Manuel Garza Aldape, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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prominent attorney in Mexico City
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Place of Birth: Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
About Manuel Garza Aldape
- Manuel Garza Aldape (April 6, 1871 – February 28, 1924) was a prominent attorney in Mexico City.
- From 1912 to 1913 he served as Secretary of Education, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Foreign Affairs for President Victoriano Huerta.
- Due to his disagreement with Huerta's policies, he was approached by an unknown individual one Sunday outside of a bullfighting arena.
- The individual had given him a letter written and signed by Victoriano Huerta asking him to leave Mexico in 24 hours or be killed, an event described in A Diplomat's Wife In Mexico by Edith Louise O'Shaughnessy (2007). He lived in Paris until 1914, when he moved with his family to Maine and New York City.
- There, he worked for Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle until 1924, when he moved back to Mexico City.
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