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Francisco I. Madero, Sr. father of Francisco I. Madero, Jr., recently murdered President of Mexico and Rafael Hernandez. brother-in-law and cousin of the late President and who was his Secretary of the Interior arrived on March 7, 1913 from Vera Cruz aboard the Ward steamship Mexico according to this New York Times article of the following day: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9906E1D9133BE633A... Madero, Sr., was 64 at this time, and his son bore a remarkable family resemblance judging by the photograph of the son in this wikipedia artile: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_I._Madero Francisco I. Madero, Sr., also appears in the following group portrait as subject number 12, with his son the President as subject number 5: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2536794768/in/p... Other Bain collection photographs in this photostream relevant to President Madero are here: www.flickr.com/search/?q=madero&w=8623220@N02

great shot

Is this a grieving mood? His two sons (Gustavo and Francisco) were slain two weeks before.

I don't see the parents smiling. Maybe Raefel Hernandez was just in an award moment. We were'nt there so how can you comment on their mood. His wife Mercedes is looking at him very concerened

#5 is Francisco Ignacio Madero, President of Mexico 1911-1913. The caption says "F. I. Madero" and the photo is a match for the one in the Wikipedia article.

#3 in the photograph is Venustiano Carranza. I haven't heard of the Carrenas name in Mexico, unless it could be Carreñas. Yet, when I saw who the person was, no doubt, his beard and eyeglasses says it all... he is Venustiano Carranza. When president Madero (#5 in the photograph) and Pino Suarez are assasinated by Huerta (not in the picture), Venustiano Carranza declares war against Huerta on the inconstitutionality of the coup d'etat. His army was known as the Carrancistas or the Ejercito Constitucionalista (Constitutionalist Army). He also became president but was also assasinated.

tolteca_pilo: Thank you for the additional information! We will edit the source data to reflect that #3 appears to be Venustiano Carranza and then reload the description to Flickr.

After writing my first comment I learned a new fact. According to Taibo, biographer of Pancho Villa, this is one of two similar photographs. Both are the same, only difference is that Pancho Villa appears in one. No one knows why he dissappeared for the second photo.

muy interesante la colección de fotos sobre el moviento de la Revolución Mexicana...! He posteado algunos tags como referencia, exito!