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At the outburst of the independence movement of 1810, the province of Nuevo Santander, today the State of Tamaulipas was governed by Colonel Manuel Iturbe that has tingly gathered his troops to confront the rebellion and that once ready, rebelled against him and took control of the town of San Carlos forcing Iturbe to flee. Figures like the brothers Bernardo and Martín Gómez de Lara who favored the independence even before 1810 started to appear.
When Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara got word of the call to arms he looked for Hidalgo and met with him and with Allende at the Hacienda de Santa María where he was named lieutenant colonel by the leaders. He was assigned the difficult task of looking for support for the cause with the United States Government. On the other hand, José Antonio Fernández was in charge of the villages located at the North of Nuevo Santander. On December 4th of 1810, Bernardo and Martín Gutiérrez de Lara as well as Mateo and Lucas Zúñiga occupied the fort of Tula temporarily that back in May of the year 1811 was occupied again by royalist troops. During this time, Fray Servando Teresa de Mier gets acquainted in London, England with Francisco Javier Mina. Together they plan a military naval expedition to Mexico to support the fight for independence, leaving Liverpool in 1816 with destination to Mexico, carrying aboard 32 officers of Italian, Spanish and English nationalities. They disembarked on April 15th, of the same year at what is known today as La Pesca, Soto La Marina.
The participation of people from Tamaulipas to the independence fight marks an important page in the history of Tamaulipas that since 1821 were conspiring to the independence cause at the Villa de Aguayo along with prominent citizens including with Mayor Jose Antonio Fernández. He then invited the Governor Jose María Echegaray to support the movement. As a consequence, he resigned his position as governor and designated Felipe De la Garza as the new one, starting this a new free and sovereign life for the State of Tamaulipas. On July 7th, 1824, the Congreso Constituyente del Estado Libre, Independiente y Soberano de las Tamaulipas was incorporated in Padilla, which designated Governor the Colonel José Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara on July 25th. During the afternoon of July 19th of 1824, Agustin de Iturbide was put to death by a firing squad ordered by a federal decree. On January 29th of 1825, the State Government moved from Villa de Padilla to Aguayo. From April 20th, the name of the town changed to Ciudad Victoria to honor the President Guadalupe Victoria. The separation of the three branches of government was stated in the first State Constitution on May 6th of 1825. The fight to suppress the independence movement continued throughout the country with several battles and confrontations. It is on July 1829, when the Spanish troops commanded by the Brigadier Isidro Barradas with the objective to reconquer Mexico for the Spanish Crown, that his troops disembark at Cabo Rojo, State of Veracruz. They entered Tampico on August 6th after setting fire to the fort of La Barra located at the southern riverside of the Pánuco River and installed their general headquarters at the Casa de Castilla in Tampico’s Downtown. To oppose this intervention, President Vicente Guerrero ordered the generals Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mier y Terán and Felipe De la Garza to repel the invaders. After several bloody battles that weakened the enemy, the Mexican army made the final attack on September 10th to the Fort of La Barra defended by 400 Spanish troops that surrendered the following day. The surrender was ratified on September 11th of 1829 at the Spanish general headquarters in Tampico. The victory of the Mexican troops over the ones commanded by Isidro Barradas is known as “The Victory of Tampico of 1829” and marked the culmination of the independence movement that consolidated with the strength of the patriotism of the Mexican people.
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The House of Castilla
The Breakwaters and the Channel for Navigation
History of the
Indpendence Movement in Nuevo Santander
Tampico, victim of Pirates, Bucaneers, and Privateers
León Trotsky in Tampico
New Street Names
Tampico Wakeboard City
Tajín Summit León Trotsky in Tampico
New Street Names
Tampico Wakeboard City
Tajín Summit
Convention Center
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The rebel forces at Soto La Marina were trained along with civilian authorities and divided in two. The first one was put in charge of the defense of the fort and the town while the second one went deep into Mexican territory commanded by Francisco Javier Mina on May 24th, 1817 with destination to Guanajuato, where Mina became prisoner and later put to death by the firing squad at the mount of El Bellaco.
