Gustavo A. Madero

Gustavo A. Madero

Gustavo Adolfo Madero also known to many as "Ojo Pardo" (1875 – 18 February 1913), born in Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila, Mexico, was a participant in the Mexican Revolution against Porfirio Díaz along with other members of his wealthy family.

Madero's brother, Francisco I. Madero, was president of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. During the coup d'état in Mexico City known as La decena trágica ("the ten tragic days"), Gustavo Madero was killed after being tortured in 1913 by order of Victoriano Huerta and U.S. ambassador Henry Lane Wilson.

A borough in Mexico City is named after Gustavo A. Madero

Read more about Gustavo A. Madero:  Mexican Revolution, The Ten Tragic Days, References in Popular Culture