General Ramón Corona is one of Jalisco’s most revered figures. Numerous streets and avenues bear his name, as does the town of Villa Corona, and his statue was among the first to be placed in the Rotunda of Illustrious Citizens in downtown Guadalajara.
There’s also a street in the Analco neighborhood of Guadalajara called 28 de enero, although few people are aware of the connection between this unassuming calle and General Corona.
It harks back to Corona’s most lasting legacy, an event remembered this week by Zapopan city fathers: his victory in January 1872 at the Battle of La Mojonera against the rebel Manuel Lozada, the notorious “Tiger of Álica” from neighboring Nayarit.
Born in 1837 in Tuxcueca, Jalisco, Ramón Corona was a staunch liberal who rose through the ranks of the Mexican military. He played a crucial role in the resistance against the French Intervention, organizing the formidable “Army of the West.” His forces contributed to Emperor Maximilian’s defeat, and it was Corona who accepted Maximilian’s surrender in Querétaro in 1867. After the triumph of the republic, he was assigned to Guadalajara, where he was tasked with eliminating local insurgencies, including that of Lozada.
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