El Paso in El Paso County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Victoriano Huerta
Photographed By PaulwC3, July 20, 2013
1. Victoriano Huerta Marker
Inscription.
Victoriano Huerta. . Commander of federal forces during the Mexican Revolution, Victoriano Huerta (b. 1854) became President of Mexico in 1913, after the arrest and before the assassination of Francisco Madero. Huerta resigned a year later and went into exile. In 1915, U.S. agents arrested him in Newman, New Mexico, where he was meeting fellow revolutionary Pascual Orozco. For violating U.S. neutrality laws, Huerta was taken to Fort Bliss and confined. Huerta’s health deteriorated before he could stand trial, and authorities released him to his El Paso home on West Yandell Street. In January 1916, Huerta died and was buried in Concordia Cemetery before being reinterred in Evergreen Cemetery. He is the only former foreign president buried in El Paso.
Commander of federal forces during the Mexican Revolution, Victoriano Huerta (b. 1854) became President of Mexico in 1913, after the arrest and before the assassination of Francisco Madero. Huerta resigned a year later and went into exile. In 1915, U.S. agents arrested him in Newman, New Mexico, where he was meeting fellow revolutionary Pascual Orozco. For violating U.S. neutrality laws, Huerta was taken to Fort Bliss and confined. Huerta’s health deteriorated before he could stand trial, and authorities released him to his El Paso home on West Yandell Street. In January 1916, Huerta died and was buried in Concordia Cemetery before being reinterred in Evergreen Cemetery. He is the only former foreign president buried in El Paso.
Erected 2007 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 13969.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Hispanic Americans. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1916.
Location. 31° 46.441′ N, 106° 26.518′ W. Marker is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County. Marker can be reached from Alameda Avenue (State Highway 20) north of North Washington Street. The marker is located graveside, section M, lot 122, space 4, in the Evergreen Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4301 Alameda Avenue, El Paso TX 79905, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. The Texas Historical Commission has a type of marker specifically for cemeteries. They are mounted flush to the ground on a concrete base for the existing gravestone.
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2013, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,305 times since then and 128 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 30, 2013, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia.
