San Pedro del Gallo is a city and seat of the municipality of San Pedro del Gallo, in the state of Durango, north-western Mexico.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on December 23, 2008 As of 2010, the town had a population of 634.
The site was founded as a Spanish in 1685, in response to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
During the Mexican Revolution, the town was the site of the Battle of San Pedro del Gallo on November 6, 1912. Federal rural forces commanded by Major Emiliano Triana assaulted and captured the town plaza, defeating an anti-Madero Orozquista rebel garrison led by Colonel Benito Cardona. Hoja de Servicios - Asalto y Toma de la Plaza de San Pedro del Gallo. Archivo Histórico de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (SEDENA), 6 de noviembre de 1912Following the engagement, Cardona and several of his men, including one of his sons, were captured and taken to Torreón. They were subsequently transported to Pedriceña station and executed by firing squad, with their bodies displayed along the railroad tracks. "Fueron Fusilados Nueve Rebeldes." El Imparcial [México, D.F.], late Nov. 1912
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