Battle of El Veladero

Battle context

The Battle of El Veladero, fought at Cerro El Veladero near Acapulco de Juárez, resulted in a victory for the Mexican rebel forces over royalist troops loyal to the Spanish crown. The engagement placed José María Morelos and his co-commanders in the field around a strategically significant coastal position, demonstrating the reach of the independence movement into the Pacific coast region. As part of the broader War of Mexican Independence, the rebel success at El Veladero contributed to insurgent pressure on royalist control in the south, an area where Morelos would continue to operate as one of the conflict's central military figures.