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After a military career under President [[Porfirio Díaz]] and Interim President [[Francisco León de la Barra]], Huerta became a high-ranking officer during the presidency of Madero during the first phase of the [[Mexican Revolution]] (1911–13). In February 1913, Huerta joined a conspiracy against Madero, who entrusted him to control a revolt in Mexico City. The [[Ten Tragic Days]] – actually fifteen days – saw the forced resignation of Madero and his vice president and their murders. The coup was backed by the nascent [[German Empire]] as well as the [[United States]] under the [[William Howard Taft|Taft administration]]. But the succeeding [[Woodrow Wilson|Wilson administration]] refused to recognize the new regime which had come to power by coup. The U.S. allowed arms sales to rebel forces. Many foreign powers did recognize the regime, including Britain and Germany, but withdrew further support when revolutionary forces started to show military success against the regime; their continuing support of him threatened their own relationships with the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]].
Huerta's government resisted the U.S. incursion into the port of Veracruz that violated Mexico's sovereignty. Even Huerta's opponents agreed with his stance. The Constitutionalist Army, the forces of the northern coalition opposing Huerta, defeated the Federal Army. Huerta was forced to resign in July 1914 and flee the country to Spain,<ref>John Eisenhower,
His supporters were known as ''Huertistas'' during the Mexican Revolution. He is still vilified as a traitor by modern-day Mexicans, who generally refer to him as ''El Chacal'' ("The Jackal") or ''El Usurpador'' ("The Usurper").<ref>McCartney, Laton. ''The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country'', Random House, Inc., 2008, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdHi6ilyqk8C&dq=Victoriano+Huerta+Jackal&pg=RA1-PA1900 p. 1901].</ref>
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While in the US he negotiated with Capt. [[Franz von Rintelen]] of German Navy Intelligence for money to purchase weapons and arrange [[U-boat]] landings to provide support, while offering (perhaps as a bargaining chip) to make war on the US, which Germany hoped would end munitions supplies to the Allies.<ref>Tuchman, Barbara W. ''The Zimmermann Telegram'' (New York: NEL Mentor, 1967), pp. 73-4.</ref> Their meetings, held at the [[Hotel Manhattan|Manhattan Hotel]] (as well as another New York hotel, "probably the Holland House" at Fifth Avenue and 30th Street),<ref name="Tuchman, p.73">Tuchman, p. 73.</ref> were observed by [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]]men, and von Rintelen's telephone conversations were routinely intercepted and recorded.<ref name="Tuchman, p.73"/>
Huerta traveled from New York by train to [[Newman, New Mexico|Newman]], [[New Mexico]] ({{convert|25
==Legacy==
In the historiography of Mexico, Victoriano Huerta is the "demon" of the Mexican Revolution, against whom all others are measured.<ref>LaFrance, David. "Victoriano Huerta" in ''Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture'', vol. 3, p. 216. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1996</ref> Diverse factions and interests in Mexico came together against the Huerta regime, including the Zapatistas in Morelos and the Constitutionalists in northern Mexico under Venustiano Carranza. Once Huerta was ousted, the loose coalition fell apart and Mexico was plunged into a civil war between the winners. Germany's backing of Huerta weakened their influence in Mexico while the hostility of the United States to the regime increased it. Although U.S. business interests had hoped that President Wilson would recognize the Huerta government, they realized he would not and began aligning themselves with different revolutionary factions.<ref>Katz, ''The Secret War in Mexico'', p. 566.</ref> One historian argues that Huerta's regime was not as conservative or reactionary as portrayed, arguing that he did not attempt to "reincarnate" the Age of Díaz. "Huerta and his advisors both realized the days of Díaz were gone forever. They did not attempt to stem the new energies and forces unleashed in 1910; rather they attempted to moderate them."<ref>Meyer, Michael C. ''Huerta: A Political Portrait''. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1972, pp. 369-70</ref> In general, however, his regime is seen as a repudiation of democracy and Huerta himself an iron-fisted authoritarian. Despite efforts in Mexico to redress the exclusion of Andrés Molina Enríquez from the pantheon of Mexican revolutionaries
==In popular culture==
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* {{cite book |last= Caballero, Raymond |title= Pascual Orozco, ¿Héroe y traidor? |publisher= Siglo XXI Editores |place= México, D.F. |year= 2020 }}
* {{cite book | first = Raymond | last = Caballero | title = Lynching Pascual Orozco, Mexican Revolutionary Hero and Paradox| publisher = Create Space | year = 2015 | isbn = 978-1514382509 }}
* Henderson, Peter V. N.
https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3131&context=gradschool_disstheses
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