Victoriano Huerta: Enter The Villain

A look at any interesting story involving heroes and villains

, always includes some clear cut motivations and strong intentions. While some villains are universally frowned upon, some villains are also heroes to the people of similar agendas. A great deal of effort, one would think, goes into creating a reputation for oneself that is so tarnished, that a whole century of citizenry despises you. Well impressively, just such a man can be found in Victorian Huerta, the elected President of Mexico, at the time of the Mexican Revolution. He became so hated that even today he is still known as The Jackel or 'El Chacal' to the people of the country.

Before his impact on Mexico's history can be understood, it's important to know who he was. Victoriano was born in 1850 in the state of Jalisco and while little is known about his childhood, he learned to read and write very early on. At the age of nineteen he was selected as the personal secretary of a major general in the army; he was ambitious and his career prospects looked good. Huerta was enrolled in the National Military Academy in 1872, with the aid of Liberal President Benito Juarez.

When Porfirio Diaz took over the presidency in 1876, the military found themselves serving a large role as their leader became more and more dictatorial. Huerta rose to the rank of general during this time, and helped to quash rebels like Emiliano Zapata and others; however, when the President was overthrown in 1910 and the Revolution began, Victoriano was innocuously reforming the army's uniforms and was far away from the initial action.

The new President, Francisco Madero, retained Huerta to help quash revolts against the new regime. However, despite initially pledging his allegiance to the new leader, Victoriano secretly plotted against him. He joined forces with the U.S ambassador, Henry Wilson; cashiered general Bernardo Reyes and Felix Diaz, who was Porfirio's nephew. Together, they engineered a successful coup d'etat against the government which came to be known as the Ten Tragic Days, a bloody and confused fight in the streets of Mexico City.

He managed to give a coup a very thin look of legitimacy, by using a loophole in Mexico's constitution (1813), and he deposed and killed Madero and his Vice-President. The United States even retaliated with hostilities, when he established a military dictatorship as soon as he gained power. Unsuited to navigating such hostile political territory, Francisco's popularity waned, and he was seen as a weak leader with poor political skills. Nonetheless, his violent betrayal and death was met with riots and enraptured the country. He was the Revolution's martyr and Victoriano, is still seen as a villain (serving the country as President for only one year)..

by: Robert Nickel

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