The Mexican Revolution brought the overthrow of liberal Army general Porfirio Díaz after 35 years as president of Mexico ( 1876-1911 ) . In the 1910 presidential election , wealthy landowner Francisco I. Madero opposed Díaz . Díaz jailed Madero , who then escaped , issuing the Plan of San Luis Potosí on October 6 , 1910 . In that plan , Madero declared the results of the 1910 election fraudulent , nullified them , asserted that he was provisional president , and called for Mexicans to rise up against Díaz on November 20 , 1910 . He wrote " Throw the usurpers from power , recover your rights as free men , and remember that our ancestors left us a heritage of glory which we are not able to stain . Be as they were : invincible in war , magnanimous in victory . " The commemoration is celebrated in Mexico as an official holiday . Until 2006 and again from 2009 to 2013 the national celebrations were located at the Zocalo in Mexico City . Given the recent political and national tragedies that happened in 2014 the parades were called off at the aftermath of the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping , the biggest national tragedy to date ( this was the case also in 2015 ) , and the celebrations happened in the Campo Marte in the capital , thus pushing the national parade up to November 23 , Navy Day , with only Mexican Navy personnel in attendance . Thus the national November 20 parades have now been replaced by state level ones , which have been held in major cities all over the nation as per tradition , but in a reduced basis , given recent cancellations due to protest actions on the said date in several state capitals
2014 Iguala mass kidnapping
2014 Iguala mass kidnapping
Revolution Day (Mexico)