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Hispanic Heritage:

Prominent Personalities Of The Mexican Revolution 1910-1928

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Rodolfo Fierro (1880 or 1885-13.10.1915) -- born at El Charay, Sinaloa or near Fuentes, Sinaloa; became a railroad worker; joined Villa's forces in the fighting against the Orozco uprising in 1912; died trying to cross a swollen stream near Nuevo Casa Grandes on October 13th, 1915.

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Rodolfo Fierro as a young man.  (Centro de Estudios de Historia de México Condumex) [click on image to enlarge].

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From left to right: two unidentified men, Rodolfo Fierro, Pancho Villa, Toribio Ortega and Col. Medina, taken at Juárez, 1913. (Library of Congress) [click on image to enlarge].

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From left to right, Rodolfo Fierro, Pancho Villa, José Rodríguez, and a reporter from the Associated Press.  (Hemeroteca Nacional) [click on image to enlarge].

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Rodolfo Fierro (third from left, lighting up his cigar) with Pancho Villa (in uniform, center) and Raul Madero (far right) (Library of Congress) [click on image to enlarge].

Rodolfo Fierro, (with striped suit and cigar), Pancho Villa (in uniform) and Raul Madero (in business suit, third from right) (Library of Congress) [click on image to enlarge].

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Rodolfo Fierro (far right), stands by as Pancho Villa (in the Presidential chair) chats with Emiliano Zapata at Mexico City. Tómas Urbina is seated at far left, Otilio Montaño (with his head bandaged) is seated to the far right.  (Library of Congress) [click on image to enlarge].

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Rodolfo Fierro (on horseback), debarks from a train. (Centro de Estudios sobre la Universidad, UNAM, Archivo Magaña) [click on image to enlarge].

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