Editing Porfirio Díaz (section)

===Plan of Ayutla===
In that same year however, a [[Conservative Party (Mexico)|Conservative Party]] coup overthrew the [[Liberal Party (Mexico)|Liberal]] government of [[Mariano Arista]] and raised Santa Anna for what would turn out to be his final dictatorship. Many prominent Liberals were expelled from the country, including Benito Juárez who found refuge in New Orleans. Don Marcos Pérez was arrested, but Díaz was able to communicate with him in prison with the help of Díaz's brother {{ill|Félix Díaz Mori|lt=Félix|es}}.{{Sfn|Hannay|1917|pp=34–37}}

In March 1854 the [[Plan of Ayutla]] broke out against Santa Anna led by the Liberal [[caudillo]] [[Juan Álvarez]]. After openly expressing support for Álvarez, Díaz was forced to flee Oaxaca and joined up with the Liberal partisan, Francisco Herrera.{{Sfn|Hannay|1917|p=39}}<ref>{{Harvp|Garner|2001|pp=35, 241}}</ref> Authorities managed to attack and disperse Herrera's troops, and Díaz once more had to flee, but the Ayutla movement was increasingly growing in strength.{{Sfn|Hannay|1917|pp=39–40}} When the Liberals captured the city of Oaxaca, Díaz was made subprefect of [[Ixtlán District|Ixtlan]].{{Sfn|Hannay|1917|p=40}} As sub-prefect Díaz helped in an ill-fated effort to put down a barracks revolt in Oaxaca,{{Sfn|Hannay|1917|pp=41–42}} but the Ayutla movement ultimately triumphed by August 1855, when Santa Anna resigned, subsequently fleeing the nation.