title: Toribio Ortega Ramírez
text: # Toribio Ortega Ramírez
  
  Toribio Ortega Ramírez (16 April 1870–1914) was a leading general in the Mexican Revolution. He was born on 16 April 1870, in Coyame, Iturbide district, in the State of Chihuahua.
  
  ## Family
  
  On November 14, 2011, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez visited Cuchillo Parado, Mexico, for a celebration in honor of Ortega, her great-grandfather.
  
  ## Mexican Revolution
  
  Ortega held the rank of general in the Mexican Revolution. Ortega was one of the first to revolt against Porfirio Díaz on November 14, 1910.
  
  