Agustin Allende (1858-1911) was a Mexican Army colonel and the Governor of Nuevo Paraiso during the Mexican Revolution. He was killed at the Battle of Escalera in 1911.
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Agustin Allende was born in 1858 to an upper-class Mexican family, and he served in the Mexican Army cavalry under General Ignacio Sanchez. After Sanchez seized power in 1910 amid the Mexican Revolution, he named Allende Governor of Nuevo Leon on the American border, and Allende moved into an opulent mansion in Escalera. As military governor, Allende reveled in summary executions, torture, and sexual abuse, and he became known as Sanchez's lapdog and a ruthless supporter of the conservative government. Allende was unscrupulous, hiring the outlaw Javier Escuella as a hitman and giving protection to Escuella's former comrade Bill Williamson after he fled from Fort Mercer, New Mexico in 1911. That same year, the former outlaw John Marston came to Mexico with orders to hunt down and kill the two outlaws, and Allende and his subordinate Vicente de Santa tricked him into helping them against Abraham Reyes' rebels by claiming that the outlaws were likely on the side of the Rebeldes. However, Reyes later revealed to Marston that Escuella worked for Allende, and Marston switched sides and helped the rebels kill De Santa in an ambush at El Sepulcro. The rebels gradually took control of the province and captured Escuella (who was then extradited to the US) before launching a final assault on Escalera. Allende and Bill Williamson attempted to escape the embattled city in Allende's bulletproof wagon, but they were ultimately cornered by Marston and Reyes on the road out of the city. Allende emerged from the wagon while holding Williamson at gunpoint, offering to betray Williamson in exchange for his life. Marston proceeded to execute both men, shooting them in their heads and bringing a temporary peace to Nuevo Leon.