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In 1855, Xatruch was promoted to brigade general. President
Guardiola sent Honduran troops to fight William Walker under the leadership of the Xatruch brothers. Florencio was named General in Chief of the Allied Armies of Central America, but later, for political reasons, Juan Rafael Mora was left in
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National Congress and participated in the approval of the third Constitution of Honduras in 1848. In 1850, he participated in an armed engagement supporting José Santos Guardiola. He moved to Nicaragua, along with his brother Pedro, who was
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Granada, they offered their services to the "legitimates", and their troops were called "Xatruches", and then "Catruches", and finally "
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