Carranza, Venustiano, 1859-1920; Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1910-1946
The disturbers of Huejotzingo are a certain Luis Pinto and his
brother. They own real estate and small houses to the amount of may
be Three Thousand Dollars each, in that locality. They put on airs of
caciques, and have for some time even gone so far as to pretend to
subordinate the local authorities. They have become more overbearing
since the time of Madero.
While Mr. Alberto García Granados was Minister of the Interior, the
referred-to Pinto brothers attempted to overthrow Mr. Enrique Acevedo
from his position as Governor of the Province. Mr. Acevedo has
maintained the peace and well-being in this district ever since he
came into office. As Mr. Granados, owner of the Hacienda de Chagua,
near Huejotzingo, knows Mr. Acevedo, he maintained Mr. Acevedo as
Governor, and the Pinto brothers did not molest him any more until Mr.
Granados resigned the secretaryship.
As Mr. Acevedo is well acquainted with the intrigues of the Pinto
brothers, he has kept them well watched, and they, resenting this,
have hostilized him, to the degree of having trumped up false
accusations against him before the municipality of Puebla. They did
not however, obtain their end, for they were unable to obtain his
removal, though he was for a time suspended from office, much to the
regret of the honest contingent of Huejotzingo. The Mayor replaced him
during this time.
On the other hand, Mr. Ramon Vargas, Judge of the Primary Court of
Claims of Huejotzingo, has been for three months working unceasingly
to put to date all pending cases, which had been accumulating, due to
the fact that his predecessors, partly due to indifference and partly
to fear of the Revolution, often absented themselves, abandoning their
offices. Among those who most distinguished themselves of these last
mentioned, was a certain Felipe Ramirez, whose wife is a Huejotzingo
woman, on which account he was of course interested in holding that
position in Huejotzingo. The mother of the lady in question also found
a way to take advantage of the situation, and arranged things so that
those who wished their cases attended to, had to have a recommendation
from her, if they wanted a favorable judgment. For this she was of
course paid a certain sum, and she managed to derive quite a fine
income.
This by-play came to the knowledge of Mr. García Granados, and he
managed to obtain the Puebla Municipality to offer the Judge Felipe
Ramirez to transfer him to Matamoros, which offer he declined, staying
in Huejotzingo and exercising his profession of lawyer. This Mr.
Ramirez works in harmony with the Pinto brothers, and the three of
them, openly antagonize Acevedo the Governor, Ramon Vargas, the Judge
and Sidronio Primo, Commissioner of the Ministry, who is an old
employé in this locality and who works together with the other two
last mentioned.
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