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Treaty of Ciudad Juárez 1911
The Treaty of Ciudad Juarez is an important document of the
Mexican Revolution.
On Sunday, May 21, 1911, at 10 pm,
Francisco Madero
put his signature under this paper.
Ciudad Juárez is a city in northern
Mexico, in the state of Chihuahua, at the border to the US, right
across from El Paso, Texas. The city is named after
Benito Juárez.
The Treaty of Ciudad Juárez stipulated
that
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President Diaz
must resign by the end of May 1911
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The interim president will be
Francisco
León de la Barra
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De la Barra is the man in charge
and responsible for holding free presidential elections
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A general amnesty is granted
for all former revolutionaries
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