He was a busy man wasn't he? I find his friendship with Benito Juárez interesting since one of Juárez's commissioned officers was Juan N. Cortina, arch enemy of Benavides. Cortina had raided into Texas several times and Benavides punished him and his men badly. Cortina had bragged that he had commission with both Juárez and Abraham Lincoln.

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David Upton