Word: huerta
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...revolution is triumphing everywhere," said General de la Huerta, rebel chief...
...immediate cause of the storm was the feud between President Obregon and Presidential-candidate General Adolfo de la Huerta, who was accused by Obregon's Finance Minister Pani of dishonesty in office (TIME...
...revolution started in the State of Vera Cruz, where General Guadalupe Sanchez, a former friend of President Obregon, commanding 12,000 troops, started an armed movement in support of General de la Huerta. The slogan of the rebels was "Down with imposition," meaning that President Obregon had tried to "impose" General Calles, so-called Radical candidate for the Presidency (TIME, Nov. 19), as next President of Mexico...
Within a comparatively few hours the insurrectionists were joined by the Navy and the States of Guerrero, Michoacan, Jalisca, Oxaca, San Luis Potosi, Chihuahua, Tamaulipas were later reported to have cast in their lot with de la Huerta...
...same telegram alleged that Captain Viscarra and his men, wearing red silk badges, would occupy seats in the gallery in Congress and when the session started would lead cheers for General Calles (Presidential candidate), and that, as soon as the Huertistas answered by cheers for Candidate de la Huerta, they would be shot...