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What was the name of the February 1913 coup d'etat in which General Victoriano Huerta, with the support of US Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson, overthrew and subsequently arranged the assassination of President Madero?

The Decena Tragica (Ten Tragic Days) was a ten-day bombardment of Mexico City that ended with Madero's arrest and execution — Huerta's coup was aided by the 'Pact of the Embassy' brokered at the US Embassy.

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