Plan of Agua Prieta
In
The Plan's stated pretext for rejecting the Carranza administration was a dispute between the
Sonora withdrew its support from Carranza's federal government; the plan also refused to recognize the results of local elections in the states of
The plan empowered De la Huerta to appoint interim governors in those states that aligned with or were defeated by the Liberal Constitutionalist Army. It called on the state governments to appoint representatives to a junta, which would then select an interim President of the Republic. The interim president would, immediately upon assuming office, call a fresh general election.
Support for the Plan was widespread across the country: more than three-quarters of the
Carranza and a small group of followers were forced to change plans: they would head north on horseback, perhaps to Carranza's home state of Coahuila, where his support might be stronger. On horseback they began a crossing of the Sierra Norte, and, on 20 May, reached the town of Tlaxcalantongo, Puebla. A rebel ambush in the early hours of 21 May 1920, reputedly led by Gen. Rodolfo Herrero, left President Carranza dead, either assassinated by the rebels or by suicide. Carranza's deposition is considered the last coup d'état in Mexican history.[7][8]
Adolfo de la Huerta was appointed interim president. He served from 1 June to 30 November 1920, and was succeeded by Álvaro Obregón, who was elected the constitutional president in September 1920.
References
- ^ Barbara Tenenbaum, "Plan of Agua Prieta" in Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, vol. 4, pp. 417-18. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1996.
- ^ John Womack, Jr. "The Mexican Revolution" in Mexico Since Independence, Leslie Bethell, ed. New York: Cambridge University Press 1991, p. 194.
- ^ Dullers, John F.W., Yesterday in Mexico, Austin: University of Texas Press 1961, p. 22.
- ^ Gilly, Adolfo. The Mexican Revolution. New York: The New Press 2005, 321.
- ^ Dulles, Yesterday in Mexico, 33
- ^ Dulles, Yesterday in Mexico, 34.
- ^ "THE LAST COUP D'ÉTAT IN MEXICO, 100 YEARS HENCE". Pulse News Mexico. 21 May 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ^ "EL ÚLTIMO GOLPE MILITAR EN MAYO DE 1920". Relatos e Historias en México. 20 November 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- Historia 3, José de Jesús Nieto López et al., Santillana, México, 2005. (p. 197).
See also
- Mexican Revolution
- Plans in Mexican History