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Vivid account of Carranza last stand in diary
An Italian journalist Aldo Baroni quotes Carranza predicting his end as he leads 10 000 followers from Mexico City toward Vera Cruz in 1920. The diary records disorganization hunger fear and chaos aboard the exhausted trains as battles erupt and the president orders a foot march toward safety ending with his death.
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Mexico City
Aldo Baronia
Carranza
Varp
Vera Cruz Lin
Senor Barroni
Senor Baroni
el Universal Rea
Don Venustiano
Saltillo
Huerta
Africa
Barragan
Apizaco
San Marcos
Marguiarns
Luis Cabrera
Vera Cruz
Candido Aguilar
Zongolica
Maguia
St Obregon
Travis
Rinconada
Soledad
Tam
Saiff
Ent
Santana
Millan
Augustin Millan
State of Mexico
San Andres
Jacinto Trevino