Práxedes Giner Durán (February 15, 1893 – May 13, 1978) was a Mexican military official, politician, and member of the then-dominant

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(PRI). He participated in the

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as a part of

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's famed

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and became an icon in his home state. He represented Chihuahua's sixth district in the

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from 1928 to 1930 and was the

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from 1962 until 1968. In 1965, while serving as governor, he allegedly ordered the massacre of a group of farmers and teachers who were protesting for land reform in the town of

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, and ordered that the bodies be buried in a mass grave.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Giner Duran, Praxedes 1893 births 1978 deaths Governors of Chihuahua (state) Politicians from Chihuahua (state) Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Mexican military personnel People of the Mexican Revolution 20th-century Mexican politicians People from Camargo, Chihuahua