Rebellion
On January 17, 1840 a meeting was held at the Oreveña Ranch near Laredo. A group of notables from the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas advocated a rebellion seeking secession from Mexico and formation of their own federal republic with Laredo as the capital. However, those states' own congresses and governments never took any action to support the insurgents, and requested the help of the Central government in Mexico City to aid the local state armies.
The insurgents designated their own officials. They were:
- Jesús de Cárdenas, president.
- Antonio Canales, commander-in-chief of the army.
- Juan Nepomuceno Molano, council representative for Tamaulipas.
- Francisco Vidaurri y Villaseñor, council representative for Coahuila.
- Manuel María de Llano, council representative for Nuevo León.
- José María Jesús Carbajal, council secretary.
After the meeting, the insurgents temporarily moved to Guerrero, Tamaulipas, for security reasons. After the Battle of Morales in March 1840, the government moved to Victoria inside the Republic of Texas, where it remained until the rebellion collapsed later that year.
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