Gustavo A. Madero statue.
A martyr
of the Mexican Revolution. |
Gustavo A. Madero, with his brother Francisco I.
Madero, was one of the initiators of the fight against the tyrant Porfirio
Diaz.
Gustavo was born in 1875 in the property of the
Rosary, in the state of Coahuila, in a rich family , who had many propierties
in the Nuevo León and Coahuila states. Gustavo To Madero provided
the money for the campaign of his brother Francisco, during years 1910 and
1911, by the presidency of the republic.
He carried out a very intense a political activity,
since he was the founder of the " Partido Constitucional Progresista "
(Progressive Constitutional Party), that was competing against the regime of
Porfirio Diaz. He also was member of the House of Representatives, he had a
great influence in the decisions of government of his brother Francisco, when
he assumes the presidency of the republic, and he was ambassador of Mexico in
Japan in the year of 1913.
When Gustavo return to Mexico he is witness of the
rebellion armed against the government of his brother on the part of generals
Manuel Mondragón, Felix Diaz and Bernardo Reyes.
The rebellious army seizes of National Palace in the
military quarter named like "the Ciudadela" where 10 days of fight pass, period
that is known like " La Decena Trágica " (The Tragic Ten), which
conclude with the overthrown of the president Ignacio I. Madero.
February 17th Gustavo A. Madero is kidnapped, when he
leaving a restaurant, and taken to the Ciudadela where he is tortured and
finally assassinated next day at dawn. |
