Which Mexican Generals were executed alongside Maximilian?
Pedro Santana and Vicente Guerrero
Francois I and Pedro Santana
Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía Camacho
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and Agustín de Iturbide
Answer
Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía Camacho were two Mexican generals who were executed alongside Maximilian of Habsburg, the Austrian archduke who had been installed as emperor of Mexico by the French in 1864. Miramón and Mejía were both executed by firing squad on June 19, 1867, after being found guilty of treason by a Mexican court.
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