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366 were seditious movements, also, in Guerrero, Details of the actions which never assumed the proportions of battles, and of the defeats of the insurgent leaders, may be found in El Constitucional, April 13 to June 30, 1968; Diario Oficial, April 12, 19, 30, May 17, July 14, Aug. 23, Sept. 26, 1868. Miguel Negrete was a deserter from the republican service during the imperial war, and went abroad; he afterward tendered his services to Maximilian, who gave him the office of comandante general of Vera Cruz. On the downfall of the empire he became the leader of a gang nicknamed Los Plateados. Aureliano Rivera was a general of brigade of the republic, and for his rebellion was dropped from the rolls of the army. Boletin Rep., June 28, 1867; La Estrella de Occid., June 28, 1867, July 3, 1868. Congress on the Sth of May suspended certain articles of the constitution for conspiracy offences, and they remained so suspended till Dec. 3!, 1868. El Derecho, iii. 441-2; Dublan and ''Lozano, Leg. Mex''., x. 319-20, 511.

Puebla, Vera Cruz, Mexico, Querétaro, Jalisco, Sinaloa, and other parts, all of which were defeated by the government's forces. The most formidable were headed by Miguel Negrete, the ex-general, and by the guerrilla chief Aureliano Rivera; but they met with ill success, and had to seek safety in flight.

An insurrection of the Yaquis occurred in Sonora, which region suffered likewise from the raids of the Apaches. The government, among other measures, concluded to establish military colonies near the frontiers.

Ministerial crises likewise contributed to the general uneasiness. Juarez determined to have, under his present tenure of office, the same cabinet ministers that served during the dictatorship. This was another step which awakened a strong opposition. Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada was asked to be minister of foreign and internal relations, and congress was requested to grant him leave to act as such, a ell as for Deputy Balcárcel to continue as minister. The permissions were granted, but without implying a