This section narrates the final days of Morelos, along with the creation of the state of Morelos.

José María Morelos was ambushed on November 5, 1815, in the town of Temalaca (in present-day Guerrero). Lieutenant Matías Carranco captured him and sent him to Mexico City for trial.

By order of Viceroy Calleja, Morelos was tried by both ecclesiastical and military courts. Found guilty, he was stripped of his clerical status and later executed by General De la Concha on December 22 at the former palace of San Cristóbal Ecatepec.

Many years later, on April 17, 1869, following a proposal by congressman and military officer Francisco Leyva, a new federal entity was created: the state of Morelos.