sentences:  He used these two positions (member of the Junta and editor of the newspaper) to agitate for the release of his nephew, who was still a prisoner in Cartagena.In spite of much opposition, Nariño was released, and arrived back in the capital on December 8, 1810.The Junta was made up of relatives and in-laws of the Marqués de San Jorge, but it exercised control only in the capital of the viceroyalty.