[1][2] While living in Barcelona, Corchado y Juarbe, together with José Coll y Britapaja, a fellow Puerto Rican, founded a magazine called "Las Antillas".

Corchado y Juarbe also criticized and told of the abuses of Lieutenant General Féliz María de Messina Iglesias, the Spanish-appointed governor in the island.

In 1871, after the success of the revolution, which established a republican government, he was elected to represent the District of Mayagüez and Puerto Rico before the Spanish Courts in Barcelona.

[1] Corchado y Juarbe made use of his position to denounce the use of capital punishment and voice his support of the new Spanish Constitution.

In 1875, the Spanish royal family returned to power and Corchado y Juarbe decided that it was too dangerous to continue in his political quest.

Moments before he died, he told his wife the following:[2] Tell them my name, that I accomplished the mission of sacrificing my life for my country.Corchado y Juarbe's body was buried in Madrid.

In 1935, a committee of local citizens was formed to return his body to Isabela and to erect a monument to honor his memory and life.