group and sent José Sixto Verduzco in his representation. From August 19 to 21, Rayón, José María Liceaga, Joaquín López, José Sixto Verduzco and others created the Supreme National American Meeting. Rayón was the president. They created the first revolutionary newspaper, the Ilustrador Nacional edited by Andrés Quintana Roo and José María Cos. Because the importance of Rayón, the Spanish sent an assassin J. Arnoldo but he failed and was killed. On January 1, 1812, Zitacuaro was attacked by general Félix María Calleja. The revolutionary army resisted a long time. Finally Calleja saw that taking the city was hard and changed his plan and left it. While Calleja was leaving the revolutionary army also left Zitacuaro. Calleja was too far from Zitacuaro to catch the revolutionary leaders. When Calleja knew that the city was open he took it. After the Zitacuaro events Rayón took part with José María Morelos in the first National Congress at Chilpancingo. Four years later, he was arrested by Nicolás Bravo for refusing to acknowledge the Jaulilla Council and sent to prison until 1820. After the war After the war, he became the state treasurer of San Luis Potosí. In 1828, he ran for President but lost to Manuel Gomez Pedraza. López Rayón died on February 2, 1832, in Mexico City. Bibliography See also History of Mexico References External links Short biography Mexican independence activists 1773 births 1832 deaths Military personnel from Michoacán People from Tlalpujahua