Forces led by the formerly liberal Zuloaga,…

December 1857 CE

Forces led by the formerly liberal Zuloaga, a supporter of the Plan of Tacubaya, take control of the capital without firing a shot on December 17th, 1857.

Popular acceptance is widespread because the Mexican population at large has been deeply concerned about the treatment proffered to Catholics by the Constitution.

The President requests extraordinary powers on a temporary basis, while opponents to the plan gather forces, partly based on legal grounds, because the repealing of the Constitution had not observed the previsions that that legal body itself included.

Various liberals protest, including Benito Juárez, the president of the Supreme Court and constitutionally next in line to succeed to the presidency, but they are arrested and imprisoned.

Even Juárez is put behind bars for some days.

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Mexico City > Ciudad de México District Federal Mexico View →

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Benito Juárez View → Félix María Zuloaga View → Ignacio Comonfort View →

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Christians, Roman Catholic View → Mexico, Second Federal Republic of View →

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Reform War, or War of the Reform View →

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