[1] After Carrera rule got reinforced in 1854, Montúfar left Guatemala for Costa Rica, he was Magistrate, Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1856 to 1857 and from 1870 to 1873, and vice-chancellor of the University of Saint Thomas, where he taught international law and other subjects.

[3] Because of his solid integrity, when he was the Guatemalan Foreign Secretary, he defended Guatemalan territoriality against the aggressiveness of general Justo Rufino Barrios, his ministers and diplomats: first, strongly protested the fact Guatemala had lost Chiapas to Mexico; and later, the loss of Soconusco, which saw thousands of miles stripped from Guatemala territory with the consent of both president and cabinet members.

[4] The candidates who ran for office were Barillas Bercian was unique among all liberal presidents of Guatemala between 1871 and 1944: he handed over power to his successor peacefully.

But by the third day, a huge column of Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán Indigenous people came down from the mountains to vote for general Reyna Barrios.

The official agents did their job: Reyna was elected president[7] and, not to offend the losing candidates, Barillas gave them checks to cover the costs of their presidential campaigns.

Your desire is fulfilled: the simiento Germina and deep groove » Montufar died in Guatemala City during the early morning of May 22, 1898.

[1] A hundred years after his birth, the government of José María Orellana erected a monument to his memory at the Avenida Reforma; the sculptor was the renowned Guatemalan artist Rafael Rodríguez Padilla, and this was the first bronze sculpture produced in Guatemala.

"For our work in politics to be solid and durable, we need to build it accurately from its foundations up, so that it can stand on the virtue of its own forces against the false ambitions of personal interests. "