General Heriberto Jara Corona (July 10, 1879 – April 17, 1968) was a Mexican

Mexico

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 revolutionary

Mexican Revolution

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 and politician who served as Governor of Veracruz

Governor of Veracruz

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.

Heriberto Jara was born in the town of Nogales

Nogales, Veracruz

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, in the state of Veracruz

Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...

, to Emilio Jara Andrade and María del Carmen Corona. He got enrolled in the Mexican Revolution while working at a factory in the municipality of Río Blanco

Río Blanco

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 in his native Veracruz.

The year Francisco I. Madero

Francisco I. Madero

Francisco Ignacio Madero González was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician, he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz could coalesce...

 was elected President of Mexico

President of Mexico

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 he took over a seat in the Congress

Congress of Mexico

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; then in 1916 he was elected again to serve in Congress and was one of the persons who drafted the 1917 Constitution. He served as Ambassador

Ambassador

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 to Cuba

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 and as Governor of Veracruz.
He was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize in 1950 and, in 1959, he received the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor

Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor

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. General Heriberto Jara International Airport

General Heriberto Jara International Airport

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 in the port of Veracruz

Veracruz, Veracruz

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 is named after him, as is the Stadium at Xalapa

Stadium (Xalapa)

The Stadium at Xalapa, Veracruz, is located a few blocks south and downhill of the center of town, and can be easily seen from the terraces of Parque Juárez.The place was identified in the 1920s by William K...

, built in 1925 on the grounds where William K. Boone

William K. Boone

William Kenneth Boone was a benefactor of Xalapa, Veracruz. Throughout his life he sent numerous letters, postcards, and photographs to his parents and sisters at home...

 had organized Olympic-style athletic games in 1922.