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by the government for a monument. A competition for the commission was held in 1934. The project was designed by architect
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On the morning of July 17, 1928, Obregón was invited out to lunch by the deputies of the State of
Guanajuato in the restaurant "La Bombilla". The assassin Toral rushed to the scene after several days of surveilling Obregón, and posed as a cartoonist. He drew a picture of several deputies, and
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The main element of La
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Obregón, who was also portrayed. Toral drew his pistol and fired six shots at Alvaro Obregón, who died at the scene. The murderer was quickly arrested and some policemen tried to kill him, but a deputy, Ricardo Topete, saved him arguing the importance of solving the crime.
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Revolution: Episodes in the History of Modern Mexico
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957:Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt
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973:Instituto Francisco Possenti
952:Colegio Francés del Pedregal
654:Monumento al perro callejero
598:Universidad Intercontinental
573:Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros
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947:Colegio Oxford Bachillerato
827:Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City
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512:Glorieta de los Insurgentes
185:16 new pedestrian crossings
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721:Chilpancingo metro station
716:Buenavista railway station
483:Avenida de los Insurgentes
371:Carranza, Luis E. (2010).
343:Mexico: Biography of Power
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16:Public park and monument
1116:San Ángel, Mexico City
978:Instituto Miguel Ángel
918:Liceo Mexicano Japonés
680:Monument to Cuauhtémoc
675:Biblioteca Vasconcelos
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785:(Steven Wilson album)
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404:on September 25, 2015
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1111:Parks in Mexico City
881:"Miguel E. Schulz" (
628:Landmarks, monuments
543:Galerías Insurgentes
502:Ciudad Universitaria
1126:Assassination sites
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690:Paseo de la Reforma
644:Monumento a la Raza
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326:October 12,
161:Mexico City
109:Mexico City
69:Mexico City
52:Public park
1105:Categories
908:ASF Mexico
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1054:Landmarks
851:San Ángel
846:Los Alpes
638:El Sereno
531:Buildings
507:Cuicuilco
101:San Ángel
61:San Ángel
1018:stations
856:Santa Fe
612:Formerly
151:Features
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