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Obregon Elected President: Mexican General Wins Over Opponents
Mexico City, Sept. General Alvaro Obregon won decisively in the contest for president of Mexico yesterday, according to scattered unofficial advices. Portsmouth, England, Sept. 9. The trades union congress, representing 2,500,000 workers adopted a resolution today expressing horror and indignation at the government's course in the McSweeney case and declaring labor would hold the government responsible if he dies.
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Álvaro Obregón
De la Huerta rebellion, 1923–1924
In 1923, Obregón endorsed Plutarco Elías Calles for president in the 1924 election in which Obregón was not eligible to run. Finance Minister Adolfo de la Huerta, who had served as interim president in 1920 before he stepped down after the election of Obregón, joined a rebellion against Obregón and his chosen successor, Calles. Over half of the army joined De la Huerta's rebellion, with many of Obregón's former comrades in arms turning against him.
Wikipedia →Plutarco Elías Calles
Plutarco Elías Calles served as the 47th president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. After the assassination of Álvaro Obregón, Calles founded the Institutional Revolutionary Party and held unofficial power as Mexico's de facto leader from 1929 to 1934, a period known as the Maximato.
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Re-election and assassination
Obregón won the 1928 Mexican presidential election, but months before assuming the presidency, he was assassinated. Two of Obregón's oldest allies, General Arnulfo R. Gómez and General Francisco Serrano, opposed his re-election. Serrano launched an anti-Obregón rebellion and was ultimately assassinated.
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