immediately upon his assuming office he had to deal first with some incidents in chillán, and then with an insurrection in the island of chiloé that was trying to break away from the control of the central government and return to the protection of spain. the rebellion was very brutally suppressed, and 20 people were executed. the problems between the president and congress that had marked the rule of his predecessor, continued. the federal laws started to cause friction between the new provinces, and the famous highwaymen the pincheira family, started a new campaign.