Práxedes Giner Durán | |
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Governor of Chihuahua | |
In office October 4, 1962 – October 3, 1968 | |
Preceded by | Teófilo Borunda |
Succeeded by | Oscar Flores Sánchez |
Personal details | |
Born | Camargo, Chihuahua [1] | February 15, 1893
Died | May 13, 1978 Chihuahua City, Chihuahua | (aged 85)
Political party |
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Spouse | Honorata Díaz de Bustamante |
Occupation | General officer |
Práxedes Giner Durán (February 15, 1893 – May 13, 1978) was a Mexican military official, politician, and member of the then-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He participated in the Mexican Revolution as a part of Pancho Villa's famed División del Norte and became an icon in his home state. [2] He was the Governor of Chihuahua 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 Ciudad Madera, and ordered that the bodies be buried in a mass grave. [3]
Práxedes Giner Durán | |
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Governor of Chihuahua | |
In office October 4, 1962 – October 3, 1968 | |
Preceded by | Teófilo Borunda |
Succeeded by | Oscar Flores Sánchez |
Personal details | |
Born | Camargo, Chihuahua [1] | February 15, 1893
Died | May 13, 1978 Chihuahua City, Chihuahua | (aged 85)
Political party |
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Spouse | Honorata Díaz de Bustamante |
Occupation | General officer |
Práxedes Giner Durán (February 15, 1893 – May 13, 1978) was a Mexican military official, politician, and member of the then-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He participated in the Mexican Revolution as a part of Pancho Villa's famed División del Norte and became an icon in his home state. [2] He was the Governor of Chihuahua 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 Ciudad Madera, and ordered that the bodies be buried in a mass grave. [3]