Plan de san luis potosi 

      In October, 1910, Madero would abscond from his confinement, fleeing the country by rail and making his way towards San Antonio, Texas.  There, Madero would address a crowd of supporters that had gathered around him.  Issuing his famous Plan de San Luis Potosi, Madero would directly challenge the legitimacy of the June election by claiming that Diaz, acting as a tyrannical dictator through his use of violence, intimidation, and extortion, had rigged the Mexican political system in such a way that an opposition movement could never gain power.  Stating that, “this violent and illegal system can no longer subsist,” Madero would call for the removal of those who were in power as a result of the “illegal” election stating, “I have designated Sunday, November 20th at 6:00 P.M. as the moment in which all of the peoples of the republic are to rise up together, and take up arms.”  Shortly after the Plan de San Luis Potosi had been issued, revolutionary actors began making preparations for upcoming revolt.