Monagas appointed General Santiago Mariño commander of the Liberal army, who sent a column of troops against Páez and defeated him on 10 March at the Battle of Los Araguatos.
Páez invaded from La Vela de Coro in 1849 and advanced to Cojedes[3] y, but when his rearguard was defeated in Casupo, he surrendered in Macapo Abajo before General José Laurencio Silva [es].
[2][1] With the main leader of the conservative rebellion captured, the movement lost strength and ended almost entirely with the taking of Maracaibo by liberal troops.
[2] On 17 August 1848, the schooners "Constitución" and "Restauración" appeared before Carúpano, commanded by Captain José Celis and loyal to the Páez conservative rebellion.
[2] After the battle the revolutionaries gathered at the mouth of the Zulia River on 23 December, where they were joined by ground forces from San Carlos Castle, protecting themselves with the ships that still remained, among them the steamer "General Jackson", armed with a 24-pounder cannon, a 8-pounder and another 4-pounder.
General Justo Briceño [es] attacked the rebels at this position on December 31, defeated them, and captured the steamer, 7 feluccas, and 30 canoes.