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Prisoner Release in Dolores

Name: Prisoner Release in Dolores
Start: 1810-09-15
Location: Dolores

When: 15 September 1810
Where: Dolores
Part of: Grito de Dolores: Hidalgo incites the Mexican War of Independence

Hidalgo ordered the release of prisoners in Dolores on the night of 15 September 1810.

Fearing arrest, Hidalgo ordered his brother Mauricio, Ignacio Allende, and Mariano Abasolo to go with armed men to make the sheriff release prison inmates in Dolores. Eighty prisoners were set free.

Sources

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29

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