While many accused Carranza of being power hungry he also lusted after peace. In the pursuit of civil rest he formed the Constitutional Army and a new constitution into which he accepted many of the rebel demands. The official end of the Mexican Revolution is often taken to be the creation of the Constitution of Mexico in , however the fighting continued long into the following decade. Ultimately while the Mexican Revolution was aimed at ensuring a fairer way of life for the farming classes, many argue it achieved little more than the frequent change of leadership in the country.
It was only in when the Mexican ex-presidents stood on the stage of the Mexico City Zocalo to show their support to Britain and America in the Second World War, that the citizens of Mexico saw their first glimmer of political solidarity and a country finally united.
Obregon did nothing, so Villa decided to start a media campaign and wrote letters to El Universal newspaper in Canutillo. This was a bit unusual since Villa said he was trying to lead a quiet private life. Villa writing Obregon and asking for his help in stopping Herrera was also strange in the fact that Obregon had defeated Villa at Celaya and they had been enemies during the revolution.
The latter is probably why Villa would even inform the president of assassination attempts. Obregon finally did reply, three weeks later. In July , Villa was making a trip by car to the village of Rio Florido, where he would become the godfather of the child of a friend. The trip would take about a day or so. Ever since he had moved to Canutillo, Villa never went anywhere without his escort of his fifty guards.
However, on this trip, his secretary Trillo, told Villa that it was getting too expensive to constantly take his entire escort. Villa agreed, and only took four men who could fit in his car, alongside Villa, Trillo, and his driver.
Villa had now fallen in love with his automobile and loved to go riding. Eventhough Herrera had stopped his public warnings to Villa, the former revolutionary leader was still cautious. Once he would arrive in Parral, he had no worries since there were hundreds of federal troops under the command of his friend, Colonel Felix Lara.
As they drove through Parral, on July 10, neither Villa nor his four escorts noticed that several rifles were aimed at him and his car from the windows of an apartment at the corner of Benito Juarez and Gabino Barrera streets. No shots were fired this day as when his car reached the intersection; hundreds of kids ran out of a nearby school. The rifles were pulled back to wait for another opportunity. Then days later, on July 20, , Villa was on his way back home after having visited some friends and one of his former wives.
Villa sent word to Lara to send him three cheeses. This was code for the three-armed escorts who were to meet Villa on the outskirts of Parral. A devout vegetarian and teetotaler, he followed homeopathy and spiritualism, once declaring he "channeled" the spirit of former Mexican President Benito Juarez.
Although initially unsuccessful, he published an influential political newspaper, El Democrata. As Election Day in neared, it became clear that Madero would win. Madero was soon bailed out of jail and escaped to Texas, where he issued the "Plan of San Luis Potosi," declaring the election null and void and calling for armed revolution. Madero returned to lead an unsuccessful attack on a military garrison, but the effort gained the respect of the rebels, who recognized Madero as the leader of the revolution.
On November 6, , Madero was elected president of Mexico. However, the next 15 months proved difficult, with serious political opposition from remnants of the old-guard regime and the military. Politically naive, Francisco Madero couldn't meld democratic ideals with old-guard politics.
A power struggle ensued between Madero and the military. Madero was arrested on February 18, , and he was executed four days later. Huerta then turned on his fellow conspirators and made himself president. Today, Madero is seen as a hero and the father of the Mexican Revolution.
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