Guayubín and Sabaneta fell into the hands of the patriots, but the movement did not have immediate continuity and failed due to the counterattack of the Spanish people.
Norberto Torres fled to Haitian territory and was saved from the death sentence that the military court, that tried those events, handed down against him.
[1] He returned from Haiti to fight the Spanish and fought in several towns such as El Duro, Guayubín, Laguna Verde and Algodonal.
According to historian Rufino Martínez, during the course of the Dominican Restoration War, Torres became indifferent, especially when the danger of a massive invasion of the Spanish by Monte Cristi loomed.
Eventually, two Baecistas, John Brighman and Juancito Díaz, surprised Norberto Torres and murdered him at home in Guayubín.