While some consider it a dictator, others believe that Porfirio Díaz It is one of the best presidents in Mexico. However, what is a fact is that he had a closeness with France, to the degree of living there He spent his last days in Paris, France, After giving up the presidency of Mexico.
Since his wife Carmen Romero He could not move his remains to Mexicothese had to be buried in France, although there have been various attempts to repatriate them throughout history.
Why is Porfirio Díaz buried in France?
To understand why Porfirio Díaz is buried in France, we must return in history. Pressured by him Revolutionary movement Francisco I. Madero led, Díaz had to give up the presidency of Mexico May 25, 1911.
Subsequently, he traveled to Veracruz, where he left on May 31 to Amedo del Ypiranga to France, as special guest of the Hamburg America Line. However, this trip would mark its final exile.
It is no accident that Díaz has chosen France to spend his last years, since this French culture idolized. To do this, he was accompanied by his wife Carmen Romero Rubio, with whom he settled on Foch Avenue in Paris, in addition to traveling in Spain, Germany, Monaco and Egypt.
Porfirio Díaz was in France for several years, until his death.Bettmann / Getty images.
How was the death of Porfirio Díaz?
Díaz's health was worsening at the end of 1914, So he spent most of the time at home with his wife Carmen, remembering his mother, Petrona Mori, and asking when I could return to Mexicoespecially his native Oaxaca, because he felt that his last days were to come.
On June 29, 1915, three days before perishing, José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori received the extremeunSacrament of the Catholic Church that grants a special grace to prepare the person before death.