Timoteo Menéndez

Timoteo Menéndez (* 1790 in Ahuachapán Ahuachapán ( Departamento ) ) was from 23 May to 7 June 1837, and of January 6, 1838 - May 23, 1839 Jefe Supremo of the province of El Salvador in the Central American confederation.

Life

Timoteo Menéndez was a member of the Partido Liberal.

In his first term, from 23 May to 7 June 1837 gas was carried out in the province of El Salvador cholera. In May 1837 indigenous people protested against the government, which they took responsibility for the conditions under which spread cholera. Pastor encouraged also to protest against the civil marriage. Timoteo Menéndez decreed a state of emergency in the departments Cuscatlan and San Vicente. José Francisco Morazán Quezada sent troops to the Central American Federation of San Salvador. The protests were crushed in Cojutepeque, Zacatecoluca and Ciudad San Vicente.

Representing Timoteo Menéndez was for Diego Vigil on January 6, 1838 to May 23, 1839 Jefe Supremo.

On February 24, 1838 Parliament decided that Asunción Izalco and Dolores Izalco Izalco to merge to the villa. En passant had as the Cabildo de Españoles the political representation of indigenous people, which was perceived by the Cabildo de Indios in Colonial New Spain taken in this place.

Batalla del Espíritu Santo

In this second term, troops allied with Carrera troops from Honduras and Nicaragua fell into the province of El Salvador from Guatemala under the command of José Rafael Carrera Turcios and then, and thus expressed their opposition against the liberal policies of the government of the Central American Confederation, which had its seat of government at this time in San Salvador.

On October 28, 1838 troops made with a thickness of about 600 men and 200 horses under Carrera, the cities of Santa Ana and Ahuachapán committed some atrocities and retreated to Chiquimula (Guatemala ), where they were defeated by forces under Morazan, prisoners of war were made and ammunition was captured.

On February 23, 1839 penetrated 1,200 -strong troops from Nicaragua and Honduras in the province of El Salvador, in this were about 1,300 men under arms were a. Timoteo Menéndez appointed Morazán as commander of the army salvadorenischen province.

Morazán led 700 men at the Battle of Espíritu Santo, at Corinto in Morazán ( Departamento ) on 5 and 6 April in 1839 and left the troops from Nicaragua and Honduras beat. Here, about 200 soldiers of the troops of Honduras and Nicaragua and about 30 from El Salvador were killed.

The Decree of 22 April 1839 the circulation of silver coins such as the Cuatro Reales was banned.