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Prominent Personalities Of The Mexican Revolution 1910-1928

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Calixto Contreras [Calixto Contreras Espinoza] (13.10.1862-00.00.1916) b. Avila, Durango; worked as a miner; active in Madero's revolution in 1910; became a commander of rural police in Durango following the overthrow of Díaz; fought against the rebellion of Pascual Orozco 1912; resisted the Huerta coup in February 1913; attacked Durango in April 1913 but was repulsed; joined forces with Tómas Urbina, Domingo Arrieta and his brothers, and took Durango in June 1913; under Urbina, became a general in Francisco Villa's Division of the North; participated in battles at Torreón, Gómez Palacio and Lerdo; Villista delegate to the Convention of Aguascalientes; in the forefront of Villa's columns during the occupation of Guadalajara; defeated, along with Rodolfo Fierro, by Constitutionalist Generals Manuel M. Diéguez and Francisco Murguía in January 1915; fought in the battles of Celaya and Trinidad in April-June of 1915; died of wounds received in the battle of La labor de Guadalupe near Cuencamé, Durango in 1916.

Other reference: Wikipedia bio entry (in Spanish)

(Hemeroteca Nacional) [click on image to enlarge]

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Calixto Contreras (left) with Pancho Villa (Archivo General de la Nación) [click on image to enlarge]

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Commission sent to Morelos to invite Emiliano Zapata to participate in the Aguascalientes Convention.  In the front rank: Manuel Robles, Dr. Adolfo Cuarón, Manuel Palafox, Rafael Buelna, Juan Banderas, Felipe Ángeles, Octavio Magaña Cerda, Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama, Calixto Contreras.  Standing behind them, Col. Gustavo Baz, Juan Andrew Almazán, Dr. Briones and Guillermo Castillo Tapia. (Centro de Estudios sobre la Universidad, UNAM, Archivo Magaña) [click on image to enlarge]

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