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Prominent Personalities Of The Mexican Revolution 1910-1928

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Juan G. Cabral (3.4.1883-00.10.1946) -- b. Piedras Negras, Sonora; attended the College of Sonora and the University of Arizona; became a cashier at the mines of Cananea; participated in the strike of 1906; joined Madero's revolution in January 1911 with Salvador Alvarado, operating in the vicinity of Agua Prieta; occupied Cananea and Naco in May 1911; promoted to Colonel of Cavalry by Madero; commander of rural forces in Sonora July 1911- February 1912; commander of Fiscal Gendarmerie Zone III; after Huerta's coup in Feb 1913 was appointed chief of operations North of the Sonoran provincial forces by acting governor Pesqueira; in conjunction with Álvaro Obregón occupied Nogales, Cananea and Naco; head of the Sonoran state military department; proposed the survey and redistribution of land in Sonora June 1913; led his forces to Mexico City and named garrison commander there in August 1914; Governor of Colima 1914; Governor and military commander of Sonora September 1914; split with the Constitutionalist movement and Venustiano Carranza at the Convention of Aguascalientes and supported Provisional President Eulalio Gutíerrez; went into exile in the United States when Gutíerrez's government disbanded; participated in anti-Carranza activities 1918-1919; returned to Mexico August 1923; participated as a diplomat in government missions to Panamá, Peru and Ecuador; Governor of the Federal District 1932; undersecretary for Administration  1934; d. 1946.

Reference: Wikipedia bio entry (in Spanish)

Juan G. Cabral in 1914 (Archivo General de la Nación) [click on image to enlarge].

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

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