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Vicente Guerrero Vicente Ramn Guerrero Saldaa (10 August 1782 – 14 February 1831) was one of the leaders of Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain and an early President of Mexico. He was born in the town of Tixtla, some 100 km inland from the port of Acapulco, in the Sierra Madre Occidental. He was from a poor Mulato mestizo family. He joined in the early revolt against Spain in 1810, first fighting alongside Jos Mara Morelos and then taking command over those troops after Morelos's death. The valiant resistance he displayed against the Spanish armies made him a hero among the Mexicans. Once Mexico achieved independence he at first collaborated with Agustn de Iturbide (he even accepted his Grand Cross of the Order of Guadalupe and the rank of General in his Imperial Army). However, soon after Iturbide was prolaimed himself Emperor of Mexico, Guerrero came out in favor of a Republic with the Plan of Casa Mata. When the conservative Manuel Gmez Pedraza seemed set to succeed Guadalupe Victoria as president of Mexico, Guerrero, with the aid of General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna, staged a coup and took the presidency on 1 April 1829. (The violent nature of the coup displeased some Latin American liberals of the time who otherwise sympathised with Guerrero's goals, and his actions were condemned by Simn Bolvar.) The most notable achievement of Guerrero's short term as president was ordering an immediate abolition of slavery and emancipation of all slaves. Guerrero was deposed in a counter-coup on 4 December 1829. He hoped to come back to power, but conservative General Anastasio Bustamante captured him through bribery and had him killed. The state of Guerrero is named after him, and his birthplace was renamed Tixtla de Guerrero in his honor. See also External links Guerrero, Vicente Guerrero, Vicente Guerrero, Vicente Guerrero, Vicente
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