Ayutla
[key], town, Guerrero state, S Mexico. Its full name is Ayutla de los Libres [Ayutla of the
free]. It is the commercial center for an agricultural, cattle-raising, and lumbering area.
The Plan of Ayutla, drawn up in 1854, was a reform program directed toward
removing the dictator Santa Anna and convening a constituent assembly to frame a federal
constitution. Preparing the way for the War of Reform (1856–61), the plan and the
subsequent Revolution of Ayutla (which exiled Santa Anna and established a liberal government)
was initially supported by Juan Álvarez, Ignacio Comonfort, Miguel and Sebastián
Lerdo de Tejada, and Benito Juárez.
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