sentences:  In 1816, the priest in Firavitoba, Carlos Suarez, was imprisoned for preaching freedom.The liberation campaign of 1819 peaked with the battles of Vargas Swamp, at Paipa, very close to Firavitoba, and of Puente de Boyacá (The Bridge of Boyaca), at which Firavitoba freedom fighter Cayetano Avella was killed.These two battles led to the full independence of New Granada and the creation of Gran Colombia in August, 1819.