Toribio Ortega Ramírez

Toribio Ortega

Toribio Ortega in 1913

Toribio Ortega Ramírez (1870–1914) was a leading general in the Mexican Revolution. He was born on April 16, 1870, in Coyame, Iturbide district, in the State of Chihuahua.

Family[]

Mexican revolutionaries- (left to right) General Rodolfo Fierro, Pancho Villa, General Toribio Ortega and Colonel Juan Medina

On November 14, 2011, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez visited Cuchillo Parado, Mexico, for a celebration in honor of Ortega, her great-grandfather.^{[citation needed]}

Mexican Revolution[]

Ortega held the rank of general in the Mexican Revolution.^[1] Ortega was one of the first to revolt against Porfirio Díaz on November 14, 1910.^[2]

Notes[]

^ REBELS SHELL OJINAGA.; Slowly Gaining Ground by Virtue of Artillery and Numbers New York Times January 1, 1914
^ Susana Martinez, New Mexico Governor, Releases Evidence On Her Grandparents' Immigration Status

Bibliography[]

NARANJO, Francisco (1935). Diccionario biográfico Revolucionario (Imprenta Editorial "Cosmos" ed.).

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[1] REBELS SHELL OJINAGA.; Slowly Gaining Ground by Virtue of Artillery and Numbers New York Times January 1, 1914

[2] Susana Martinez, New Mexico Governor, Releases Evidence On Her Grandparents' Immigration Status

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