José María Alpuche e Infante (9 October 1780 – 10 December 1840) was a Mexican priest, politician, public speaker and writer. During his performance in politics he radically defended

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and was a member of the York Masonic lodge.

Biography

He completed his ecclesiastical studies at the San Ildefonso Conciliar Seminary in Mérida. He studied philosophy as a partner with Andrés Quintana Roo,

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and

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. He was a disciple of Pablo Moreno. While acting as a priest in

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, he was elected deputy to the central Congress to represent the state of

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. Like Miguel Ramos Arizpe and

, he belonged to the Yorkine lodge, he was its founder in the city of

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. He greatly supported the appointment of

Vicente Guerrero Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (; baptized 10 August 1782 – 14 February 1831) was a Mexican military officer from 1810–1821 and a statesman who became the nation's second president in 1829. He was one of the leading generals who fought ag ...

to the presidency of the country. He collaborated for the newspapers ''El Correo de la Federación'', ''El Águila'', ''La Gaceta'' and ''El Federalista'' in

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and

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. When the Congress declared Vicente Guerrero disqualified from exercising the presidency, and

Anastasio Bustamante Trinidad Anastasio de Sales Ruiz Bustamante y Oseguera (; 27 July 1780 – 6 February 1853) was a Mexican physician, general, and politician who served as the 4th President of Mexico three times from 1830 to 1832, 1837 to 1839, and 1839 to 1841. ...

replaced him, he was exiled to

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in the company of and other

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legislators, who were considered opponents to the new regime. Alpuche returned to Mexico shortly after Bustamante handed over the presidency to

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, after the had been signed. As a senator, he openly criticized the centralist regime. In 1838, Bustamante ordered the apprehension of

Valentín Gómez Farías Valentín Gómez Farías (; 14 February 1781 – 5 July 1858) was a Mexican physician and liberal politician who became president of Mexico twice, first from 1833 to 1834, during the period of the First Mexican Republic, and again from 1846 ...

and José María Alpuche. Alpuche was taken to prison in the Santo Domingo Convent. Far from being intimidated, he continued to publish polemics and agitated the population against the centralist regime. He spent the last years of his life in prison, where he died on 10 December 1840.

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