Emilio Ivan Kosterlitzky was a Russian-born Mexican colonel during the Mexican Revolution.
18 Facts About Emilio Kosterlitzky
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Emilio Kosterlitzky had served in the Mexican Apache Wars and Yaqui Wars.
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Emilio Kosterlitzky is most noted for being the commander of the Mexican Rurales, or border police, during the late 19th century.
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Emil Kosterlitzky was born on 16 November 1853, in Moscow, to a German mother and Russian Cossack father.
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Emilio Kosterlitzky was noted for his language ability; he spoke nine languages: Russian, Polish, Spanish, French, Italian, English, German, Danish, and Swedish.
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Kosterlitzky then travelled to the Mexican state of Sonora, where he changed his name to Emilio and joined the Mexican Army.
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Emilio Kosterlitzky became known to the American troops, who called him the "Mexican Cossack".
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In 1885, Emilio Kosterlitzky was appointed commander of the Gendarmeria Fiscal, the customs guard for the Mexican government, by President Porfirio Diaz.
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Emilio Kosterlitzky, who was in charge of many Mexican soldiers, had chased the Teresitas out of Nogales with the help of the US 24th Infantry Regiment, under Brigadier General Frank Wheaton.
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In 1910, Emilio Kosterlitzky had clashed forces with Emil Lewis Holmdahl, who was an American mercenary.
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Holmdahl had previously worked for Diaz as a captain in the rurales, which Emilio Kosterlitzky was in command of, as a security guard for the American railway operating near Mazatlan.
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Emilio Kosterlitzky had plans to capture Tepic, but failed after his men had betrayed him and was lured to an ambush.
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In 1913, Emilio Kosterlitzky was commanding a force of 400 men in Northern Mexico to help stop actions of Venustian Carranza and Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution.
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Emilio Kosterlitzky's remaining soldiers had retreated to the border and surrendered to the American garrison of Nogales, Arizona.
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Emilio Kosterlitzky was jailed until 1914, when he, his wife, Francisca, and two daughters moved to Los Angeles, California.
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Emilio Kosterlitzky resigned from the FBI on 4 September 1926.
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Emilio Kosterlitzky returned to Mexico in 1927, to investigate a plot against the government of the state of Baja California.
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Emilio Kosterlitzky died in Los Angeles on 2 March 1928, and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles.