a Spanish lawyer and army officer, who later became a Mexican revolutionary figure. Mina started the resistance war, a period of the Mexican War of Independence. On May 24 of 1817, Mina left his base with 300 men, moving to several villages on his way to Fuerte del Sombrero, a fortification defended by Pedro Moreno. General Mina published a letter stating that he was fighting the King's tyranny and not the Spanish empire.
