This great insurgent hero was
born in Tixtla in the state which takes his name the 10 of August of
1783.
Vicente Guerrero had a poor childhood and in
which he had to work like muleteer to survive.
During that time he became a
connoisseur of the region where he lived, that would serve to him when he began
to fight by the South region of Mexico.
When the brought out the revolution
in 1810, Vicente Guerrero joined to the forces of Morelos. He emphasized in the
fight by his ability arriving to win an important battle in Izúcar and
by which he gets to obtain the lieutenant rank.
When Morelos died in 1815, the
fight by independence seems to finish, but Vicente Guerrero who stays still on
of fight obtaining important victories against the imperial army.
Guerrero became a threat to the imperial power, reason
why the virrey Juan Ruiz de Apodaca orders general Agustín de Iturbide
to fight against him . Iturbide had been gliding to win to be able, reason why
he joined to Guerrero to culminate the fight by independence by means of the
"Plan de Iguala".
After the consummation of
independence in 1821 Iturbide proclaims himself emperor of Mexico, reason by
which Guerrero and his allies Nicholas Bravo and Guadalupe Victory are rebelled
to overthrow him.
After the rebellion and the
expulsion of Iturbide, a constituent congress is formed whose goal is the one
to form one republic. The control of the republic is left into the hands of
Guadalupe Victory like president and Guerrero like
Vice-president.
At the end of the period of
Guadalupe Victoria in 1828 summon elections in which take part Guerrero for the
party of the yorkinos and General Gómez Pedraza by the Scotchs. From
this fight the winner was Gómez Pedraza.
It is then when riots form that
impose to Guerrero like president of Mexico and Anastasio Bustamante like a
vicepresident. Bustamante rebelled finally against Guerrero and he betrays him
paying to Francisco Picaluga to catch him.
Vicente Guerrero is judged and shot
the 14 of February of 1831 in Oaxaca. |