Donato Guerra

This article is about the Mexican general. For the town named after him, see Donato Guerra, State of Mexico.

General Donato Guerra (1832–1876) was a leader in the Mexican Army during the time of La Reforma.

Biography

Born in Jalisco, he participated in the Reform War (1857-1861) and in the French intervention (1861-1867). He joined the Plan de la Noria (1871) and Tuxtepec (1876) of Porfirio Díaz to oust Presidents Benito Juárez and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada.[1]

Guerra was an ally of Ángel Trías Álvarez, during his anti-government campaign of June 1875, but was captured on 18 September of the same year, and incarcerated in Ávalos, a suburb of Chihuahua City. He was assassinated in Ávalos by lerdistas in 1876, and interred in the Panteón de Dolores on 27 May 1896.[2]

The town of Donato Guerra in the State of Mexico is named for him.

See also

References

  1. ^ García González, Enrique (1987). Gral. José María Donato Guerra Orozco Colección de Historia número 36. Guadalajara: Gobierno de Jalisco, Secretaría General. ISBN 978-968-832-313-7.
  2. ^ Martínez Assad, Carlos R. (2005). La patria en el Paseo de la Reforma. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ISBN 978-968-167-455-7.


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