Práxedis Guerrero
Práxedis G. Guerrero | |
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Mexican Liberal Party (PLM) | |
Years of service | 10 |
Rank | General |
Práxedis Gilberto Guerrero Hurtado (28 August 1882 – 30 December 1910) was a
Biography
Guerrero was originally from Los Altos de Ibarra near León, Guanajuato, where his parents owned a hacienda. After finishing his secondary schooling, he began working as a labourer. In 1899 he submitted his first articles to the newspapers El Heraldo Comercial and El Despertador. In 1901,
In 1903 he began to read newspapers that opposed the ongoing dictatorship of
In 1904 he relocated to the
In addition to Alba Roja, Guerrero worked on other papers, including Revolución (1908) and Punto Rojo (1909), which had a weekly print-run of 10,000 copies in El Paso, Texas, and joined its voice to calls for a general strike;[2] he also contributed to Regeneración, published by the Flores Magón brothers. He was a member of the Mexican Liberal Party (PLM) and fought in the party's military campaigns.
In September 1910, Regeneración published the stories of three 1908 revolutionary episodes, in which Guerrero described PLM attacks on the settlements of Las Vacas (modern-day
The liberal opposition to Díaz's regime finally declared open rebellion on 20 November 1910, under
On 22 December, some 30 revolutionaries led by Guerrero entered Mexico through
Guerrero took the town of Corralitos on 27 December and, the following day (unsuccessfully) demanded the surrender of
That same day, however, Práxedis Guerrero was killed. The circumstances of his death are unclear, and there are at least three different versions of the incident. Ethel Duffy Turner claims he was shot by one of his men who confused Guerrero with a spy as he was gaining higher ground to conduct reconnaissance; Martínez Nuñez says Guerrero was shot in the right eye while climbing onto a roof to repel an attack by federal forces; while Enrique Flores Magón reports that Guerrero was shot in the forehead while explaining the ideals of the PLM to the assembled townsfolk.
Legacy
In Chihuahua, Práxedis Guerrero has
See also
References
- ^ Chantal López & Omar Cortés. "Cronología de Práxedis Gilberto Guerrero". Retrieved 2008-10-24.
- ^ Torres Pares, Javier. "El Partido Liberal Mexicano, el Movimiento Obrero y la Frontera (1900-1912)", Revista El Chamizal, No. 11, UACJ, Dec. 1991.
- ^ (in Spanish) Las Vacas, Viesca, Palomas: original articles by Guerrero
- ISBN 970-9815-00-8., p. 54.
External links
- Artículos de combate, Chantal López & Omar Cortés (eds.), 1977.
- Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery, Documental by Walter Dominguez about Práxedis Guerrero.