Buried With Honors -Santa Anna dies during the Pastry War-

Santa Anna it seemed was one of those people in history that no matter what is thrown at him he is somehow able to survive and cause more calamity to everyone around him. Coming out of retirement during the so called Pastry War with Mexico vs France, Santa Anna lead forces at Vera Cruz where he was famously shot in the leg and hand, the former being amputated with military honors.

Now what if instead that French grapeshot had aimed abit higher and hit things more vital, killing Santa Anna? What would happen to Mexico? Consequences for its integrity (A Successful Republic of Rio Grande?!)? Without attacking Texas how would it affect their choice to join the US? Who would take over in the government? etc???
 
At that time Mexico as a unified state was kind of a misnomer, with local and regional Caudillos possessing authority which often exceeded that of the central government. For all of Santa Ana's faults, he was one of the few individuals of being the top Caudillo in Mexico. The relative stability he brought the country, helps explain why he kept coming back like a bad fungal infection, in spite of his incompetence.
 

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Stabilty? Mexico has almost never been stable. Maybe under that scummy toady to foreign intrests, Porfirio Diaz, but people hated the man.
 
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