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The Plan's stated pretext for rejecting the Carranza administration was a dispute between the federal government and the Sonora state government over control of the waters of the Sonora river, although the underlying reasons were complex. Carranza and the revolutionary generals who controlled the state of Sonora were increasingly in conflict.
Venustiano Carranza, author of the Plan of Guadalupe. In the history of Mexico, the Plan of Guadalupe (Spanish: Plan de Guadalupe) was a political manifesto which was proclaimed on March 26, 1913, by the Governor of Coahuila Venustiano Carranza in response to the reactionary coup d'etat and execution of President Francisco I. Madero, [1] which had occurred during the Ten Tragic Days of ...
In 1920, he aligned himself with fellow Sonoran revolutionary generals Adolfo de la Huerta and Álvaro Obregón to overthrow Carranza under the Plan of Agua Prieta. Carranza had attempted to choose an unknown civilian, Ignacio Bonillas, the Mexican ambassador to the U.S. as his successor. Carranza was forced out of power and died escaping ...
The Escobar Rebellion was the last in a series of rebellions following the end of the Mexican civil war in 1920, when the left wing faction of Plutarco Elías Calles, Álvaro Obregón and Adolfo de la Huerta (collectively known as "The Sonoran Triangle") took control of the federal government from Venustiano Carranza under the Plan of Agua Prieta.
The plan named Carranza as Primer Jefe ("First Chief") of the Constitutional Army. The plan also called for Carranza to become interim president of Mexico, who would then call for a general election, "and will his Authority to whoever may be elected." [25] Carranza's Plan of Guadalupe made no promises of reform.
In mid 1915, the administration of Woodrow Wilson switched from backing Pancho Villa to supporting his opponent, Venustiano Carranza. Villa believed that help rendered by the United States to Carranza at Agua Prieta was the major factor in his defeat. After the defeat of Gen. Victoriano Huerta the revolutionary forces split among themselves.
Rather than First Chief Carranza being named president of Mexico at the convention, General Eulalio Gutiérrez was chosen for a term of 20 days. The convention declared Carranza in rebellion against it. Civil war resumed, this time between revolutionary armies that had fought in a united cause to oust Huerta in 1913–14.
Carranza created the ideal of a poet and a warrior, which became the main guide to life for noblemen. [1] His work on fencing is the beginning of the fighting style in Spain, which lasted almost 300 years. Jerónimo de Carranza, as the founder of destreza, is also called "the pioneer of the science of handling weapons."