The dark and complex rise and fall of former dictator and Mexican military officer Victoriano Huerta is being portrayed on stage by Mexican actor Alfredo Huereca, winner of the Hispanic ...

Diplomatic relations between the neighboring nations were interrupted when, two days after Taft’s announcement, Gen. Victoriano Huerta, commander of the federal forces, overthrew President ...

Victoriano Huerta: Huerta had been a general under Díaz. After Madero’s assassination in 1913, he became president, but was forced to resign a year after losing the Battle of Zacatecas to the ...

Crispin Sartwell teaches philosophy at the Maryland Institute College of Art. From 1912 to 1913, the military government of Mexico, under Victoriano Huerta, tried with unrestrained brutality to ...

With his administration’s goals achieved in a speedy 45 minutes, Lascuráin promptly resigned, allowing Huerta to take over as leader at around 11:25 p.m. that evening.