Pedro Hinojosa de la Garza Falcón (31 January 1822, Matamoros, Tamaulipas - 5 March 1903, Mexico City) was a Mexican politician and military general who fought in the Mexican–American War, the Reform War, and in the French intervention in Mexico. In addition, Hinojosa was governor of Durango, Nuevo Leon, and Chihuahua, and served as Secretary of War and Navy. Military career Pedro Hinojosa was born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas to Ramón Hinojosa and his wife Mamerta de la Garza Falcón. Hinojosa eventually enlisted in the National Guard of Tamaulipas at the age of 18. In Tamaulipas, he fought the Texan rebels and the Apache and Comanche tribes, who maintained determined against the government. In 1848, during the Mexican–American War, Hinojosa rose through the ranks and became a lieutenant. He continued to defend Tamaulipas through its national guard until 1854, the year he was elected as a lieutenant colonel due to his efforts in protecting local territories from the Texan military and the native tribes. Reform War In 1854, Hinojosa adhered to the Plan of Ayutla against Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna joining the national guard of Tamaulipas, and having ascended to the position of colonel in the triumph of the revolution, became a permanent formal member of the military. After the coup by Felix Zuloaga he remained loyal to the government of Benito Juarez and fought with the liberal band during the Reform War, fighting in the Batalla de Lomas Largas, in the siege of Monterrey, where he was made a prisoner by the conservatives. He later escaped and fought in the attack on Zacatecas under the orders of General Juan Zuazua, as well as the attacks on San Luis Potosí and Guadalajara in 1858. For this last actions, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in November 1858. Hinojosa continued fighting the conservatives in the Bajio area and later in northern Mexico. In May 1859 he was defeated in La Flor, Durango by the conservative leader Domingo Cajén. In this battle, Hinojosa suffered a leg injury and due to this he walked with a limp the rest of his life. After this battle he traveled to the state of Chihuahua where he assumed leadership of the garrison substituting for Luis Terrazes who had gone to battle the Tulices rebels. The Tulices rebels were conservative forces from Durango who were under the direction of Cajén. After the triumph of