Politician. Camilo Arriaga Ramos was a mining engineer considered a precursor of the Mexican Revolution. In 1875 he entered the National Preparatory School, then directed by Gabino Barreda, strongly influenced by positivism. In 1880 he entered the National School of Engineers and in 1884 began to work in the silver mines owned by his family. In 1888, while his father was already a senator of Mexico, Camilo was appointed a local deputy in San Luis Potosí by order of Porfirio Díaz in the XIII Legislature and, when his father died, in 1890 he was promoted to deputy of the National Congress until 1898. Arriaga instigated the 1892 student protests in Mexico City, in part because the financial crisis caused by the Manuel González government directly affected his family's businesses. In 1898 he led an anti-clerical protest in Congress and Díaz dismissed him along with other deputies who supported him. In March 1911 he participated in the Tacubaya plot to overthrow Porfirio Díaz in support of Francisco I. Madero. He was arrested and released when the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez was signed in May of that same year. During the government of Victoriano Huerta he went into exile in New Orleans, then he returned to Mexico and in 1920 he was Head of the Department of Forestry, Hunting and Fishing.
Politician. Camilo Arriaga Ramos was a mining engineer considered a precursor of the Mexican Revolution. In 1875 he entered the National Preparatory School, then directed by Gabino Barreda, strongly influenced by positivism. In 1880 he entered the National School of Engineers and in 1884 began to work in the silver mines owned by his family. In 1888, while his father was already a senator of Mexico, Camilo was appointed a local deputy in San Luis Potosí by order of Porfirio Díaz in the XIII Legislature and, when his father died, in 1890 he was promoted to deputy of the National Congress until 1898. Arriaga instigated the 1892 student protests in Mexico City, in part because the financial crisis caused by the Manuel González government directly affected his family's businesses. In 1898 he led an anti-clerical protest in Congress and Díaz dismissed him along with other deputies who supported him. In March 1911 he participated in the Tacubaya plot to overthrow Porfirio Díaz in support of Francisco I. Madero. He was arrested and released when the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez was signed in May of that same year. During the government of Victoriano Huerta he went into exile in New Orleans, then he returned to Mexico and in 1920 he was Head of the Department of Forestry, Hunting and Fishing.
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