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Hispanic Heritage:

Prominent Personalities Of The Mexican Revolution 1910-1928

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Ramón F. Iturbe [Ramón Fuentes Iturbe] (7.11.1889-27.10.1970) -- b. Mazatlán, Sinaloa; moved to Culiacán and worked in various commercial establishments; active in the anti-reelection movement; joined Madero's revolution against the Díaz regime but was arrested in Culiacán at the beginning of the revolution in November1910; escaped with Juan M. Banderas and fled into the mountains; raised a force of 100 men and began fighting in Durango in January 1911; promoted to brigadier general May 22, 1911; named commander of the rural forces of Sinaloa (Fuerzas Rurales de Sinaloa) August 8, 1911; Inspector General of rural forces in Sinaloa; commander of the 54th Rural Police Corps (Jefe del 54o. Cuerpo Rural); fought against the rebellion of Pascual Orozco in Chihuahua; went to the United States at the beginning of 1913 to study engineering; returned to Mexico following the coup of General Victoriano Huerta in February 1913 and joined the forces of Álvaro Obregón at Nogales, Sonora; named chief of Constitutionalist military operations in Sinaloa September 16, 1913; became chief of the Sinaloa Brigade June 1914; delegate to the Convention of Aguascalientes; commander of the 3rd Division of the Northeast November 1914-29 August 1915; fought against Villista forces commanded by Rafael Buelna Tenorio; chief of military operations in Jalisco and Colima September 1915; served in various diplomatic missions to Japan and Europe; served as Governor of Sinaloa 29 June 1917-20 April 1919; supported Obregón's overthrow of Carranza in 1920; participated in the Escobar rebellion of 1929; fled abroad after the failure of that rebellion; amnestied and returned to Mexico in July 1933; promoted to General of Division 1937 by President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río; elected Congressional deputy from Mazatlán; served as Ambassador to Japan 1941; interned in a Japanese prison in Tokyo after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941; later released; died in the Central Military Hospital at Mexico City 1970 of heart failure.

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Ramon F. Iturbe (left) during the campaign in Sinaloa.  (Hemeroteca Nacional) [click on image to enlarge].

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(Library of Congress) [click on image to enlarge].

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At the Aguascalientes Convention, from left to right, Álvaro Obregón, Provisional President Eulalio Gutíerrez, Pánfilo Natera, Ramón F. Iturbe, Guillermo García Aragón, and Eduardo Hay. (Centro de Estudios de Historia de México Condumex) [click on image to enlarge].

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Ramon F. Iturbe in later life. (Hemeroteca Nacional) [click on image to enlarge].

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