[2] His popularity in the rural areas of the Dominican Republic continues to be present, with an altar in San Juan de la Maguana to which people go to ask for favors.
Born in 1876, in San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic, he was the son of Andrés Mateo and Sacarila Ledesma, both Afro-Dominican farmers who lived off the exploitation of small agricultural plots.
He cured the sick with a shot of rum and a tome called "Tirindanga", while he exhorted people to live in peace, encouraged the cult of the Holy Trinity and made dramatic prophecies.
That same year, Liborio and the regular soldiers under the command of the intervention troops fought a fierce battle at the place known as "La Peñita", which left dozens dead and 67 wounded.
The film tells the story of Liborio after getting lost in the hurricane, his reappearance a few days later as a prophet and healing the sick, his life in the mountains with his followers, and his confrontation with a contingent of the Marine Corps sent by the United States to restore order in the country.