La Pagaduría General de la Brigada Avila
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Two values (25c and 50c), dated 15 August 1915, were, according to their legend, issued solely to facilitate change and guaranteed by a deposit of $20,000 in the Pagaduría General. They carry the names of Isidoro Avila, as General Comandante Militar, Dionisio (Dionicio on note) García as Coronel Jefe de Armas and J. L. Trujillo as Interventor.
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Isidoro Avila On 10 June 1916 General Natividad Alvarez wrote from San Juan Critan, Tepic, to Juan Torres, the Constitucionalist Comandante Militar of the territory, that in the face of U.S. aggression they should unite to defend the fatherland. He himself would be in San Luis de Lozada on 15 July and had invited Isidoro Avila, Tomás Domínguez, Santos and Félix Bañuelos, together with the 3,000 forces that they commanded, to join him. He had given them 15 days to collect the forces that they had, extended over various parts of Zacatecas and Jalisco. Alvarez asked for a reply, and the funds and provisions that he needed. Torres in turn asked Carranza for advice El Pueblo, 8 July 1916. However, this obviously came to naught as in early September 1916 Isidoro Avila, Tomás Domínguez, Natividad Alvarez and Santos Bañuelos atacked the town of Huejuquilla, Zacatecas, and were driven off by the locals and government forces. Bañuelos, who had gained the nickname “the Scourge of Zacatecas (El Azote de Zacatecas)” and ten of his forces was killedEl Pueblo, 6 September 1916: La Defensa, 6 September 1916. |
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| Dionisio García | |
| J. L. Trujillo |
We also have a $1 note that might belong with this issue.
All were printed on ledger paper.
Jerez was under the control of the Convention in August 1915 but some days later it was recovered by the Constitutionalists, so it is thought only the 25 centavos, few of the 50 centavos and hardly any of the one peso were put into circulation.