Manuel Garza Aldape was a prominent attorney in Mexico City

Mexico City

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. From 1912 to 1913 he served as Secretary of Education, Secretary of State and Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)

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 for President Victoriano Huerta

Victoriano Huerta

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. Due to his disagreement with Huerta's policies, he was asked to leave Mexico in 24 hours, an event described in A Diplomat's Wife In Mexico by Edith Louise O'Shaughnessy (2007).

He lived in Paris

Paris

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 until 1914, when he moved with his family to Maine

Maine

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 and New York

New York

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. There, he worked for Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle

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until 1924, when he moved back to Mexico City.