Gustavo A. Madero
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Gustavo Adolfo Madero González, born in Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila, Mexico, was a participant in the Mexican Revolution against Porfirio Díaz along with other members of his wealthy family. He was
Gustavo Madero in 1911
Ten Tragic Days
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The Ten Tragic Days is the name given to the multi-day coup d'état during the Mexican Revolution in Mexico City. It was staged by opponents of Francisco I. Madero, the democratically elected president
Gustavo A. Madero
…he had one glass eye. Madero's brother, Francisco I. Madero, was president of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. During the coup d'état in Mexico City known as Ten Tragic Days, Gustavo Madero was arrested, released to followers of conspirator Félix Díaz. A mob tortured him, pulling out his "good" eye, and then eventually…
Rebel followers of Félix Díaz in the Mexico City YMCA during the coup against Madero
The National Palace, a target of the rebel artillery fire. There were dead bodies in the Zócalo and the capital's streets.
Francisco I Madero arriving on the first day of the Decena Tragica 9 February 1913. Photographer Gerónimo Hernández.
The Belem Prison, Mexico City following the fighting in Mexico City February 1913