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Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.

Historical image related to Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta. from June 23, 1914

Mexican Revolution

Nationwide armed struggle in Mexico (1910–1920)

The Mexican Revolution was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its replacement by a revolutionary army,…
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Pancho Villa

Mexican revolutionary general and politician (1878–1923)

Francisco "Pancho" Villa was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a key figure in the Mexican Revolution, which forced out President and dictator Porfirio Díaz and brought Francisco I. Madero to power in 1911. When Madero was ousted by a coup led by General Victoriano Huerta in…
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Zacatecas

State of Mexico

Zacatecas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. It is divided into 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas.
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Victoriano Huerta

President of Mexico from 1913 to 1914

José Victoriano Huerta Márquez was a Mexican general, politician, engineer and dictator who served as 39th President of Mexico, who 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.…
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