Ángel García Peña
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Ángel García Peña | |
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Secretary of War and Navy of Mexico | |
In office March 6, 1912 – February 9, 1913 | |
President | Francisco I. Madero |
Vice President | José María Pino Suárez |
Preceded by | José González Salas |
Succeeded by | Manuel Mondragón |
Personal details | |
Born | 1856 Maderistas |
Branch | Mexican Army |
Years of service | 1872 - 1913 1914 1916 - 1920 |
Rank | Major General[1] |
Battles/wars | Mexican Revolution |
Ángel García Peña (1856 – November 23, 1928) was a Mexican Major General who served the
Biography
He was born in the city of
In 1880, he was promoted to Major and in 1882 he worked as an assistant to the National Astronomical Observatory at the Equatorial Telescope to study the transit of Venus and in the following year, he was appointed a member of the commission that was in charge of discussing the Statistical Regulations. In 1884 the rank of lieutenant colonel was recognized and from July 25 to August 30, 1887, and accompanied by General Sóstenes Rocha and participated in the Scientific Commission of Sonora, which was in charge of surveying the Yaqui River; later he was appointed director of said commission. For several years he participated in the Exploratory Geographical Commission, of which he was director from 1902 to 1912. He also provided his services to the National Artillery Foundry.
García Peña had an active participation in the campaigns against the Yaquis that were carried out from 1887 to 1901 and commanded the 11th Battalion of the
In 1910 and 1911 he fought the
When the events known as the Ten Tragic Days unleashed, García Peña faced the uprising and on February 9, he attempted to evict a group of rebels who were in the National Palace, but was wounded during the fighting as he was shot through the arm.[1][3]
Upon the triumph of Victoriano Huerta's squads, he requested his retirement from active service, which was granted on March 1, 1913. At that time, García Peña dedicated himself to carrying out private surveying works, but when in April 1914 the government of Huerta sent for him on the notice of the United States occupation of Veracruz, he immediately left in command of a division of five thousand men heading for Perote in order to fight the Americans but was defeated in the battle.
When the danger of war dissipated, García Peña again requested his retirement from active service, which this time was granted on July 9, 1914; and during the government of Venustiano Carranza he returned to serve as a military man from 1916 to January 1920, when he permanently retired from arms. García Peña died on November 23, 1928, in Mexico City.
References
- ^ a b c d Gral. Ángel García Peña, Militar, retrato, Mediateca INAH
- ^ :: ChihuahuaMéxico.com:: La Ventana de Chihuahua al Mundo. - ÁNGEL GARCÍA PEÑA
- ^ Ross, Stanley. Francisco I. Madero, Apostle of Democracy, Columbia University Press, New York 1955, p. 284