Raúl Miguel Hidalgo Madero González ( Parras de la Fuente,

Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...

, 16 September 1888 –

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, 8 October 1982 ) was a prominent Mexican revolutionary military and politician, brother of the hero of the

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. He was the brother of Francisco I. Madero and businessman and politician Gustavo A. Madero. After the death of President Francesco Madero, Madero joined the forces of General Francisco Villa, with whom he participated for almost the entire rest of the revolutionary stage. He was governor of

Nuevo León Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...

at this time, and in subsequent years he was governor of

Mexican Revolution

Despite his wealth, in 1910 he joined the revolutionary movement in

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, Texas, headed by his brother Francisco I. Madero, and acted as one of his closest collaborators. In the armed struggle he held the position of secretary treasurer and on 9 February 1911 he was awarded the rank of Major. He fought with the rank of Captain in the Battle of Casas Grandes in mid-April 1911. Accompanying Peppino Garibaldi, and at the head of a column of 800 men, he defeated Lieutenant Colonel Pueblita at Bauche. He participated in the taking of

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in May 1911. Once Francisco I. Madero became president of the country, Raúl held various military commissions; He participated with Francisco Villa in the fight against the split of

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, integrating the Carabineros de

group with 300 men to fight the Orozquista rebellion. With the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he was part of the brigade commanded by his brother Emilio Madero, a

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attached to the Northern Division, which was sent against the Orozquistas under the command of General

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. He was present in the battles of Tlahualilo (9 May) and Conejos (12 May), in

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and those of Rellano, La Cruz, and Bachimba. In Chihuahua, he commanded 10,000 armed men. Together with , Madero obtained a pardon for Villa from his brother, the president, since

had ordered him shot for alleged insubordination. After the assassination of his brother, President Francisco I. Madero, in 1913, Raúl Madero joined the constitutionalist movement headed by

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in San Pedro de las Colonias, the Zaragoza brigade, commanded by Colonel Eugenio Aguirre Benavides. He participated in the Battle of Tierra Blanca, being promoted to Colonel for merits in the campaign. Felipe Ángeles and Francisco Villa, who were fighting against Luís Medina Barrón and Benjamín Argumedo, were also along with Carranza. Madero took Ojinaga on 10 January 1914. He fought in the battle and capture of

Torreón Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Coahuila. The city's population is 720,848 inhabitants, making it the second largest city in the state of Coahuila. Also Torreón is par ...

from 27 March to 2 April of the cited year; in on 17 May , and in the attack and capture of

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on 23 June 1914, destroying the Federal Army. At the Aguascalientes Convention, he was part of the Governance commission and voted against

. When the revolutionary split occurred, he remained at the side of Francisco Villa, incorporated into the forces of General Felipe Ángeles, fighting the carrancistas Antonio Irineo Villarreal and

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in Ramos Arizpe. In 1915 he was interim governor of Coahuila , and of Nuevo León from February to May of the same year. When Villistas forces seized the city of

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in 1915, Villa himself appointed Raúl Madero to govern Nuevo León.

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