After the storm, Mexico City was engulfed in a maelstrom of blood and carnage. The entering Republican Government Army, without even pausing for rest, set about arresting people nonstop.
That night, Mexico City wept, as countless remnants of the Maximilian Government were ensnared in nets. It no longer mattered whether they were real or fake; after all, revolution requires bloodshed. How else could they establish authority without executions?
President Juarez watched everything unfold calmly, not because he didn't want to intervene, but because he simply couldn't.
The Republican Government was already a product of compromises and alliances among various parties; its leadership was not something he, as President, could command at will.
In the eyes of many, the chaos within the city walls might even seem less significant than the trouble that Maximilian I represented.
