What colonel during the Mexican Revolution owned a factory that distilled an alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave plant native to Mexico?
Mezcal Mezcal (or mescal) ( ) is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave plant native to Mexico. The word "mezcal" comes from Nahuatl "mexcalli" ] "metl" ] and "ixcalli" ] which means "oven-cooked agave".
Pedro Celestino Negrete Pedro Celestino Negrete (May 14, 1777 – April 11, 1846) was a Spanish politician and military man who served as a member of the interim government of México after the abolition of the First Mexican Empire. He fought alongside of Agustín de Iturbide in the royalist army during the Mexican War of Independence. He was a close collaborator of Iturbide during the empire, and then pressured him to abdicate to the Mexican crown.