In 1833, four intellectuals who had begun publishing the newspaper El Quiteño Libre to denounce the "pillaging of the national treasury by foreigners" were killed by the authorities at a time when Flores was absent from Quito.
1833 började fyra intellektuella att publicera El Quiteño Libre för att kritisera "utlänningarnas plundring av statskassan", men de dödades av myndighetspersoner då Flores var bortrest från Quito.