Plan Of Tacubaya

The Plan of Tacubaya ( es, Plan de Tacubaya), sometimes called the Plan of Zuloaga, was issued by

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Mexican General Félix Zuloaga on 17 December 1857 in

Tacubaya Tacubaya is a working-class area of west-central Mexico City, in the borough of Miguel Hidalgo, consisting of the '' colonia'' Tacubaya proper and adjacent areas in other colonias, with San Miguel Chapultepec sección II, Observatorio, Daniel G ...

against the liberal Constitution of 1857. The plan nullified the Constitution while it continued to recognize the election of moderate liberal

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as President. Conservatives had fiercely objected to the Constitution of 1857, which abolished special privileges () of the

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and the

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. President

had not been a strong supporter of the Constitution and joined with Zuloaga, commander of the garrison in Mexico City. Three months a