Juan Bautista Vargas Arreola Military person

Juan Bautista Vargas Arreola (June 24, 1890 – December 13, 1947) was a celebrated Mexican Brigadier General who fought alongside Francisco Villa in the Mexican Revolution. He was a member of Villa's elite cavalry troops and bodyguards known as Los Dorados (The Golden Ones). At the time of his death he was Commander of the 17th Military Zone based in Querétaro, Mexico. At the request of then president Miguel Alemán Valdés, he was considering running for the Governor's seat in his home state of Durango. A street in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico is named in his honor.

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Birth dateJune 24, 1890
Birth place
Durango , Ocot%C3%A1n
Date of deathDecember 13, 1947
Place of death
Mexico City , Mexico

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allegianceMexico (antireeleccionista revolutionary forces)
military command17th Military Zone

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