Jesús Flores Magón

Jesús Flores Magón

Jesús Flores Magón

Jesús Flores Magón (born January 6, 1871 in San Antonio Eloxochitlán in Oaxaca , † December 7, 1930 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican journalist and politician .

Jesus Flores Magon's parents were Margarita Magón and Lieutenant Colonel Teodoro Flores. His siblings were Cipriano (* 1872; † 1872) Ricardo (* 1874; † 1922) and Enrique Flores Magón (* 1877; † 1954).

Jesús Flores Magón lived in Mexico City from childhood, where he worked alongside his studies and later supported his brothers. In 1892 he took part in protests against the rule of Porfirio Díaz . In 1897 he completed his studies with a license to practice law . With his brother Ricardo he founded the magazine Regeneración , which first appeared on August 7, 1900 and identified Jesús Flores Magón as the seat editor. Criticism of the Porfiriat's judicial system, expressed in the newspaper, repeatedly imprisoned Jesús Flores Magón. In 1901, Jesús Flores Magón took part as a delegate to the agreements of the Liberals of San Luis Potosí .

In 1902, Jesús Flores Magón married Clara Hong, reduced his political commitment and was deported from Mexico to the USA, where Jesús Flores Magón did not follow his brothers' path to anarchism .

In 1910 he returned to Mexico and drafted a constitution to overthrow Porfirio Díaz .

In 1911 he published the Mexico City edition of the Regeneración newspaper with Antonio I. Villarreal . While his brothers the issue of Los Angeles of Regeneración laid that anarchism had dedicated themselves.

Francisco Madero appointed Jesús Flores Magón as Minister of Government in his cabinet, where he also served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice from February to November 1912. When he was asked to head the Secretaría de Justicia e Instrucción Pública , Jesús Flores Magón resigned.

At the beginning of Victoriano Huerta's military coup , Jesús Flores Magón was exiled to the United States in February 1913. In 1813, Huerta dissolved parliament and ordered the arrest of around 80 members of parliament on the pretext that they had disregarded the separation of the executive and judiciary. Huerta violated the constitution regarding homeland security , defense, budget and announced that elections would be called on October 26, 1913. On October 30, 1913, the Partido Liberal Mexicano named "Liberal Independiente", Manuel Calero y Sierra as candidate for the presidency and Jesús Flores Magón as candidate for the vice-presidency. Manuel Calero y Sierra was accused of being a traitor by the government of Venustiano Carranza . Therefore, Jesús Flores Magón spent the tenure of Carranza from 1914 to 1920 in the United States of America.

When Jesús Flores Magón returned to Mexico, he practiced the profession of lawyer .

predecessor	Office	successor
Abraham González Casavantes	Secretaría de Gobernación 1912	Rafael Hernández Madero

Individual evidence

1. ^ Charles Curtis Cumberland, Mexican Revolution: the constitutionalist years
2. ↑ On September 30 a number of Liberal leaders persuaded Manuel Calero and Jesus Flores Magon to run as Liberal candidates. At about the same time the so-called Republican Liberals nominated David de la Fuente, según: Albert Shaw, Review of reviews and world's work , The Review of Reviews Corporation, 1913
3. ↑ http://www.centenarios.org.mx/FloresMagonJesus.htm

References

1. ↑ it: Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón
2. ↑ es: Regeneración (periódico)
3. ^ Es : Antonio I. Villarreal
4. ^ Es : Manuel Calero y Sierra