Abstract

SALAZAR MENDOZA, Flor de María. Transgressors of Legality: Soldiers and their Legitimate Struggle for Power in San Luis Potosi, 1869-1870. Secuencia [online]. 2014, n.90, pp.9-29. ISSN 2395-8464.

This article analyzes the reasons that drove a group of soldiers led by General Francisco Antonio Aguirre to oppose the process to elect a governor in 1869, as the members of the local legislature did not declare an elected constitutional governor. Faced with these uncertain circumstances, the soldiers disobeyed their orders and launched an uprising to express their disagreement. The general government intervened in the internal political life of the inhabitants of San Luis Potosí, by ordering a faction of the regular federal army to suppress the soldiers involved in the uprising. The political movement acquired another dimension, and the rebel soldiers drafted a political plan against the incumbent President Benito Juárez and his ministers. The movement continued into early 1870, in response to which the general government sent General Mariano Escobedo to San Luis Potosí to restore the legitimate authorities. After achieving his objective, Escobedo stood as a candidate for governor and won that year's elections. The primary documentary sources used are found in archives in Mexico and abroad.

Keywords : Soldiers; elections; transgressors; political plan; Benito Juárez.

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