victorianohuerta

Victoriano Huerta, President of Mexico, remembered as "The Jackal" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriano_Huerta

The wide-angle view:

Infrogmation: Thank you for the details about Huerta. Wystan: Thanks for catching the related image. We will update the description of both images.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriano_Huerta

Per Wikipedia: "He went into exile, first traveling to Kingston, Jamaica, aboard the German cruiser SMS Dresden.[8] From there, he moved to the UK, then Spain, and arrived in the United States in April 1915." This shot is probably his arrival by ship in New York on April 12, 1915 aboard the Spanish liner Antonio Lopez. Another Bain Collection shot of this group, not yet posted to Flickr, is at www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b44080/ A third shot of this scene is at www.flickr.com/photos/elaguila/4001612349/ A New York Times article about the arrival notes that he was accompanied by Jose C. Delgado, his private secretary of 10 years, and Abraham C. (sometmes "Z") Ratner, a business/financial adviser and/or friend and of Huerta. Delgado and Ratner are probably the other men in the photo. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D03E2DE153EE033A... On a genealogical site, a descendent of Ratner states: "Hi, Abraham Ratner, who arrived at Ellis Island from Russia in 1894 at age 16 was my grandfather, Abraham Zalko Ratner, b. 1877, St. Petersburg, d. 1919 NY. He is the same Abraham Ratner who arrived in 1897 from Mexico (he had settled in Tampico) and later again in 1904 and 1907 (record says Abraham E, but it was he. He eventually left Mexico in 1914 and went to Spain with exPresident Huerta and then they came to the US in 1915, but there is no Ellis Island record of that." boards.ancestry.com.au/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=10&p... More details on Ratner's life are found here: www.woolletthistory.co.uk/gedmill/indiI2443.html

His granddaughter, Flickr user MFSW Flicker, has posted another shot of Abraham Z. Ratner:

Edgar Z. Steever was promoted to Brig. General in August 1912 and Gen. Huerta became president of Mexico in Feb 1913. The titles given in the caption suggests photo between those dates. Joaquín Téllez was governor of the Mexican state of Sonora.

Found a similar version of this photo in El Paso Herald issue september 12, 1912 (Library of Congress, newspapers, Cronicling America). Above is written: "United States and Mexican Army Officer On The Border"; below: "Left to right, those in the photgraph are: Gen. Victoriano Huerta commanding the army of northern Mexico, Gen. E. Z. Steever, U. S. , commanding the Department of Texas. and The United States border guard; Col. Frank West commanding the Second Cavalry and Fort Bliss; Gen. Joaquin Tellez, second command of federal army of northern Mexico and Col. D. A. Frederick commanding 22d infantry U.S.A. on American border patrol duty. Dr. Roberto Duarte

The El Paso herald., September 06, 1912, Page 5 reported that Gen. Victoriano Huerta, Gen. Joaquin Tellez and others paid a visit to Gen. E. Z. Steever. Steever visited Huerta in Juarez a few days before, see El Paso herald., September 05, 1912, Image 1, Col. 4.

Another photo of Steever:

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