the East, taking charge of it on April 12, 1859. As a known moderate he attracted offers from the liberal government of Vera Cruz to come to an arrangement and liberal minister Melchor Ocampo also gave him generous offers to join the liberals, both of which came to nothing. He was present at Miramon's decisive defeat at the Battle of Silao in 1860, and when the conservatives lost the war at the end of the year, Robles accepted an amnesty by the liberal government, though he was prohibited by the government from leaving the interior of the nation, an arrangement that Robles would later violate. During the French Intervention he accepted an offer from General Juan Almonte to join his government that was working with the French, and he was captured in the town of Tuxtepec on March 20, 1862, en route to join the intervention. He was court martialed and shot on March 23, despite pleas from foreign embassies to spare his life. See also List of heads of state of Mexico References External links Presidents of Mexico Independent Mexico 1817 births 1862 deaths People from Guanajuato City Politicians from Guanajuato Second French intervention in Mexico