José Agustín Olachea Avilés (September 3, 1890 – April 13, 1974) was a Mexican general[1] who supported Lázaro Cárdenas for president.[2] During the Cárdenas years he served as Governor of the Federal North Territory of Baja California, having previously filled the same post for Baja California Sur as a member of the social-democratic Institutional Revolutionary Party. This second gubernatorial term came during a period of rising hostility toward the Chinese population in Mexicali.[3] Later, Olachea Avilés acted as Secretary of Defense under Adolfo López Mateos.[4]
Agustín Olachea
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Olachea in 1932
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| Born | (1890-09-03)September 3, 1890 Todos Santos, Baja California Sur |
| Died | April 13, 1974(1974-04-13) (aged 83) La Paz, Baja California Sur |
| Allegiance | Mexico |
| Service/ | Mexican Armed Forces |
| Rank | General |
| Spouse(s) | Ana María Borbón Yañez |
In 1946, he was re-elected to a second, ten-year term as Governor of Baja California Sur.
While still a young captain in the Mexican Armed Forces, Olachea Avilés had married 16-year-old Ana María Borbón Yañez (1898-1982) in Guadalajara, Jalisco, with whom he had children.
He was himself, through the paternal line, a second-generation Mexican of Basque descent, and a member of an extensive family still scattered across the Baja California Peninsula and in parts of Southern California.