Toribio Ortega Ramírez

Toribio Ortega
Toribio Ortega in 1913

Toribio Ortega Ramírez (16 April 1870–1914) was a leading general in the Mexican Revolution. He was born on 16 April 1870, in Coyame, Iturbide district, in the State of Chihuahua.

Family

Mexican revolutionaries- (left to right) General Rodolfo Fierro, Pancho Villa, General Toribio Ortega and Colonel Juan Medina

On November 14, 2011, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez visited Cuchillo Parado, Mexico, for a celebration in honor of Ortega, her great-grandfather.[citation needed]

Mexican Revolution

Ortega held the rank of general in the Mexican Revolution.[1] Ortega was one of the first to revolt against Porfirio Díaz on November 14, 1910.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ REBELS SHELL OJINAGA.; Slowly Gaining Ground by Virtue of Artillery and Numbers New York Times January 1, 1914
  2. ^ Susana Martinez, New Mexico Governor, Releases Evidence On Her Grandparents' Immigration Status

Bibliography

  • NARANJO, Francisco (1935). Diccionario biográfico Revolucionario (Imprenta Editorial "Cosmos" ed.).


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