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Both parties resorted to arms. Dorrego's force was defeated and its leader captured. On this Lavalle, a brilliant and liberal-minded man, committed the gravest error of his career one, moreover, the nature of which was entirely foreign to his character for, after capturing Dorrego, he executed his prisoner.
Reasons of State were the cause of this political crime, since no personal animosity was involved. This act was fiercely resented by Dorrego's party in general. It brought upon Lavalle more particularly the enmity of Juan Manuel Rosas, the man of blood and iron, whose fierce star had now begun its definite ascent.
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