Apolonio Castillo

One week before the beginning of the revolution, Máximo Castillo said good bye to his family leaving his small ranch in San Nicolás de Carretas, and accompanied by his brother Apolonio Castillo joined Cástulo Hererra and his group of 20 revolutionaries.

The book:

Máximo Castillo and the Mexican Revolution, is the recently released English translation of the memoirs of General Máximo Castillo of Chihuahua, a pivotal and passionate leader in the civil war that consumed Mexico between 1910 and 1920, he emerged as an influential figure in the Mexican Revolution fighting for land reform before being imprisoned, and then exiled to Cuba. During his captivity, General Máximo Castillo wrote his memoirs of triumph and the set backs.