staff of Gen. Jesús Carranza, Monterrey, Mexico, 1914 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
staff of Gen. Jesús Carranza, Monterrey, Mexico, 1914 / mamaladama
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| 説明 | Staff and extended family: 1) Brig. Gen. Jesús Carranza Garza (brother of Venustiano Carranza Garza, president of México). 2) Col. Gregorio Ozuna. 3) Col. Lic. Pascual Morales Molina (lawyer and secretary to Jesús Carranza). 4) Col. Sebastian Carranza Garza (brother of Venustiano Carranza Garza). 5) Maj. Erbey González. 6) Maj. Alfonzo Hernández. 7) Maj. ____ 8) Maj. Benito _ Garza. 9) Maj. Benito Garza. 10) Maj. F. Garza Linares. 11) Capt. Rafael G. García. 12) Capt. Samuel C. Alexander. 13) Lt. Buemaro Guzmán. 14) Lt. Alfonzo Benebendo. 15) Lt. Ygnacio Peraldi Carranza (son of Venustiano’s sister Hermelinda). 16) Lt. Leonardo G. Vidaurri. 17) Lt. Rafael Cantú. 18) Lt. Benebendo. 19) Lt. Abelardo Carranza Strasburger (son of Gen. Jesús Carranza Garza). 20) __ 21) __ [I believe that several others in this list may also have belonged to the extended Carranza family.]As governor of the state of Coahuila (Dec. 1911- Mar. 1913), Venustiano Carranza had been a supporter of Francisco I. Madero (President of México Nov. 1911 – Feb. 1913) partly because Madero was also born and raised and retained strong family ties in their native Coahuila. After the assassination of President Madero in Mar. 1913, Carranza organized his supporters into the Constitutionalist Party, assigned positions to various relatives, and assumed the presidency of México. (But so did Pedro Lascuraín 1913, Victoriano Huerta 1913 - 1914, and Francisco S. Carvajal 1914. I do not mean to make light of the revolutionary struggle; it is just that the politics were very complicated.) Venustiano Carranza retained the post until 1920.On the night of December 30, 1914, Gen. Jesús Carranza (Venustiano's brother) and members of his staff were returning from the west coast of México after a trip to inspect ports. They were passing through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to return to Veracruz when they were ambushed and taken prisoner by a rival revolutionary, General Alfonso Santibáñez, who had territorial loyalties to the isthmus. Santibáñez telegraphed Venustiano Carranza, demanding military equipment and a large sum of money in exchange for his prisoners. Carranza refused to bend to thuggery and, instead of money, sent troops.Santibáñez countered by executing all but three of his prisoners by firing squad on Dec. 31, 1914, at San Jerónimo, Oxaca. Among the dead were Col. Manuel Caballero, Chief of Staff; Col. Pedro López Morales; Capt. Ruperto Castilla; Lts. Mariano Urbina, Leonardo G. Vidaurri (my great uncle), and Leonel Márquez; Second Lt. Francisco Hernández Alatorre; Sgt. Inés Fragoso; Tirso Pacheco and seven other soldiers. Santibáñez saved Gen. Jesús and Jesús’ son and nephew for later.On January 2, 1915, Carranza troops reached San Jerónimo to find that Santibáñez had fled to the mountains of Oaxaca with 150 men and his three prisoners. News reached Venustiano Carranza on February 5 from the governor of Oaxaca that Santibáñez had been apprehended and killed but that his brother Gen. Jesús and the two eighteen year old cousins had been found dead.Although born and raised a U.S. citizen, my great uncle Leonardo G. Vidaurri probably felt the call to arms for two reasons. Prospects for third sons in Laredo, TX, were unexciting compared to a position in a revolutionary army and family emotions were running high because of strong family ties in Coahuila. Leonardo’s great aunt had been Francisco I. Madero’s step mother. Leonardo had turned 18 the month before his execution. |
| 撮影日 | 1914-06-22 00:00:00 |
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