Jump to content

Juan Gualberto Amaya

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Juan Gualberto Amaya
Governor of Durango
In office
1928–1930
PresidentEmilio Portes Gil
Preceded byJosé Aguirre S.
Succeeded byJosé Adolfo Terrones Benítez
Personal details
Born1887
Santa María del Oro, Durango, Mexico
Died1964 (aged 77)
Location Unknown
Military service
Allegiance Constitutionalists
Carrancistas
Branch Mexican Army
Years of service1910–1920
RankBrigadier General
Battles/warsMexican Revolution

Juan Gualberto Amaya (1887–1964) was a Mexican brigadier general and politician who served the Mexican Revolution and was notable for serving in the Third Battle of Torreón and being the former governor of Durango.

Biography

[edit]

Originally from Santa María del Oro, Durango. Since 1913 he joined the forces that rose up in those surroundings against Victoriano Huerta, but his more notable military operations were carried out under the orders of General Francisco Murguía in the campaign against Pancho Villa in the north of the country, between 1917 and 1919. He joined the pronouncement of the Agua Prieta Plan against President Venustiano Carranza.[1] Later on, he was loyal to the government of General Álvaro Obregón, reaching the rank of Brigadier General. He triumphed in the electoral fight to be Governor of Durango from 1928 to 1932, taking office on September 15, 1928.[2][3] However, in March of the following year he adhered to the Hermosillo Plan, acting in agreement with the Chief of Operations in the state, General Francisco Urbalejo, to support General José Gonzalo Escobar, who had spoken in Torreón. He left the government when the Escobar Rebellion failed, in addition to the fact that the federal government ignored his military rank, taking refuge in the United States, where he remained for several years. He returned afterwards and retired to private life. He died in 1964.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Joseph Allen Stout (1999). Border Conflict: Villistas, Carrancistas, and the Punitive Expedition, 1915–1920. TCU Press. p. 152. ISBN 087565200X. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  2. ^ El Siglo de Torreón. "Gobernadores de Durango de 1800 a 1940" (in Spanish). Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  3. ^ Angel Rivas-Lopez (1970). El Verdadero Pancho Villa. Lulu.com. p. 94. ISBN 1304664341. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Naranjo, Francisco (1935). Diccionario biográfico Revolucionario (Imprenta Editorial "Cosmos" ed.). México. ISBN 968-805-293-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)