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374 revolution developed itself in force, namely, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas, Jalisco, and Querétaro, were placed under martial law. In about four months the movement, which had been one of personal ambition, but threatened the existence of Juarez administration, was forced to succumb, the rebels being defeated on the 22d of February, 1870, by General Rocha, at a place known as Lo de Ovejo, with heavy losses. The result was that Guadarrama and other prominent leaders submitted to the government. García de la Cadena afterward captured Zacatecas, from whose merchants he obtained a large sum of money, and from private citizens arms and horses, and then departed for Sierra Hermosa; but soon after was routed at Villanueva, and forced into exile. The insurgents met with disaster at every encounter, and finally gave up the struggle. This revolution left homeless a large number of men who had rendered good services to their country.

The long-desired general amnesty law was finally enacted by congress on the 13th of October, 1870.