José Inés Salazar

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Jose Ines Salazar was a leading Orozquista General.[1]

Salazar was a native of Casas Grandes, Mexico.

Prior to the Mexican Revolution he was a member of the Partido Liberal Mexicano.[2]

Salazar and Pascual Orozco were involved in arms running in 1909.

In 1911 Salazar was one of the leading Northern Mexican supporters of Francisco Vazquez Gomez.[3] In 1912 as part of their campaign of "Mexico for Mexicans" Orozco and Salazar ordered the Mormons to leave their colonies in Chihuahua and Sonora.[4][5] This was part of his 1912 rebellion in collaboration with Emilio Campa as a result of Madero's failure to give Salazar an appointment as the police commissioner in Casas Grande.[6]

In November 1913 General Salvador Mercado commanded Salazar to lead a force against Francisco Villa who had just taken Ciudad Juarez. They began a battle on Nov 23rd. In this battle Salazar had superior artillery. On the morning of November 24th Salazar's army was overwhelmed by a coordinated attack between Villa's cavalry and Rodolfo Fierro's exploding of materials in the army's rear. This was the Battle of Tierra Blanca. [7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ TSHA Online - Texas State Historical Association
  2. ^ Knight, Alan. The Mexican Revolution p. 293
  3. ^ Hector Aguilar Camin, Lorenzo Meyer. In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution: Contemporary Mexican History, 1910-1989 p. 23
  4. ^ El Paso Times - Mormons contributed to city history
  5. ^ Orson Pratt Brown - Life, Times, Family
  6. ^ Knight. The Mexican Revolution p. 293
  7. ^ Eiseonhower, John S. D. Intervention: The United States and The Mexican Revolution, 1913-1917", p. 57-58

[edit] External links

Cartoon of Salazar fighting "Uncle Sam" http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/revolutionarymexico/images6.html