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| | Articles: Guerrero, Vincente - Historical Text Archive |
 | | Guerrero distinguished himself so well in the battle of Izucar, in February 1812, that he attained the rank of lieutenant colonel when the insurgents seized Oaxaca in November of the same year. |
 | | On January 10, 1821, Iturbide sent Guerrero a letter proposing that the two join forces and fight for Mexican independence under what he referred to as the “three guarantees”: that Mexico should be an independent constitutional monarchy; that distinctions between Spaniards, Creoles, mestizos and Indians be abolished; and that Catholicism should be the state religion. |
 | | In the 1828 election, Guerrero was the choice of the liberals while the conservatives rallied behind General Gómez Pedraza, a moderate, and General Anastasio Bustamante, a right-winger. |
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