Succeeded by Alvaro Obregón, this opponent of Victoriano Huerta had problems consolidating his rule due to his more radical associates, Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.
This man's rule was secured by the victory at the Battle of Celaya. At the end of his term in office, he campaigned for the election of Ignacio Bonillas and tried to steal some of the treasury, but was killed while fleeing to Veracruz. He was serving as governor of Coahuila when he first chose to rebel, and he was the military leader of the Constitutionalist Army, which campaigned to displace the assassin of his former confederate Francisco Madero. He successfully maintained World War I neutrality, but he frustrated the United States by opposing Pershing's incursion. Succeeded by Alvaro Obregón, this opponent of Victoriano Huerta had problems consolidating his rule due to his more radical associates, Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. For 10 points, name this rebel against Porfirio Díaz who became the first president of the Mexican Republic.
This man's rule was secured by the victory at the Battle of Celaya.
Venustiano {Carranza}