U.S. ambassador, Henry Lane Wilson, became increasingly hostile to Madero and 100,000 troops were stationed along the border. Meanwhile, the Americans, British, Germans, and Spaniards demand Madero's resignation. Huerta and Felix Diaz both wanted the presidency and had to resort to negotiations supervised by Henry Lane Wilson. Huerta was allowed to be president as long as he gave the office up to Diaz in the next election. Huerta dissolves the congress and makes it a military congress packed with his military followers.
Many political assassinations occur.
The revolution, however, still ran strong. Zapata wanted the land to be distributed among the peasantry while Villa wanted the land to be kept by the state until the end of the revolution. Villa gave control of his haciendas to his lieutenants. Venustiano Carranza, governor of Coahuila since Madero's rule announces his opposition to Huerta. U.S. involvement in Mexico Wilson soon succeeds Taft as president and refuses to recognize the Huerta regime.