The Battle of Almolonga was a military action during the First Mexican Empire on January 13, 1823[a] in the town of Almolonga, between the hills of Teposteyo and Ahuacopexco, in the state of Guerrero during the revolution in favor of the Veracruz Plan in order to put an end to the Mexican Empire.

During the battle, finishing his passage through the imperial company of Jiutepec, which Guerrero faced directly, being shot in the lung, and, believing him dead, his troops began to flee in disorder.

The death of the chief generated the slow withdrawal, abandoning his artillery, without which the rebels could get the loot because they escaped.

Guerrero was rescued by a soldier on horseback, hid it in a ravine, and then recovered at the home of a local Indian, becoming ill all his life.

In the part of José Gabriel de Armijo who sent from Chilapa declared Guerrero dead, ending his campaign.