The latter would be charged with examining the election results and proclaiming the president, upon which they would then focus on the drafting of a new Magna Carta to replace the moderate Peruvian Constitution of 1860.

In defense of the Constitution of 1860, the now veteran Marshal Ramón Castilla organized his final revolutionary act in the province of Tarapacá, but he died in the middle of the desert, around Tiliviche, on May 30, 1867.

Arequipan general Pedro Diez Canseco was recognized as the leader, for being the vice president of the government [last acknowledged] by the revolutionaries, that of Pezet, despite the end of their reign.

Prado disembarked in Islay on October 16 and advanced toward Arequipa, which barricaded itself, following the long republican tradition of resistance owed to its inhabitants.

The defenders had constructed trenches to block the path, especially in the waterways of San Lázaro and in the Antiquilla (neighborhoods located in the city's historic center).

A group of revolutionaries, at the command of Colonel Andrés Segura, raided the enemy's rearguard and "spiked the cannon", rendering it unusable.

José Balta was known in Chiclayo as a farmer who rebelled against the Vivanco-Pareja Treaty in 1864, joining forces with the then-Colonel Prado in the revolution against Pezet's government, whom they accused of weakness when faced by the significant demands of the Spanish Pacific Squadron.

When government forces advanced upon Chiclayo, Balta proposed for the people flee to Huaraz, in order to avoid the devastating consequences of a direct conflict.

According to anecdotal accounts, the mayor had the writer Ricardo Palma as secretary (who wrote about the siege in one of his works) and Carlos Augusto Salavery, another famous literati, as a wartime chronicler.

During this period a dance known as the conga[citation needed] was popularized, and accompanied by this song: De los coroneles, ¿cuál es el mejor?

A town hall gathering demonstrated popular discontent towards the government, and Prado saw himself obligated to renounce his position over to General Luis La Puerta.