Eventually, all ministers and the President were separated and guarded individually for the rest of the night. The next day, May 5, all ministers were released except for Daniel Calvo and Mariano Baptista. Agustín Aspiazu, who had been appointed by Frías as Minister of War only recently, was allowed to leave since he was allied to Daza and had participated in the coup. Frías was then relocated to the Recoleta Convent, where President Pedro Blanco had been murdered decades earlier during a coup. After the seizure of power was complete, Frías was allowed to leave in exile, heading to Arequipa. There, he planned revolts in Cobija and Cochabamba. However, Daza had consolidated his power, forcing Frías to accept defeat and flee to Europe. Exile and death When the War of the Pacific began, Frías offered his services and was given the position of Minister Plenipotentiary to France. Once in Paris, he asked for a wage cut in order to support the war effort. Once his services had concluded, he retired to Florence and spent the rest of his days there. It is said that, sensing his death, he asked the manager of the hotel he lived in to prepare a warm bath for him. After washing, he is said to have uttered: "Now let us wait for death". He died on May 10, 1884. Days after his death, his remains were transported back to Bolivia and were buried in his native Potosí. The Tomás Frías Province and Tomás Frías Autonomous University are named after him. References Notes Footnotes Bibliography 1804 births 1884 deaths 19th-century Bolivian lawyers 19th-century Bolivian politicians Agustín Morales administration cabinet members Bolivian diplomats Bolivian exiles Bolivian expatriates in Italy Bolivian people of Spanish descent Candidates in the 1855 Bolivian presidential election Education ministers of Bolivia Finance ministers of Bolivia Foreign ministers of Bolivia Government ministers of Bolivia Governors of Potosí Guilarte administration cabinet members Interior ministers of Bolivia José Ballivián administration cabinet members Leaders ousted by a coup Linares administration cabinet members Magistrates of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Bolivia People from Potosí Presidents of Bolivia Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Bolivia) University of Saint Francis Xavier alumni Velasco administration cabinet members