However, General Francisco Escobar and Colonel Guillermo Marquez went over to the side of the rebels in Buenaventura, along with all their troops and the most modern weapons in the country.

Near Roldanillo, Colonel Rafael Reyes again defeated Marquez, who lost all his weapons and was forced to flee to Cartago with only 25 men.

In Cartago, Marquez united with the rebel forces of generals Valentin Deas and Manuel Antonio Angel, in command of 3,000 soldiers.

[3] After the decisive Battle of La Humareda (es) on 17 June in the Bolívar Department, the Colombian Civil War finally ended in November 1885 with the surrender of generals Focion Soto and Siervo Sarmiento.

At a rally in Bogotá following the victory at the Battle of La Humareda, President Núñez had declared: “The Constitution of 1863 is no longer valid.”[1] The triumph of the Government forces served as a pretext for President Núñez to announce the end of the validity of the Constitution of 1863, which had been inspired by Liberal radicalism.