Politician. Belisario Domínguez Palencia was a Mexican physician and liberal politician. He served as senator and gave a memorable speech in the Congress during the Mexican Revolution against the dictator Victoriano Huerta, for which he was murdered in the Xoco Cemetery, where he was buried by his murderers, later being exhumed a couple of times, first to be reinterred by his family on the Panteón Francés de la Piedad and later his remains were transfered to the Cementerio General de Comitán de Domínguez. The Senate's Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor and Belisario Domínguez Dam are named after him. His home town was also renamed Comitán de Domínguez in 1915 in his memory.
Politician. Belisario Domínguez Palencia was a Mexican physician and liberal politician. He served as senator and gave a memorable speech in the Congress during the Mexican Revolution against the dictator Victoriano Huerta, for which he was murdered in the Xoco Cemetery, where he was buried by his murderers, later being exhumed a couple of times, first to be reinterred by his family on the Panteón Francés de la Piedad and later his remains were transfered to the Cementerio General de Comitán de Domínguez. The Senate's Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor and Belisario Domínguez Dam are named after him. His home town was also renamed Comitán de Domínguez in 1915 in his memory.
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