Childhood
Orozco was born to a middle-class family on Santa Ines hacienda near San Isidro, Guerrero, in the state of Chihuahua. He worked as a muleteer and store keeper before he became wealthy from an investment in a gold mine.
His father was Pascual Orozco Sr. His mother was Amada Orozco y Vázquez (1852–1948). The Vázquez family were second generation Basque immigrants. Pascual Jr. married Refugio Frías, and dedicated his youth to the transport of precious metals between the mining firms of the state. This allowed him to buy his own gold mine. Also he was uncle of Maximiano Márquez Orozco, who participated in the Mexican Revolution as Coronel of Villista Army. In the first years of the 20th century he was attracted by the ideas of the Flores Magón brothers and, in 1909, he started importing weaponry from the United States in the face of the imminent outbreak of the Mexican Revolution.
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