Huerta Resigns as Carbajal Is Sworn In Mexico
General Victoriano Huerta quits the presidency as Francisco Carbajal takes the oath of office before Congress. The National Palace remains quiet but factions loyal to Carranza and Zapata stir in the capital while foreign nationals await events.
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Victoriano Huerta
United States
Huerta Becomes Provisional President of Mexico in 1913
Victoriano Huerta took oath as provisional president on February 19 1913. The Madero regime collapsed after Madero and vice president Jose Maria Pino Suarez were killed. Huerta faced American nonrecognition, civil war, and rising constitutionalist opposition led by Carranza and Villa as US diplomats tried to mediate.
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William H. Taft
United States
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Carranza
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Pascual Orozco
Nota
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Felix Diaz
Porfirio Diaz
Congress
Japan
Henry Lane Wilson
Washington
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Wilson
Villa Says He Will Execute Huerta Without Parley
Juarez July 15 General Francisco Villa declares if Victoriano Huerta falls into his hands he will execute him without parley. He adds that decisions on prisoners and Huerta’s fate rest with the supreme chief and military leaders, not him, and he will not spare Huerta if captured.
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Mexico City
Joint session approves report after ballot taken
A ballot was conducted and the joint session approved the report, marking official confirmation of the measure.
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Huerta’s Family Flees Capital as Carranza Forces Advance
The Huerta family and many cabinet members hasten to the coast seeking asylum abroad while General Huerta stays in Mexico City to advise President Carbajal. Speculation swirls on Huerta’s possible departure for Europe as British warships loom offshore and Carbajal’s future hinges on whether the capital falls. Huerta, born into one of Mexico’s aristocratic clans, contrasts with Diaz’s plebeian origins.
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Europe
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Mexico
Huerta to Go Aboard British Man-of-War
Rear Admiral Badger reported to the Navy Department that reports from Vera Cruz say General Huerta and General Blancquet will leave Mexico City by train under escort. Officials think the retired dictator will go to Puerto Mexico to board a British man of war for passage.
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Political Upheaval in Mexico Reaches Veracruz and Beyond
Lines landed and occupied Vera Cruz after a large arms shipment arrived. Americans were killed in street fighting while Mexicans destroyed part of the railway. A mediation proposal led to a Niagara Falls conference as American troops relieved bluejackets and remained in port. Tampico Zacatecas fell to constitutionalists and rumors grew of Huerta’s possible resignation.
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Cabinet members flee Mexico City as Huerta regime collapses
General Auri liano Blanquet Huerta's war minister and several ministers along with other high officials deserted the capital. A committee led by former deputies left for Celaya to seek a peaceful entry by constitutionalist leaders. Huerta reportedly plans to go to Europe as Cordoba hosts Huerta family passers. Police tighten control amid crowding streets and rumors of Zapata followers prove unfounded.
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Huerta
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Interior
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Garcia Nas Ranjo
Ignacio Alcocer
Jesu Ureueta
Enrique Bordes Mangel
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Chamber of Deputies
Zapata
Zachimilco
Salazar Held Over Plot to Start Revolution in Mexico
Jose Ynez Salazar, once a Mexican volunteer general, is jailed at Fort Wingate awaiting inquiry into a report that he and General R Quevedo aided a plot to spark a northern Mexican revolution against the constitutionalists. Elfego Baca, Salazar’s attorney, delivered the information from Fort Wingate.
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Fort Wingate
R. Quevedo
Mexico
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Salazar
Danvers Boy Drowns After Boat Capsizes
Seven year old William Garrett of Danvers drowned when a boat with three boys capsized. One boy swam to shore and another rescued the third, but Garrett sank before help arrived. The tragedy occurred July 15 as the youths played on the water.
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William Garrett
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