Juan Gualberto Amaya Explained

Juan Gualberto Amaya
President1:Emilio Portes Gil
Office1:Governor of Durango
Predecessor1:José Aguirre S.
Successor1:José Adolfo Terrones Benítez
Term Start1:1928
Term End1:1930
Birth Date:1887
Birth Place:Santa María del Oro, Durango, Mexico
Death Date:1964 (aged 77)
Death Place:Location Unknown
Allegiance: Constitutionalists
Carrancistas
Branch Label:Branch
Serviceyears:1910–1920
Rank:Brigadier General
Battles:Mexican 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

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Joseph Allen Stout. Border Conflict: Villistas, Carrancistas, and the Punitive Expedition, 1915–1920. TCU Press. 1999. 152. January 13, 2022. 087565200X.
  2. Web site: Gobernadores de Durango de 1800 a 1940 . December 26, 2013 . El Siglo de Torreón. es.
  3. Book: Angel Rivas-Lopez. El Verdadero Pancho Villa. 1970. Lulu.com. 94. January 14, 2022. 1304664341.