Massacre At Aguasclientes-A Timeline

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Villa, Gutierrez, and Zapata, on the convention, shortly before shooting the opposing parties.

October 14th, 1914
Aguascalientes

The Mexican Civil War rages on wildly. From a simple constitutional conflict, to the point where brothers shed other's blood only for their wants and needs. It was odd, as Mexico, at its very core, is born from a united front, and now, it was broken, due to their own thoughts. Somehow more complex than America's war up north 50 years ago, the struggle of the people, against a tyranny, in the end, have resulted on a hodgepodge of alliances, betrayals, and murders. It was, rather odd. As when being analyzed, there is only the government, against a rebel force, with the terms surrounding the matter changing overtime. Diaz. Madero. Carranza. All the names are changing, over time. At first, they are the revolutionary. The second, they are the enemy of the revolution. The terms are always changing. And now, as the year reached 1914, it was Carranza, against Villa and Zapata, the two, remaining hardline revolutionaries. But this time, Villa and Zapata is putting themselves ahead, against the newly established government led by Carranza. And also, Obregon is on the table. The great Pancho Villa, and the undying Zapata, is simply unable to rest, at that state.

It was because they are going to sat side by side by people they dont trust. People who will backstab them at any cost. Venustiano Carranza is no joke. While Obregon, in the other hand, is the one who supported Carranza at the first place. The revolution is put at dire stakes, as Carranza and Obregon is essentially at their doorsteps. Villa, and Zapata, does not think, that a simple meeting that Carranza called is able to unify the revolutionaries into one, let alone putting stuffs into the table. Whatever it is, the two could not rest easily. The two needs to do something.

And the day comes. Obregon and Carranza is just within their reach. Their possible enemies is at bay. At their own very eyes.

Just as ordered, Villa and Zapata knew, what a bullet could do. A bullet could start the revolution, and also, ends it. And within the iron sights, is none other than Obregon and Carranza.(POD)

MASSACRE AT AGUASCALIENTES
A Timeline By Audie
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(POD).Inhale, exhale. I'm not joking. This is how i wanted the two to be taken out from the picture.​

 

[AudieonAHCom]

CHAPTER ONE:
BOUND BY BLOOD​

 

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Francisco Villa, photographed after exiting the convention, on 1914.

United Mexican States
October 14th, 1914-10th February 1915

Regardless of what happened, the actions that Villa and Zapata did ironically further cemented Villa and Zapata's victory. Somehow, Villa and Zapata's party came out alive, unscathed(1), while the opposing party only had less than five men as survivors, with Obregon and Carranza taken out from the picture, effectively decapitating the opposition, cementing a Conventionalist victory ahead of them. A move that is rather infamous, yet also somehow "Heroic" within its own terms, the western-style murder of Obregon and Carranza, in the end, became a subject of romantization for years to come. Following the event, however, things, also changed for Villa and Zapata. The event brought something else to the table. It is clear, that Mexico, is inevitably broken by the civil war, and also, divided between the rich, and the poor. And the worst part is, is that this civil war, essentially have broken Mexico into a form where the nation would simply cease to exist if the current form of nation is being kept. Regardless, those thoughts is eventually taken to the future, and not brought into the tables soon enough. Without the leadership of Carranza and Obregon, the Constutionalistas nearly suffered a breakup, not until Pablo G. Garza, one of the high-ranking member of the Constutionalistas, took upon the reigns, and managed to use the army's anger against Zapata and Villa into their own hands(2).

Of course. Such acts does not grant the Constutionalists anything. The retaliation that Garza led towards the Villistas-Zapatistas were nothing but a bloodlust-filled rage. The massacres, arrests and kidnappings(3) that Garza did started from October 19th to 1st November proved to be fatal, broken, and also to the point where the church have declared their neutrality during the conflict. This, also leads the general populace into marching into Villa and Zapata's side, effectively putting the public opinion against Garza's now broken, and rag-tag army. Yet, Garza's only best bet, at the very moment, is the equipment and training superiority he have, not to mention that he is also pushing for a deal with the Americans, a move that Felipe Angeles is also doing, knowing that the Americans will come sooner or later, with both of them willing to offer a land(4), in exchange for the Americans to staying out from this very business of theirs.

Pablo Gonzales Garza, pictured without his army uniform, in 1915.

1915 was a mixed case, for both parties. Despite the high chance of a victory, Villa was not truly sure, about the future of Mexico internationally, as Mexico is effectively leaderless abroad, with the fact that the Americans are also eerily quiet at Veracruz, as President Wilson somehow does not respond to the western shootout that Villa and Zapata pulled(5). While Garza's side saw a issue that is much more a blow to his reputation, as those countless small skirmishes that happening between those two parties, is never under any circumstances of a Constitutional victory. His name, in the end, became more questionable than it seems.
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(1).Yeah, so?
(2).Garza OTL foolishly did this in a smaller scale, so yeah, its kinda appropriate.
(3).See above, this is OTL Garza on steroids.
(4).YESSS. THE USA WILL EXPAND.
(5).RED Dead Redemption. There, i dropped a clue.​

 

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The Conventional army during their occupation of Mexico City, pictured on 1915.

North America
11th February 1915-29th December 1916

Then the silence is eventually broken, as the Americans finally issued a statement regarding the situation on Mexico. However, luck was not on Garza's side. As the first mail that arrived from Mexico is none other than Pancho Villa's offerings(1), with Garza's offering effectively ignored by the American government. With the Americans at hand, it was a obivious victory for the Conventionalists, and also, the fate of Mexico is sealed, within the next two treaties to come, one with the Americans, and one, that will seal the fate of Mexico formally, as at this point, Mexico is virtually unexistent, and a solid, legitimate government is needed to be established, before anything could be settled in. Rest assured, Villa and Zapata is still afraid, on moving things forwards, as the situation on Mexico is still as hot as ever, with a radical and big move could easily fanning the flames even further. Yet, Villa and Zapata knew that they could not waste any time further, as a foreign intervention could happen, despite America's being out from the list. By April, the Americans agrees on what Villa and Zapata presented, as the points are given below.

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The United States of America agrees on placing a neutral stance surrounding the conflict on Mexico, with a recognization of the Conventionalist party led by Emilliano Zapata being the legitimate representation of the Mexican government, with the United States withdrawal from Veracruz being handled shortly after a Conventionalist victory.

However, due to safety reasons, the Mexican region of Baja California will be occupied, and transferred to the United States of America for a undefinite period.
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Yet, behind backdoors, the Americans-as a part of a unwritten deal, also given a compensation of money and arms, as a "Thank you" gift for Baja California. Shortly afterwards, Villa issued a faux announcement regarding the reasons of the American occupation of Baja, claiming that the Constutionalists are establishing a stronghold of the region. This move was rather unpopular(2), yet also, perhaps, is one of the saving graces of the Conventionalists. The treaty, was soon dubbed as the Treaty of Vera Cruz(3), signed on 29th April, 1915.

Pancho Villa's first draft of Mexico's new flag, something that would not be chosen, yet also survived in some form.

The small skirmishes that occuring between the two parties have incredibly becoming something that is not a problem anymore for Villa and Zapata, with Garza's rule over the Constitutionalists are effectively broken, following the total occupation of Mexico City(4) by the Conventionalists. Now driven away South, the Northern Constutionalists now opted to surrender, while some of them are also breaking into small cells, still not wanting to accept the rule of the Conventionalists, while Villa, against Zapata's wishes, refuses to strike a treaty with Garza, believing that Garza's acts are not punishable by law, only death. In the end, the war is eventually coming into an end, and the Conventionalists, is shaping things to come, from a new name, a new governmental form, to a new flag. While Villa, and Zapata, began to wrote their own manifesto(5).
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(1).Yes. Villa's THIS obsessed, to the point where he's legitimately OK on transferring territories.
(2).A future point of contention, AKA, i havent say the fate of Cardenas and the others, right?
(3).Hastily held, hastily done.
(4).No conflicts tho.
(5).YES! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA, THIS IS WHAT IM SETTING UP FOR!​

 

[jerseyguy]

It should be interesting to see how this TL pans out. Mexico has a lot of potential, but the country and Latin America in general don't seem to get a lot of screen time in AH.