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Pascual Orozco - House arrest in the United States

In the USA he met with Huerta to make plans to retake Mexico. On 27 June 1915 the two were arrested in Newman, New Mexico, and charged with conspiracy to violate U.S. neutrality laws. He was placed under house arrest in El Paso, Texas, but managed to escape back into Mexico.

Huerta retuned to Mexico City strengthened by his campaign ante Orozco, and a short time later he led the decena trágica in which Félix Díaz (the dictator's nephew), Orozco, and Huerta – who had all once been fierce enemies – joined forces in February 1913 and overthrew and assassinated President Madero. Huerta's coup-government was short-lived, however, and in July 1913, he was forced into exile: first England, then Spain, and then the USA. There he met up again with Orozco, and the two began to plan a new rebellion at El Paso, but they were placed under house arrest by the U.S. government.

Orozco managed to escape and on his way back to Mexico, he was ultimately killed in Texas on 30 August 1915. The official U.S. report stated that Orozco and his men had crossed by Dick Love's ranch and had coerced the cook to prepare him a meal and attend his horses. When the owner arrived, they fled on the rancher's horses. For this reason Love and some members from the US cavalry and from Texas Police pursued, and catched up with them on Van Horn Mountains, eight miles (15 km) south of Lobo, Texas, where they shot and killed Orozco and his men. The Mexican version ^{[citation needed]} asserts that Orozco died trying to resist the robbery of his own horses by Love and his men. On 7 October a U.S. trial against the people involved was initiated, but the U.S. courts found them innocent of all charges.

On 3 September 1915 Orozco's remains were buried in El Paso. The remains were returned to his home state of Chihuahua in 1923.

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