Capture, Trial and Execution
After participating in the triumvirate, Villavicencio became Governor of Honda, where on May 20, 1816 he was captured by the Royalist Army and transported to Santafé. On June 1 the Permanent Council of War sentenced Villavicencio to death. On June 6, he was taken out of his cell, they removed his military insignia and status degrading him, and he was executed by a firing squad. Villavicencio died at the age of 41, he whose visit to Santafé had led to the breakup of the colonies, had instigated the anger of the royalists, and he became the first victim of the reign of terror of Pablo Morillo, who sentenced to death many other heroes, barred and imprisoned more, and persecuted the ones who got away.
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