Episode 3 of 3
Counterinsurgency and Execution
- When
- August 3, 1811
- Where
- San Antonio
- Part of
- Casas Revolt in San Antonio
Zambrano led a counterinsurgency against Las Casas, who was later executed by firing squad.
Las Casas's arbitrary rule disenchanted the army, leading to a counterinsurgency led by Juan Manuel Zambrano. A tribunal sentenced the revolutionaries to death, and Las Casas was shot in the back and beheaded on August 3, 1811.
Sources
- Juan Bautista de las Casas Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-29
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