1. Ignacio Elizondo is mostly known for his capture of insurgent leaders Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende, Jose Mariano Jimenez, and Juan Aldama at the Wells of Bajan, Coahuila in 1811.
17 Facts About Ignacio Elizondo
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Ignacio Elizondo was born in the village of Salinas.
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Ignacio Elizondo was son of Jose Marcos de Elizondo and Maria Josefa de Villarreal.
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Ignacio Elizondo began his military career in 1798, after being appointed Lieutenant of Pesqueria's provincial militia company.
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One year later Ignacio Elizondo returned again to his former position at Pesqueria's provincial militia.
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Ignacio Elizondo requested from the Viceroy an exemption from his military command as he was having serious financial problems.
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Ignacio Elizondo owed money to the Roman Catholic church for livestock and land he had purchased.
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Ignacio Elizondo subsequently married Maria Romana Carrasco and, in 1806, the couple moved to the Hacienda of San Juan de Canoas, in Coahuila state, where he administrated the Hacienda of Alamo near the city of Monclova.
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Ignacio Elizondo had the responsibility of guarding royalist prisoners in Monclova, Coahuila.
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Ignacio Elizondo was asked to continue to pretend to support the rebels to gain intelligence about the plans of Allende and Hidalgo who were then in flight toward the United States after a military defeat in the Battle of Calderon Bridge.
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On March 21,1811, Ignacio Elizondo was waiting at the Wells of Bajan with 150 men.
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Ignacio Elizondo led the carriages behind a nearby hill not visible from the remainder of the rebel convoy.
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The next day Ignacio Elizondo divided the prisoners into three groups: the leaders of the rebels including Padre Hidalgo; captured rebel clergymen, and the common soldiers.
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General Arredondo ordered Ignacio Elizondo to join him in an effort to retake the Spanish colony of Texas.
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Ignacio Elizondo pursued rebel soldiers as far as Nacogdoches in eastern Texas and executed 71 rebel soldiers and took more than 100 prisoners.
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On September 3,1813, Ignacio Elizondo was critically wounded by Lieutenant Miguel Serrano, while sleeping in his encampment at the edge of the Brazos River.
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Ignacio Elizondo died of wounds received from an attack whilst he slept.