. ▁Bel gr ano ▁was ▁appointed ▁its ▁prote ctor . ▁He ▁supported ▁the ▁ban ishment ▁of ▁C is ner os ▁and ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Real ▁A udi ence , ▁and ▁the ▁execution ▁of ▁L ini ers ▁and ▁other ▁counter - re volution aries ▁defeated ▁in ▁C ór dob a . ▁Some ▁histor ians ▁suggest ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁promoted ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁Oper ations ▁plan , ▁a ▁secret ▁document ▁written ▁by ▁Mor eno ▁that ▁set ▁har sh ▁ways ▁for ▁the ▁jun ta ▁to ▁achieve ▁its ▁goals , ▁while ▁others ▁consider ▁the ▁whole ▁document ▁a ▁literary ▁forg ery ▁done ▁by ▁royal ists ▁to ▁dis cred it ▁the ▁jun ta . ▁A ▁few ▁others ▁suspect ▁that ▁some ▁paragraph s ▁or ▁the ▁whole ▁document ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁collabor ative ▁writing ▁between ▁Mor eno , ▁Bel gr ano , ▁and ▁H ip ól ito ▁Vie y tes . ▁ ▁Ex ped ition ▁to ▁Par agu ay ▁ ▁Three ▁months ▁after ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁Primera ▁Jun ta , ▁Manuel ▁Bel gr ano ▁was ▁appointed ▁Chief ▁Commander ▁of ▁an ▁army ▁sent ▁to ▁gather ▁support ▁at ▁Cor ri entes , ▁Santa ▁Fe , ▁Par agu ay , ▁and ▁the ▁Band a ▁Oriental . ▁A ▁few ▁days ▁later ▁his ▁goal ▁was ▁made ▁more ▁specific : ▁he ▁must ▁aim ▁for ▁Par agu ay . ▁The ▁Jun ta ▁had ▁been ▁informed ▁that ▁the ▁patri otic ▁party ▁was ▁strong , ▁and ▁a ▁small ▁army ▁would ▁suff ice ▁to ▁take ▁control . ▁Trust ing ▁this ▁information , ▁Bel gr