Manuel Lozada

Manuel Lozada
Personal details
Born
Elpidio García González

1828
San Luis, Nayarit
Died19 July 1873
Loma de los Metales, Nayarit
AwardsCruz de la Legión de Honor, France
Nickname(s)El Tigre de Álica, (The Tiger of Álica)
Military service
AllegianceMexican Army
Years of service1864-1873
RankGeneral
CommandsEjército Clerical Intervencionista
Battles/wars

Manuel Lozada, nicknamed "The Tiger of Álica", was a regional caudillo based in the region of Tepic, Mexico. He was born in 1828 in the Tepic Territory, Mexico and died on July 19, 1873, in Loma de los Metates, Nayarit.

During the Second French Intervention in Mexico he supported the Second Mexican Empire, but switched sides as the Empire began to falter in 1866. After the triumph of the Republic in 1867 he ran afoul of the Mexican government who had him executed as a bandit in 1873. Manuel Lozada is still considered a controversial figure in Latin American history.[1]

  1. ^ Jean Meyer, "Manuel Lozada" in Encyclopedia of Mexico, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997, p. 763.