Álvaro Obregón
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Álvaro Obregón Salido was a Mexican general, inventor and politician who served as the 46th President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. Obregón was re-elected to the presidency in 1928 but was assassinated
Obregón, c. 1920s
Gen. Obregón and staff of Yaquis, c. 1913
Álvaro Obregón (center left) and grey-bearded "First Chief" of the Constitutionalists, Venustiano Carranza.
Eulalio Gutiérrez (1881–1939), flanked by Francisco "Pancho" Villa (1878–1923) and Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919). Gutiérrez was appointed provisional President of Mexico by the Convention of Aguascalientes, a move that Venustiano Carranza (1859–1920) found intolerable. In the ensuing war, Obregón fought for Carranza against the convention.
Plutarco Elías Calles
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Plutarco Elías Calles was a Mexican politician and military officer who served as the 47th president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. After the assassination of Álvaro Obregón, Calles founded the Institut
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…Constitutionalist Army. Carranza stepped down from the presidency and designated Ignacio Bonillas to succeed him. Obregón and other Sonoran generals Plutarco Elías Calles and Adolfo de la Huerta ousted Bonillas and Carranza under the Plan of Agua Prieta. Obregón was elected to the presidency in 1920 with overwhelming…
Calles in 1924.
Plutarco Elías Calles
Plutarco Elías Calles at the American Federation of Labor Building, 1924
Plutarco Elías Calles