Ponciano Corral Acosta

Ponciano Corral Acosta (* 1805 in Bluefields ; † November 8, 1855 in Granada , Nicaragua ) was Director Supremo of Granada (Nicaragua) from March 12 to 20, 1855 .

Life

Ponciano Corral Acosta was a member of the Partido Legitimista . After Fruto Chamorro Pérez , who died in office , Corral was briefly president in Granada.

Guerra Nacional

General José Trinidad Muñoz Fernández was commander in chief of the forces of the Partido Democrático , which had conquered power in León under Francisco Castellón Sanabria . In October 1854, Francisco Castellón Sanabria signed a contract with the US military service provider Byron Cole, which stipulated the delivery of 200 men, who were led by William Walker in June 1855 . Walker and his mercenaries came to Nicaragua on June 13, 1855. They occupied the port of La Virgen on the west coast of Lake Nicaragua. They hijacked a ship and landed in Granada at dawn on October 13, 1855, led by Ubaldo Herrera. Walker ordered hostages to be taken in Granada, among them the Foreign Minister of José María Estrada Mateo Mayorga Cuadra (* 1826 León October 22, 1855). Walker threatened the government of José María Estrada, which had fled to Masaya if his peace treaty was not signed, with the shooting of some hostages. The Legitimistas negotiated with Walker.

Under the pretext that Legitimistas soldiers had killed US Americans traveling in La Virgen , Walker ordered the assassination of Mateo Mayorga. Ubaldo Herrera was charged with the murder of Mayorga. On October 22, 1855, Ubaldo Herrera took Mayorga out of the kennel and took him to the square in front of the Cathedral of Granada, opposite the main altar; there he was fusilated and his body dragged in front of the main entrance to the cathedral. On October 23, 1855, Corral signed the Walker Peace Treaty . Until October 29, 1855 Corral was the commander in chief of the troops of the Partido Legitimista Ponciano Corral Acostas, which had power in Granada under José María Estrada .

On October 29, 1855, William Walker took command of the Nicaraguan army in a ceremony where Walker and Corral paced each other, hugged the formation, and Padre Agustín Vijil Selva held a Te Deum . After this ceremony, the Filibustero William Walker took over the functions of the head of state of Nicaragua, which is why he is listed as President of Nicaragua in English-language lists. On October 30, 1855, Patricio Rivas took up his post in the Cabildo of Granada . He knelt on a pillow in front of a representation of Christ and a Bible, his oath was taken from him by Padre Agustín Vijil Selva. (On May 5, 1856, Padre Agustín Vijil Selva replaced Parker H. French as ambassador to Washington.)

He swore to keep the peace treaty that William Walker and Corral had signed on October 23, 1855.

Patricio Riva's cabinet consisted of the doctor and General Máximo Jerez Tellería as Foreign Minister, Captain Parker H. French as Minister of Finance, Fermín Ferrer as Minister of Public Bonds and General Ponciano Corral Acosta as Minister of War. During the first months of his reign, Patricio Rivas was a devoted servant to Walker, who always retained all power. Foreign Minister Máximo Jerez Tellería , who had ordered Walker to Nicaragua, soon developed into the soul and brain of the Rivas government.

In this situation, General Ponciano Corral Acosta realized that power was in the hands of William Walker and the Partido Democratico in León. Since he saw no support in the Nicaraguan army commanded by him, he wrote a letter in which he urgently asked the governments of Honduras and Guatemala to throw the Filibusteros out of Nicaragua. The letter was intercepted by Walker, who immediately brought the case to Rivas and requested that Corral be arrested for treason and conspiracy. Corral was captured and tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death in a US mercenary court. On November 8, 1855 at 2 p.m. Corral was shot dead in the Plaza Mayor of Granada by a squad led by cojo Charles H. Gilman.

In early November 1855, Juan Rafael Mora Porras , the president of Costa Rica, recognized the danger Walker posed to Central America.

Individual evidence

1. ^ La Prensa September 15, 2008, Dos fusilados más por Walker y su muerte
2. ↑ cdlib , Charles H. Gilman (1826–1901)
3. ^ El Nuevo Diario September 17, 2003, La Guerra Nacional
4. ↑ manfut, la triste historia de legitimista corral

predecessor	Office	successor
Fruto Chamorro Pérez	Director Supremo of Nicaragua March 12-20, 1855	José María Estrada