Gutiérrez de Lara, José Bernardo (1774–1841)
Gutiérrez de Lara, José Bernardo (1774–1841)
José Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara (b. 20 August 1774; d. 13 May 1841), revolutionary during the Mexican War of Independence. Born in San Ignacio de Loyola, Tamaulipas, Gutiérrez de Lara was a blacksmith, merchant, and property owner, who participated in the independence struggle in Tamaulipas, served as an envoy from Miguel Hidalgo to the government of the United States, and led an invasion of Texas in 1812–1813. He later became involved in other military activities, including the expeditions of Francisco Javier Mina and James Long.
Following Mexican independence, Gutiérrez de Lara returned to Tamaulipas, where he was elected governor in 1824. He served until late 1825, when he became commandant general of the eastern Provincias Internas. Resigning the post in 1826, he did not again become involved in politics until 1839, when he opposed Antonio Canales's efforts to organize a Republic of the Río Grande.
See alsoMexico, Wars and Revolutions: War of Independence .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Julia Kathryn Garrett, Green Flag over Texas (1939).
Rie Jarratt, Gutiérrez de Lara, Mexican-Texan (1949).
Additional Bibliography
Ferrer Muñoz, Manuel. La formación de un estado nacional en México: El Imperio y la República federal, 1821–1835. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1995.
Rodríguez O, Jaime E. The Origins of Mexican National Politics, 1808–1847. Wilmington: SR Books, 1997.
JesÚs F. de la Teja