Tecolotlan

Tecolotlan is a city and municipality inside the Sierra de Amula area of the nation of Jalisco, Mexico. To the west of the city the hill of the Picacho is located, where in step with the way of life and by way of some current vestiges, became the first nucleus of population called The Tecolotes. It belonged to the province of Tenamaxtlan. He changed into conquered by means of Francisco Cortes de San Buenaventura in 1524, to which the founding of the town is attributed. The vicinity was below the command of the encomenderos Pedro Gomez and Martin Monje. He is a local of the city of Justino Merino who fought the French in distinctive parts of the country.

He organized the Libres de Tecolotlan battalion composed of captains Padilla, Dolores Guadalajara and Jesus palomar. In command of three hundred men, at the beginning of November of 1866, they confronted Berthelin who had left Colima with about one hundred fifty guys to El Guayabo. On November 10 changed into the confrontation, beginning the fight till 4 within the afternoon and which lasted two hours. Berthelin perished the French officials and most of the Mexican imperialists.