may 21, 1920 - Assassination of Carranza

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By early 1919, General Alvaro Obregón had decided to use his immense popularity to run in the 1920 Mexican presidential elections. Carranza himself announced that we would not participate in these elections, instead endorsing an obscure diplomat, Ignácio Bonillas, planning to use him as his puppet. Near election day, Carranza attempted to arrest Obregon, who fled to the state of Guerrero. General Alfonso De La Huerta announces the Plan of Agua Prieta, a planned insurrection to depose Carranza. The pronunciamento was a success, with over 70% of the Mexican army joining the plan. Carranza refused to surrender and attempted to flee to Veracruz, but was betrayed. He was assassinated on the 21st of May 1920 in the mountains north of Puebla.Marks the de facto end of Mexican Revolution.

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