The great surprise up to that point were the results from the other center of power, Concepción, in which Royalists had defeated the supporters of the president of the Junta, Juan Martínez de Rozas.
Martínez de Rozas, who had been extraordinarily absent during the whole course of events, ordered that the monastery be broken into and Colonel Figueroa arrested, violating his right of sanctuary.
He was given four hours to prepare himself, and was executed the next morning (April 2, 1811), at 3:30 a.m. His body, with his face disfigured by bullets, was publicly exposed in the main square, outside the city jail.
In addition, the revolt was used as a pretext for dissolving the Real Audiencia, a longstanding pillar of Spanish crown control, and full independence gained momentum.
The fact that he had not led the defense of the government, and the fear of reprisals in case of a Royalist restoration made him very unpopular, and it became politically expedient to get rid of him as soon as possible.
He was immediately replaced as leader of the Junta by Fernando Marquez de la Plata, and the very next year he was banished by his political rival, José Miguel Carrera, never to recover power.