Rafael Trujillo vs Victoriano Huerta

Trujillo, as commander of the National Army, staged a coup against President Horacio V

Trujillo ordered the massacre of Haitians living in the Dominican border region. Soldiers killed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people using machetes. The event was named for the shibboleth used to distinguish Haitians from Dominicans.

Trujillo used state power to acquire control over the sugar industry, the country's main economic sector. He and his family became the largest landowners and sugar producers, enriching themselves while the state managed the industry.

Trujillo was ambushed and killed by a group of Dominican dissidents on a highway near Ciudad Trujillo. The assassination was aided by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, which provided weapons. His death ended the dictatorship.

Huerta, as commander of the Mexican federal army, orchestrated a coup against President Francisco I. Madero during the Ten Tragic Days. Madero and Vice President Pino Su

Huerta served as President of Mexico from February 1913 to July 1914. His regime was characterized by authoritarian rule, suppression of opposition, and reliance on the federal army, but it faced widespread rebellion from revolutionary factions.

Huerta dissolved the Mexican Congress in October 1913 after it refused to approve his policies. He ruled by decree, arresting or exiling many deputies, which further alienated moderate politicians and intensified opposition to his regime.

Huerta's federal forces were defeated by the Constitutionalist Army led by Venustiano Carranza,

After his resignation, Huerta fled to Spain and later to the United States. He was arrested by U.S. authorities in 1915 for plotting to return to power and died in custody in El Paso, Texas, in 1916, ending his political ambitions.