Genovevo Rivas Guillén
Genevevo Rivas Guillén (1886–1947) was a Mexican general and provisional Governor of San Luis Potosi. Origin Rivas was born in Rayon, San Luis Potosí in 1886. He joined the revolutionary forces and participated in the Mexican Revolution beginning in 1910, under the command of General Alberto Carrera Torres, where he was ranked lieutenant. Battle of Carrizal On June 21, 1916, during the Punitive Expedition, a column of the U.S. Army under the command of Captain Charles T. Boyd were marching towards Rancho Santo Domingo from Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua, overstepped the geographic limits granted to the Americans when the Mexican government of Venustiano Carranza approved the expedition. Lieutenant Rivas's forces, at the garrison at the nearby town of Carrizal, moved to block them and request their return to the authorized area. Captain Boyd refused, claiming he was pursuing an Army deserter. Rivas requested help from his superior, requesting their return, so Captain Bo ...
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