Background
Lindo was born into a landholding family. There is some question about his birth and death dates. Some sources give 1770 for his birth and some give 1853 for his death. In 1814 he became a lawyer (licenciado en derecho) at the Universidad de San Carlos in Guatemala. After graduation he worked for the Spanish regime. After the independence of Central America from Spain, he was intendente of the Province of Comayagua (1821). He was one of the promoters of annexation of Central America to the Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide, which he favored over Guatemala.
He was elected deputy to the Legislative Assembly of Honduras in 1826. The following year he aided Conservative José Justo Milla in his defeat of Honduran Chief of State Dionisio de Herrera. He was a deputy to the constituent assembly that was convoked in June 1838, where he represented the Conservative Party. From his position in the assembly, he promoted the separation of Honduras from the Federal Republic of Central America, in October 1838.
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