Bernardo Méndez de Figueroa

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Bernardo Méndez de Figueroa
General Commander of Arms
Nicaragua
In office
26 January 1837 – 6 April 1839
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byCasto Fonseca
Personal details
Born1782
Army of Nicaragua (1837–1839)
Battles/warsBattle of Espíritu Santo (1839)

Bernardo Méndez de Figueroa (1782 – May 1839) nicknamed "El Pavo" was a

José Núñez.[1]

He fell from power in April 1839 after he lost the Battle of Espíritu Santo and his position was taken by Casto Fonseca, who ruled until his death in 1845, and was replaced by José Trinidad Muñoz. Nicaragua would be run militarily for 18 years until Muñoz' death during the Filibuster War.[2]

Assassination of Jose Zepeda

On 25 January 1837 Méndez and

José Zepeda, Colonel Román Valladares, Deputy Pascual Rivas and Captain Evaristo Berríos.[3]

Zepeda and Colonel Balladares were killed and later buried in the Cemetery of Guadalupe. Deputy Head of State,

José Núñez, assumed leadershipto finish Zepeda's term, which had two years left. Núñez did not arrest the rebels, but rather appeased Méndez and on 26 January appointed him General Commander of Arms, but Braulio Mendiola was executed.[4]

War with El Salvador

After the breaking of the Federal Pact in 1838, Honduras and Nicaragua declared war on El Salvador, where the federal government was located. In January 1839 Méndez, commanding a small Nicaraguan army, seized San Miguel and began marching towards San Salvador, achieving victory in Llanos del Jicaral, occupying San Vicente and advancing on Cojutepeque.[1]

Imprisonment and Death

The Salvadoran army under the command of

San Juan del Norte under the responsibility of the Political Chief of Granada, Narciso Espinosa. Espinosa released Méndez and allowed him to live in a private house where he died shortly after, possibly in May 1839.[1]

References

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    ISBN 978-1-312-57811-1
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  2. ISBN 978-1-139-50166-8
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  3. ^ Gámez, José Dolores (1889). Historia de Nicaragua: desde los tiempos prehistóricos hasta 1860 : en sus relaciones con España, Mexico y Centro-America (in Spanish). Tip. de "El Pais,".
  4. ^ "UCSD Libraries: 1811-1856". 2008-05-26. Archived from the original on 2008-05-26. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
Political offices
Preceded by
Position Created
(Cleto Ordóñez in 1823)
 General Commander of Arms
1837 – 1839 		Succeeded by
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