was then named commandant general of Querétaro, he resigned this post though, and was later awarded with the Presidency of the Military Court, when General Filisola died. He once again would support Santa Anna, when the latter sought to overthrow the government in 1853. He was the assigned to be the commandant general of the Department of Mexico, and opposed himself to the Revolution of Ayutla in 1854. When the revolution triumphed, Salas faced no other punishment other than being completely exlucluded from politics by the triumphant liberals. War of Reform During the War of Reform, he supported the plan of Manuel Robles Pezuela to depose the conservative president Zuloaga in favor of a junta that would choose a new president. The plan succeeded with the junta meeting on 30 December 1858. Salas got fourteen votes, but ultimately Miguel Miramon would win with fifty votes. Roblez Pezuela handed over power to Salas while Miramon arrived, which ultimately would be only for a few days. After the defeat of the conservatives in 1860, Salas was banished from the country. Second Empire During the Second French Intervention in Mexico, after the capital was evacuated by the government of President Juarez in 1863, Salas was among the conservatives who sought to collaborate with the French, the movement being at first loosely organized in the capital by General Bruno Aguilar. On 1 June they adopted a preamble and resolution to aid the French. Salas was given military command of the city, and the French entered the capital on 7 June. On 16 June 1863 a Junta Superior de Gobierno made up of thirty five prominent citizens met to elect a triumverate that was to lead the government's executive. Salas was among those named along with Juan Almonte and Archbishop Pelagio Antonio de Labastida. The triumverate assumed its functions on 24 June 1863, and power would officially pass to the emperor on 10 April 1864 Salas would barely outlive the empire which fell in June 1867. Being affected by this event and falling into poor health, Salas died at the villa of Guadalupe Hidalgo on the morning of 24 December 1867. See also List of heads of state of Mexico References External links |- Presidents of Mexico Mexican military personnel of the Mexican–American War Mexican monarchists 1797 births 1867 deaths Second French intervention in Mexico Politicians from Mexico City 19th-century Mexican politicians