A letter in which Filisola states that there has been notice that a Lieutenant is in the Capital of Mexico and in turn, he notifies the Mexican Government so an order of apprehension be emitted. Signed by Vicente Filisola. Mexico: Supremo Tribunal de Guerra y Marina; 1st of January, 1849.

Vicente Filisola
One of Mexico´s biggest villains, an individual that Mexico would love to have erased from the history books: Vicente Filisola. He was involved in everything that happened in Mexico since the War of Independence to the Mexican-American War – and always on the wrong side of history.

During the Mexican Independence he fought with the Loyalists against Hidalgo and Morelos; then, at the end of the Independence he conveniently sided with Iturbide. He was a strong supporter of the Monarchy and even tried by force to annex Central America – a preposterous endeavor that resulted in uprisings in Salvador and Guatemala. When the monarchy of Iturbide fell and he was executed, Filisola was sly enough to avoid being accused of anything and remained in politics.

However, his biggest crimes are related to Texas. From early on, his relation with that territory was disastrous, to say the least. One of the earliest, biggest, projects was to colonize it with people that weren’t Anglo-Saxons. (Since the 1820´s the Mexican Government understood the menace that implied the colonization of Texas by Americans and made some futile efforts to overcome it.) He was meant to establish 600 families in east Texas, contract that he never honored, and it’s said that he had stolen the funds for it. Sam Houston had established 300 families of Americans in 1825, so 600 families in 1830 could have probably made some sort of difference.

If Filisola is famous for something, it is for practically losing the war of Texas and thus the whole territory. When Santa Anna was captured, Filisola abandoned all the gained territories and retired to Mexico. A move so incomprehensible and senseless that it can only be interpreted as treason. Of course he was put on trial and called a coward, but as always he managed to overcome – and still remain in politics and the military!

In 1846 he was appointed as one of the three principal Generals in the war against the US. He was in charge of that division until 1849. He finally died in 1850.

A letter in which Filisola states that there has been notice that a Lieutenant is in the Capital of Mexico and in turn, he notifies the Mexican Government so an order of apprehension be emitted. Signed by Vicente Filisola.

Ramon García Ugarte
Ramon García Ugarte, a polemic character himself, was a target of the Conservative elite ever since he rebelled against the Centralist Republic of Santa Anna in 1837. He led the opposition in San Luis Potosi, were he managed to capture the Capital, along with the Governor.

During the War against the US, Ugarte kept being defiant of Government orders and went far enough as to forge the signature of the Minister of War, Jose Maria Tornel. Upon his release, Ugarte led a failed rebellion of Otomie Indians in the State of Hidalgo.

Ramón García Ugarte always remained on the outside, repeatedly being charged with either political or common crimes, repeatedly escaping from jail, and at least until late December 1860 repeatedly opposing the Mexican Government. He believed that his intentions were always good and he is considered a true Federalist Patriot.