December 22, 1850 - Victoriano Huerta
Huerta's ascent to the Mexican presidency stands as a textbook case of betrayal institutionalized — he was entrusted by Madero to suppress a revolt, then used that position to orchestrate Madero's removal and subsequent murder. The coup that brought him to power in February 1913 drew backing from foreign powers pursuing their own interests in Mexico, underscoring how his seizure of authority was embedded in a wider web of international calculation. His fourteen-month rule provoked enough opposition to unite disparate revolutionary factions against him, ultimately forcing his resignation in 1914.
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José Victoriano Huerta Márquez (Spanish pronunciation: [biɣtoˈɾjano ˈweɾta]; 23 December 1850 – 13 January 1916) was a Mexican general, statesman, engineer, and dictator who served as the 39th President of Mexico from 1913 to 1914 and came to power by coup against the democratically elected government of Francisco I. Madero with the aid of other Mexican generals and the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. Establishing a military dictatorship, his violent seizure of power set off a new wave of armed conflict in the Mexican Revolution.
After a military career under President and dictator Porfirio Díaz and Interim President Francisco León de la Barra, Huerta became a high-ranking officer during the presidency of Madero during the first phase of the Mexican Revolution (1911–13). In February 1913, Huerta joined a conspiracy against Madero, who entrusted him to control a revolt in Mexico City. The Ten Tragic Days – actually fifteen days – saw the forced resignation of Madero and his vice president and their murders. The coup was backed by the German Empire as well as the United States under the Taft administration. But the succeeding Wilson administration refused to recognize the new regime which had come to power by coup. The U.S. allowed arms sales to rebel forces.
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