For example , after the liberator Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla launched the war of independence , he used the road to retreat from the Battle of the Bridge of Calderón fought on the banks of the Calderón River 60 km ( 37 mi ) east of Guadalajara in present-day Zapotlanejo , Jalisco northward , eventually arriving at the Wells of Baján in Coahuila where he was captured and executed by royal forces .