Angeles was still a member of the Mexican federal forces when Victoriano Huerta managed to overtake Madero as the president of the country. A person with a criminal mind-set, Huerta was a brutal, violent leader, and Angeles was now technically in his service. Angeles' own humanistic ideals and the sociopathic tendencies of Huerta did not mesh well together, so Angeles had to decide what to do. His decision was to resign from the army and go to work with the revolutionaries. He and Pancho Villa made a good ideological match and they worked closely together; Angeles lent strategy to the mix, while Villa had good leadership qualities, and wasn't adverse to using violent means if necessary.
The revolution continued on and Mexico was in the midst of a civil war. The fate of Mexico was decided eventually, by a group of top military men, when Huerta was at last ousted from power. While Venustiano Carranza tried to rule, Angeles and a few Zapatista representatives, blocked his attempts. Finally, Carranza took power, deciding to eliminate Villa, and he sent his right hand man, Alvaro Obregon to do the dirty work. Villa was too proud to surrender and tried to deal with Obregon, against the advice of Angeles. Villa's public stature was tarnish substantially, when his ego eventually led to his defeat. Villa was a fighter to the bitter end, never surrendering, and he resisted a transformation into a leadership figure for Mexico, as desired by Angeles.
Finally, Angeles had had enough. He thought about returning to Los Angeles in 1919, and left Villa for good; Carranza captured Angeles, arresting him, when one of Villa's men betrayed him. Carranza, realizing the reputation of his prisoner decided to have a trial instead of immediate execution. The trial was staged to appeal to those around the globe who held Angeles in high regard. It was never Carranza's aim to have a fair trial and the entire episode was nothing more than window dressing. World leaders called for Angeles' release, and he was allowed to make a final statement to the press; it was argued that releasing Angeles would prove to the world that Carranza was not a brutal dictator and in fact was a man of honor and respect. It was not to be. On November 26, 1919, Felipe Angeles was sentenced to death by firing squad. He refused a blindfold and his executioners carried out their task with great reluctance, for even they were admirers of Angeles.
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