Pedro Moreno Gonzalez (
Lagos de Moreno,
Jalisco,
Mexico
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, January 18, 1775 –
Guanajuato, October 27, 1817), was an
insurgent in the
Mexican War of Independence.
Early days
Moreno was born in Hacienda de La Daga, a community in the Mexican city of Villa de Santa María de los Lagos (later renamed
Lagos de Moreno in his honor), the son of Manuel Moreno de Ortega y Verdín de Villavicencio and María del Rosario González de Hermosillo y Márquez. He studied in the Guadalajara
seminary.
At the end of the 18th century he went back to his home town and became a
trader.
[''La vida de Pedro Moreno''. Comisión Diocesana de Historia del Arzobispado de Guadalajara.] He married
Rita Pérez Jiménez
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Start of the fight
At his
hacienda ''La Sauceda'', he organized the farmers to fight against the
Spanish. His headquarters was
Fuerte del Sombrero
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(Del Sombrero fort), where
Javier Mina joined Pedro Moreno's forces. In this fort they fought until August 15 of 1817 when they had to evacuate the fort because of a Spanish attack.
Once out of the fort, the locations of all their battles were:
El Bajío and
Los Altos de Jalisco. Pedro Moreno and Francisco Javier Mina went back to the Fuerte del Sombrero.
Final days
The
Spanish again attacked the fort but this time continuously for two months. Without food, provisions, and any hope of help, the revolutionaries had to get out of the fort.
On October 27, while traveling on their escape, they had to stop at the ranch ''El Venadito'', where they were attacked. In this attack Pedro Moreno was killed.
See also
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Statue of Pedro Moreno
The statue of Pedro Moreno is installed along the Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres, in Centro, Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
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References
External links
Bicentenary of the start of the Independence War and Centenary of the Mexican Revolution*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20111203170638/http://www.lagosdemoreno.gob.mx/historico/nuestras_raices/agosto/index.html History Archives Information of Lagos de Moreno July-August 2010 No. 79
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People of the Mexican War of Independence
1775 births
1817 deaths