- Henry Lane Wilson
Henry Lane Wilson (1857 – 1932) was an American diplomat.
Wilson was born in
Columbus, New Mexico ; he was a witness of the fall of GeneralPorfirio Diaz government. Wilson was one of the main actors in defining theMexican Revolution .He was the US ambassador to
Belgium during the height of theCongo Free State controversy.He knew some important revolutionaries as
Álvaro Obregón ,Venustiano Carranza ,Pancho Villa , andGustavo A. Madero in theMexican Revolution . As a US ambassador to Mexico, he assumed the role of catalyst forFelix Diaz , GeneralVictoriano Huerta and GeneralBernardo Reyes plot against the government of and arranged the murder of PresidentFrancisco I. Madero , during "La decena tragica " (The Ten Tragic Days) in February 1913. He wasUnited States Ambassador under the presidencies ofTheodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) andWilliam Howard Taft (1909-1913). New US PresidentWoodrow Wilson , who was appalled by Wilson's assistance to thecoup d'etat against Madero, dismissed Ambassador Wilson.President Wilson did not immediately appoint a new ambassador to Mexico, rather sending ex-
Minnesota governor John Lind as his personal envoy to report on developments in Mexico.
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