Ramón Castilla, who had been named Peru's…

Ramón Castilla, who had been named Peru's Minister of War and Minister of Finance under Agustín Gamarra, has, under the latter post, been responsible for the country's first lucrative guano exportation.

Castilla, along with Domingo Nieto, overthrows President Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco during the Battle of Carmen Alto.

Nieto assumes the presidency under the title "Supreme Director of the Republic".