His life as a child was tough, he grew up in a poor family in the state of Jalisco. When he was in his teens he joined the army. He was quickly liked by Dictator Porfirio Diaz for his ruthless fighting and being a worthy leader, he was quickly ranked up to General. Diaz then gave his duties to fight the Yaquis and the suppression of Indian uprisings. Huerta later signed up to serve under Francisco Madero and had him take on many tasks including going to the north to fight with Pascual Orozco and the south to deal with Emiliano Zapata fighting with Pancho villa, which lead to Villa thinking Huerta was a drunk who shouldn't run a army.
Huerta later rose to power, he arrested Madero and forced him to sign a resignation. which later than lead to Madero and vice president Pino Suarez were killed for supposably escaping prison, which was false and Huerta most likely planned the killings of Madero and Vice President Pino Suarez. Huerta then became president of Mexico and attempted to be a Dictator trying to be like his role model Porfirio Diaz. While in power his military went downhill, he got defeated by Pancho Villa at the battle of Zacatecas which then lead into him going into exile. While Huerta was in exile he moved around in a lot of different countries like Italy, Spain, and the United States. In 1915 Huerta planned his return as leader of mexico, he was later found in New Mexico and was put into prison. Huerta then died in prison in 1916 from cirrhosis. But some believe he was poisoned by Americans.
Citations: www.biografica.info
http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/presidentsofmexico/a/vhuerta_2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriano_Huerta
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