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Porfírio Díaz begins his second term as president of México and modifies the constitution to stay in power
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Brothers Ricardo and Enríque Flores Magón make plans in El Paso for an anarchist movement; the plan fails
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Díaz runs for reelection but when Francisco I. Madero enters the race, he has Madero put in jail and wins the election
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Madero’s troops, under the direction of Francisco “Pancho” Villa and Pascual Orozco, attack federal troops in Ciudad Juárez as hundreds of El Pasoans watch from rooftops and train cars; this Battle of Juárez lasts for three days
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Emiliano Zapata drafts the Plan de Ayala that denounces Madero, recognizes Orozco as the leader of the revolution, and calls for land reform
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Venustiano Carranza drafts a Plan de Guadalupe that accuses Huerta of restoring a dictatorship and committing treason
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Villa and Zapata break from Carranza and continue to challenge him
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A new Mexican Constitution is drafted and Carranza is elected president
