Miguel Francisco Barragán Andrade was a Mexican soldier and politician who served as interim president of Mexico in 1836. He had previously served as Governor of Veracruz, and gained national fame for the capture of the Fortress of San Juan de Ulúa in 1824, through which Spanish military presence was finally expelled from Mexico.
A portion of the Fortress of San Juan de Ulua
Barragan became an opponent of Guadalupe Victoria the first president of Mexico.
San Juan de Ulúa, now known as Castle of San Juan de Ulúa, is a large complex of fortresses, prisons and one former palace on an island of the same name in the Gulf of Mexico overlooking the seaport of Veracruz, Mexico. Juan de Grijalva's 1518 expedition named the island. On March 30, 1519, Hernan Cortés met with Tendile and Pitalpitoque, emissaries from Moctezuma II's Aztec Empire.
View of the fortress
The fortress overlooking the Port of Veracruz
Image: Utvrda San Juan de Ulua, Veracruz, Meksiko
Image: San Juan de Ulua, Meksiko