Máximo the shadow of Madero

General Castillo speaks out on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of revolutionaries who disappeared silently in Mexico's civil war. In his memoirs, Máximo writes about himself and tells the story of an idealistic man who became the shadow of President Francisco I. Madero, serving as Madero's chief escort after the defeat of the battle at Casas Grandes on March 6, 1911. Máximo saved the life of President Madero on the battleground at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. The President only suffered bullet wounds to his right arm from the defeated battle.