11 Facts About Aureliano Blanquet

Aureliano Blanquet was a Mexican general in the Federal Army during the Mexican Revolution.

Aureliano Blanquet was a key participant in the coup d'etat during the Ten Tragic Days.

In July 1911 Aureliano Blanquet commanded federal troops stationed in Puebla.

The incident erupted into an all-out battle in which Aureliano Blanquet defeated the Maderistas.

In October 1913 Huerta dissolved the Federal Congress and prepared for a rigged referendum to legitimize himself as the President, with Aureliano Blanquet named as vice-president.

In July 1914, when the Huerta government collapsed, Aureliano Blanquet resigned as vice president, and departed from Mexico with Huerta.

Aureliano Blanquet led the 29th Battalion of 400 men, which he had formerly commanded, plus other remnants of Federal troops dissatisfied with their redundancy payments, against Carrancistas in Puebla.

Aureliano Blanquet captured the city and learned that two Carrancistas agents, brothers Ramon and Raphael Cabrera, were on their way to Puebla to assert the authority of the new government.

Aureliano Blanquet's federals captured the Cabreras and shot them on Aureliano Blanquet's order.

In March 1919, Aureliano Blanquet returned from exile in Cuba to support the Felix Diaz rebellion against Venustiano Carranza.

The Constitutionalist commander General Guadalupe Sanchez had Aureliano Blanquet's head taken to Veracruz for display and photographing.