Abraham González A graphical timeline is available here : Timeline of the Mexican Revolution Abraham González Casavantes ( June 7 , 1864 – March 7 , 1913 ) was the provisional and constitutional governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua during the Mexican Revolution . He was a mentor to the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa . A native of Ciudad Guerrero , Chihuahua , González was a member of one of the richest and best-educated families in the area . The González family was believed to be descended from European nobility . He had his college education at the University of Notre Dame , in Indiana , United States . He was the main leader of the Maderista Junta Revolucionaria Mexicana , which opposed the reelection of dictator Porfirio Diaz in the State of Chihuahua in 1910 . He was obliged to resign from his post as governor and arrested on February 25 , 1913 , on orders of General Antonio Rábago . Shortly afterward he was taken aboard a train on the pretense of being transferred to Mexico City . On orders from de facto president General Victoriano Huerta , he was removed from the train and murdered in Bachimba Canyon , about 40 miles ( 65 km ) south of Chihuahua , Chihuahua . His nephew Colonel Fernando González y González and Pancho Villa later recovered González 's remains and gave him a hero 's funeral in Chihuahua . Preceded by : Miguel Ahumada Governor of Chihuahua 1911 - 1913 Succeeded by : Antonio Rábago  This article about a Mexican politician is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : Mexican politician stubs | 1864 births | 1913 deaths | Governors of Chihuahua | People from Chihuahua | People of the Mexican Revolution | University of Notre Dame alumni In other languages : Dansk | Español | Nederlands Template : Timeline of the Mexican Revolution Timeline of the Mexican Revolution Governor of Chihuahua 1911 - 1913 Miguel Ahumada Antonio Rábago 