winner of the 1946 elections. Maximino was determined to become the candidate or, at least, have a great influence on the decision. He swore that if the party nominated politician Miguel Alemán Valdés, the son of a Mexican revolutionary but not one himself, Maximino would kill him. Maximino died of a heart attack on February 17, 1945, before the party's convention. Poor health ran in the family, with his brother Manuel suffering heart attacks while campaigning for the presidency and while in office. However, "there were some who wondered whether something more than seasoning had been added to [Maximino's] food" the day he died. Maximino's death averted a potential political crisis were he to be the presidential candidate, creating a family dynasty. The party nominated Maximino's hated enemy, Miguel Alemán Valdés, who went on to succeed Manuel Ávila Camacho as president. Maximino's life inspired Ángeles Mastretta's novel, Arráncame la Vida and the film adaptation Tear This Heart Out. References Hartford Web Publishing at www.hartford-hwp.com Further reading Gillingham, Paul. "Maximino's Bulls: Popular Protest after the Mexican Revolution, 1940-1952". Past & Present, no. 206, 2010, pp. 175–211. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40586943. Accessed 28 May 2020. 1891 births 1945 deaths Mexican revolutionaries Governors of Puebla Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Mexican generals Mexican Secretaries of Communications and Transportation Politicians from Puebla People from Teziutlán 20th-century Mexican politicians