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Vicente Guerrero was the foremost surviving military hero of Mexico’s wars of independence, and one of the few great figures who had fought for independence throughout the entire period of 1810 to 1821, when many other military and political leaders changed sides repeatedly.
His arm is always kept in the same position due to an injury caused by a canon ball. His arm had a nail inserted between the bones to keep it in place.
He was catapulted into the presidency, possibly against his wishes, by a people’s uprising in Mexico City after he lost the 1828 presidential election (at the time, the president was elected by the state legislatures). Though president less than a year, he abolished slavery, expelled the Spaniards from the country, and successfully fought off an attempted Spanish invasion in 1829. His vice president, Anastasio Bustamante, allied with the most conservative forces of central Mexico, betrayed and overthrew him in 1830. He was treacherously captured and executed in 1831.
