 thumb|300px| orozco circa 1913  pascual orozco vazquez (in contemporary documents, sometimes spelled "oroszco") (28 january 1882 &ndash; 30 august 1915) was a mexican revolutionary leader who, after the triumph of the mexican revolution, rose up against francisco i. madero and recognized the coup d'Ã©tat led by victoriano huerta and the government it imposed.villa and zapata: a history of the mexican revolution by frank mclynn p.74 ==childhood== orozco was born to a middle-class family on santa ines hacienda near san isidro, guerrero, in the state of chihuahua. he was a businessman in mining, commercialized minerals and became wealthy from investments in mines, particularly gold. his father was pascual orozco sr.protestants and the mexican revolution: missionaries, ministers, and social change by deborah j. baldwin, p.76 his mother was amada orozco y vÃ¡zquezprotestants and the mexican revolution: missionaries, ministers, and social change by deborah j. baldwin, p.76 (1852â1948). the vÃ¡zquez family were second generation basque immigrants.mexican rebel; pascual orozco and the mexican revolution, 1910-1915, p. 15 pascual jr. married refugio frÃ­as, and dedicated his youth to the transport of precious metals between the mining firms of the state. this allowed him to buy his own gold mine. also he was uncle of maximiano mÃ¡rquez orozco, who participated in the mexican revolution as coronel of the villista army. in the first years of the 20th century he was attracted by the ideas of the flores magÃ³n brothers and, in 1909, he started importing weaponry from the united states in the face of the imminent outbreak of the mexican revolution. ==political ideas== he objected to the porfirio dÃ­az dictatorship, and first ran into trouble with the law when caught with anti-dÃ­az literature in 1906. in may 1909 orozco and josÃ© inÃ©s salazar purchased weapons in the united states and took them to mexico on behalf of the flores magÃ³n brothers.tsha online - texas state historical association when francisco i. madero called for an uprising against dÃ­az in 1910, orozco was an enthusiastic supporter and, on 31 october of that year, was placed in command of the revolutionary forces in guerrero municipality. he led his forces to a series of victories against dÃ­az loyalists, and by 
1882_births 1915_deaths Mexican_generals Mexican_people_of_Basque_descent Mexican_politicians Mexican_revolutionaries People_from_Chihuahua_(state) People_from_El_Paso,_Texas People_of_the_Mexican_Revolution