Francisco Malespín
General Francisco Malespín Herrera was an army officer and politicians, elected as the president of El Salvador in 1844. He served from 7 February 1844 to 15 February 1845, when he was deposed by his vice president Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán after leading the country to war against Guatemala, a neighboring state of the Federal Republic of Central America. Numerous sources also confirm that Malespin also attempted to depose the provincial Nicaraguan government. After being deposed, Malespin returned to El Salvador with forces from Honduras, but he was captured and assassinated. Some of Malespin's closest allies was Francisco Ferrera in Honduras as well as Juan Lindo, both conservatives. He was supported by Honduras after his downfall.
Like many other Conservatives, Malespin opposed Francisco Morazan, a prominent liberal politician, who opposed dissolving the Federal Republic of Central America.
