Roberto V. Pesqueira Morales (1882 – 1966) was a Mexican politician who was elected twice to the
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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and was commissioned by President
Venustiano Carranza to work as a confidential agent in the
United States and secure
diplomatic recognition to his regime.
Pesqueira was born in
Arizpe, Sonora. His older brother, Ignacio, went on to serve as
Governor of Sonora.
Roberto joined
Francisco I. Madero's Anti-Reelectionist Party in 1910 and was elected federal deputy representing the first district of Sonora in 1913,
but refused to serve in the Chamber of Deputies after the consummation of
Victoriano Huerta's on 20 February 1913, and decided to join the revolutionary forces instead.
He was elected federal deputy once again in 1917 and acquired
oil field
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s some years later. In February 1923 he wrote a letter to President
Álvaro Obregón, alerting him of some irregularities detected in his foreign competitors; in particular, the Huasteca Oil Company.
See also
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Constitutionalists in the Mexican Revolution
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United States–Mexico relations
References
External links
Pesqueira's secret telegram to President Venustiano Carranza(Soumaya Museum, in Spanish).
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Mexican diplomats
People of the Mexican Revolution
People from Sonora
1882 births
1966 deaths
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