeroteca Nacional) [click on image to enlarge]

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