High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! José Victoriano Huerta Márquez (Colotlán, Jalisco, December 22, 1850, - January 13, 1916 in El Paso, Texas) was a Mexican military officer and president of Mexico. Huerta's supporters were known as Huertistas during the Mexican Revolution. Huerta is still vilified by modern-day Mexicans, who generally refer to him as El Chacal - "The Jackal."