This December 22nd is the anniversary of the death of the insurgent General José María Morelos y Pavón, known as the Servant of the Nation, born in Valladolid, today Morelia, a name given to the city in his honor.
According to information from the Government of Mexico, Morelos was one of the leaders of the independence who gave his life for the freedom of the country, by joining the fight for the Independence of Mexico, called on September 16, 1810 by the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
On September 14, 1813, Morelos presented to the Congress of Chilpancingo, the Sentimientos de la Nación, a document in which he expressed his ideals for the new national project.
As part of his last campaign, Morelos, with the purpose of protecting the Congress of Apatzingán, and the political implications that this meant for the development of the national project, decided to move it to Tehuacán, Puebla.
After a long journey, on November 5, 1815, Morelos decided to rest with his troops in the town of Temalaca, in the current state of Puebla, where he was captured by the men of the royalist General Manuel de la Concha.
Once captured, he was taken to the town of Ecatepec, where he was tried three times, demoted from his status as a priest, and sentenced to death.
Accused of treason against the King and in compliance with the order of Viceroy Félix María Calleja, on December 22, 1815, Generalissimo José María Morelos y Pavón was shot in San Cristóbal Ecatepec.
Source: mimorelia
