Army of the Three Guarantees

Army of the Three Guarantees
Ejército Trigarante o Ejército de las Tres Garantías
Leaders
Army Commander	Agustín de Iturbide
Guerrilla Commander	Vicente Guerrero
Dates of operation	February 24, 1821
Group(s)	Mexican royalist troops Mexican insurgent troops
Ideology	Nationalism
Opponents	Spain; Royalists

At the end of the Mexican War of Independence, the Army of the Three Guarantees (Spanish: Ejército Trigarante or Ejército de las Tres Garantías) was the name given to the army after the unification of the Spanish troops led by Agustín de Iturbide and the Mexican insurgent troops of Vicente Guerrero, consolidating Mexico's independence from Spain. The decree creating this army appeared in the Plan de Iguala, which stated the three guarantees which it was meant to defend:
1.- Religion,
2.- Independence, and
3.- Unity.
Mexico was to be a Catholic empire, independent from Spain, and united against its enemies.