AMLO published a book about the life of Catarino Erasmo Garza

The general Catarino Erasmo Garza Rodríguez He is a revolutionary originally from Tamaulipaslittle known, and with whom the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has declared that he feels identified; He even wrote a book about his life.

Garza Rodriguez He was a precursor of the movement revolutionary of 1910, as he opposed the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz and suffered persecution by that government, which forced him to go into exile in Central America.

During a battle on an island Bull’s mouthsin Panama, the general lost his life, and his remains were deposited in a common grave.

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At the beginning of 2016, being an opponent and two years before he won the Presidency of the RepublicLópez Obrador published the book Catarino Erasmo Garza Rodríguez Revolutionary or bandit?where he indicated that he sought to make known the life of a revolutionary forgotten that he confronted Díaz and called for his overthrow 18 years before he did so Francisco I. Maderoin 1910.

In March of that same year, when leading an informational assembly by Morena in Bravo RiverTamaulipas, López Obrador manifested who felt identified with the military.

In response to a specific question from journalists about whether He identified with the generalthe current President of the Republic answered Yes, because he was an exceptional character who organized a revolutionary movement in Texas. He then he was chased by the Americansby the Texas Rangers and the Mexican Army, and disappeared.

Lopez Obrador qualified as “very interesting and fascinating” the life, struggle and history of Catarino Garza.

On January 17, in his morning conferenceLópez Obrador highlighted the life and work of the general, to report that his government was beginning the search for his remains for his repatriation.

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“We are now searching in Bocas del Toro, Panama, for a hero anonymous, extraordinary, revolutionarywho called on the people of Mexico to take up arms against the Porfirista dictatorship 18 years before Francisco I. Madero did, is called Catarino Garza.

“It is a beautiful story, of a man with convictions, northerner, born in Matamoros, but lived on the border, especially in the Laredo area. He married a mexican–United States. I wrote a book about him, it’s called the book Catarino Garza, Revolutionary or Bandit?, because you see that before, everyone who fought for justice was considered a bandit.

“And they bury him in a common grave, he is buried, and now we are doing the investigation and we have already identified where it is, and the relatives of the [general] “They allowed the tests to be done to see about the genes and we want to pay tribute and bring him to Mexico.”