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MEXICAN REVOLUTION TIMELINE 1884 y Porfírio Díaz begins his second term as president of México and modifies the constitution to stay in power Teaching Guide /chtl ? 2010 1893 y Victor Ochoa, El Paso, TX, editor of Hispano-Americano, launches a revolutionary movement against Díaz—the first Mexican American to do so 1896 y After inspiring several uprisings along México’s northern border, Teresita Urrea (la Santa de Cabora) is banished by the Díaz government and comes to El Paso in exile 1906 y Brothers Ricardo and Enríque Flores Magón make plans in El Paso for an anarchist movement (known as Magonistas); the plan fails 1908 y The Magonistas (now also called the Partido Liberal Mexicano) make a second plan to take over Ciudad Juárez; this plan also fails y In an interview with American Journalist James Creelman, Díaz announces that he will retire at the end of his term because México is ready to hold free elections 1909 y U.S. President William Taft meets with Díaz in El Paso DíAZ 1910 y Díaz runs for reelection but when Francisco I. Madero enters the race, he has Madero put in jail and wins the election y Madero escapes to San Antonio, TX, where he drafts the Plan of San Luis Potosí that calls for the overthrow of the Díaz regime. y The Revolution begins with insurrections in several states in northern México (November 20); over the next decade thousands of Mexicans flee to El Paso and the U.S. 1911 MADERO 1912 y Madero establishes his headquarters of the revolution in offices 507-508 of the Caples Building in El Paso (January) y Madero establishes a provisional capital of México in an adobe building near the present-day site of Monument Marker #1 in El Paso (April) y Madero’s troops, under the direction of Francisco “Pancho” Villa and Pascual Orozco, attack federal troops in Ciudad Juárez as hundreds of El Pasoans watch from rooftops and train cars; this Battle of Juárez lasts for three days (May 8-10) y Having lost in Juárez, Díaz resigns and flees to Paris, France