Victoriano Huerta
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José Victoriano Huerta Márquez was a Mexican general, statesman, engineer, and dictator who served as the 39th President of Mexico from 1913 to 1914 and came to power by coup against the democraticall
Huerta in 1912
Huerta in full dress uniform and with decorations.
General Huerta (left) with Emilio Madero, Pres. Madero's brother, and Pancho Villa, 1912.
Victoriano Huerta and his cabinet
Pedro Lascuráin
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Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes was a Mexican politician and lawyer who served as the 38th president of Mexico for 45 minutes on 19 February 1913, the shortest presiden
Victoriano Huerta
…of Madero and Pino Suárez and Huerta's takeover of the Mexican government. To give the coup the appearance of legitimacy, Huerta had foreign minister Pedro Lascuráin assume the presidency; under the 1857 Constitution of Mexico, the foreign minister stood third in line for the presidency behind the Vice President and…
Portrait, c. 1910–1915
Victoriano Huerta (pictured) led the coup that ousted Madero and Pino Suárez, and succeeded Lascuráin as president