Liberal Government victory The Barquisimeto rebellion began with an uprising of conservatives in Cumaná,Venezuela in August 1853 demanding the return of José Antonio Páez.
The rebellion was quickly defeated by the government, which increased the size of its army to ten thousand men.
A mutiny of 3000 men broke out in Barquisimeto on 12 July 1854[1] under the command of Juan Bautista Rodríguez.
[3][4] Juan Bautista Rodríguez was defeated by the Government at Chaparral and was arrested in Quíbor on 13 August 1854.
He was executed the next day in Laguna de la Piedra, a place near Barquisimeto.