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 | | Calles and the PNR chose Pascual Ortiz Rubio, an engineer from Michoacán as their candidate, but when José Vasconcelos, the secretary of education under Obregón, entered his name as an opposition candidate, it suddenly became necessary for the PNR to harass voters and stuff the ballot boxes to guarantee Ortiz Rubio's election. |
 | | On his inauguration day, an assailant with a rifle shot the hapless Ortiz Rubio in the face, and, although he survived, he seldom appeared in public following this attempt on his life. |
 | | Calles continued to direct the affairs of govenment, and, two years into his job, when Ortiz Rubio sought to exercise his own authority, he was quickly forced to resign. |
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