José Inés Salazar

Jose Ines Salazar was a leading Orozquista General. [ [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/OO/for8.html TSHA Online - Texas State Historical Association ] ]

Salazar was a native of Casas Grandes, Mexico.

Prior to the Mexican Revolution he was a member of the Partido Liberal Mexicano. [Knight, Alan. "The Mexican Revolution" p. 293]

Salazar and Pascual Orozco were involved in arms running in 1909.

In 1911 Salazar was one of the leading Northern Mexican supporters of Francisco Vazquez Gomez. [ Hector Aguilar Camin, Lorenzo Meyer. "In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution: Contemporary Mexican History, 1910-1989" p. 23 ] In 1912 as part of their campaign of "Mexico for Mexicans" Orozco and Salazar ordered the Mormons to leave their colonies in Chihuahua and Sonora. [ [http://www.elpasotimes.com/opinion/ci_6979476 El Paso Times - Mormons contributed to city history ] ] [ [http://www.orsonprattbrown.com/Angela/Gustavo/taylor-chronology.html Orson Pratt Brown - Life, Times, Family ] ] This was part of his 1912 rebellion in collaboration with Emilio Campa as a result of Madero's failure to give Salazar an appointment as the police commissioner in Casas Grande. [ Knight. "The Mexican Revolution" p. 293]

In November 1913 General Salvador Mercado commanded Salazar to lead a force against Francisco Villa who had just taken Ciudad Juarez. They began a battle on Nov 23rd. In this battle Salazar had superior artillery. On the morning of November 24th Salazar's army was overwhelmed by a coordinated attack between Villa's cavalry and Rodolfo Fierro's exploding of materials in the army's rear. This was the Battle of Tierra Blanca. [Eiseonhower, John S. D. "Intervention: The United States and The Mexican Revolution, 1913-1917", p. 57-58]

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*Cartoon of Salazar fighting "Uncle Sam" http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/revolutionarymexico/images6.html