Margarita Ortega

Margarita Ortega Valdés (1871–1913) was a Mexican anarchist revolutionary. Born into a relatively wealthy family, she joined the Mexican Liberal Party (PLM) in order to improve the living conditions of working class people. Together with her daughter, Rosaura Gortari, she participated in the Magonista rebellion of 1911 and the capture of Mexicali from the Porfiriato, running supplies for the Magonista rebels. When the city was taken by the forces of Francisco I. Madero, she was exiled from Mexico to Arizona, where her daughter died. She then returned to Mexico in order to fight against Victoriano Huerta, but was captured, tortured and executed by firing squad.