Pedro Hinojosa head of the injured body of the military. He was later elected federal delegate to the XII Legislature for the state of Hidalgo from 1884 to 1886. However, on December 1, 1884 he was named Secretary of War and Navy by President Porfirio Diaz. He remained in this post for 12 years until March 20, 1896 at which time he resigned due to his health. He went on to serve as the president of the Supreme Court of Military Justice for more than a year until he finally retired from the military. Hinojosa died in Mexico City on May 5,
José María Hinojosa Lasarte him as "their man". Certain progressivist authors present him as a martyr who dedicated his life to fighting imperialism, nationalism and the church; others imply his homosexuality. The , where Hinojosa was executed, was doted in 2014 with a monument-mausoleum to honor "those who gave their life in defense of freedom and democracy and whose remains rest here or in other sites". Hinojosa has never been mentioned in a spate of press notes related, some of which noted a construction recording "la barbarie de la represión franquista". José María Hinojosa Lasarte José María Hinojosa Lasarte (1904 – 1936) was a